Posted by simguy on 8/14/2006, 6:58 pm
Before: Bibb getting the hot-starlet-of-the-moment push: lots of magazine covers, big-budget comedy doing good box office - she's jumping straight into the big leagues with a come-back fight against formidable Jen C.
"I'm not afraid of Connelly," Leslie shrugs, twirling an elegant finger in soft blonde curls, "I'm not even all that impressed by her. I'm going to go Brittany-Daniel on her ass - you know? Some brunettes have this thing - this inferiority complex - whenever it comes to competing with hot blondes - and I see that look of doubt in Jennifer's eyes. It's not like I'm new to the ring - I have BEEN there before, you know? Jennifer's going to take a licking - you watch."
Connelly non-plussed - Bibb's attitude, and her playing of the Brittany Daniel card bringing out a frosty side we rarely see in Jen C. "First of all, Leslie's too small to be talking big on me," Jennifer says. "She's a Kelly Carlson sized blonde who's too dumb to see that her management is pushing her into a bantam contest because that's where the money is. Secondly, her so-called experience is a sham - she was never anything more than pretty undercard ingenue-beef, and frankly, I don't see what's changed. And thirdly, I'm tired of mouthy blondes. I'm sorry - that's not very professional of me - but seriously - these girls are getting way, way out of line and it's time I took someone apart as a lesson to the rest. Looks like Bibby's going b-bye."
Leslie in black bikini top, leapord print trim, black bottoms with leopard print waistband, tan sheepskin, fur-lined boxing boots. Jennifer in white string bikini, white boxing-boot to midcalf with tassles.
During R1: Bibb forward strong, reckless - rushing in with thrusting rights and lefts as Jen backpedals. Connelly parrying as she steps back, walking Bibb in: stinging counter-hook answers Bibby's ineffective flurry, scattering wide-eyed blonde to her left in shock. Connelly barely breaking a sweat, pivots left, jabbing stiff from her waist, knocking Leslie's head back while coaxing the blonde back to midring. Bibb regrouping, scowling - again she charges in, swinging wild n' wide: Connelly stepping back cool-headed, parrying and slipping shots, then neatly walking Leslie onto a gorgeous checking right uppercut under the chin. BIBB GOES DOWN - slender blonde clattering to all fours in astonishment - Jen strutting to neutral corner, all business. Leslie up at 8, finally looking apprehensive - she comes out stepping gingerly, dukes up, looking to box. Jen obliges - punishes Leslie with pinpoint jabs as girls line up at long range: every blonde response neatly blocked or parried as Connelly marks her beautiful opponent for points in the first.
R2: Leslie chastised - but showing good fitness and recuperative power as her legs look well recovered. Jen workmanlike - wanting the Bibb ribcage and taking it - edging inside with a simple swiping of the blonde's punches to either side to set up shoulder-to-shoulder. Connelly very loose-limbed as she leans forward - right at her chest, left at her gut - she's happy to swap shots downstairs with Leslie, blocking the blonde's shots, then beating her flanks, digging up her middle, gouging at her solar plexus with patient, methodical strokes. Bell to bell Connelly - Leslie frowning, open-mouthed, badly shaken as Jen simply bangs the points out toe-to-toe this round.
R3: Bibb showing moxie - badly outclassed early, she rebounds psychologically, competing hard with Jen. Blonde intense - a little tight - lips curling back as she thrusts out her jab or tries for Jen's face with right hands from long range. Outside - Jen anticipates and steps back, parrying the punches, guiding them onto harmless trajectories - Connelly's feet unhurried as she sidesteps and pivots around the gamin blonde. Leslie doing a nice-job of stepping-with and pressurizing - Connelly with that nifty little parry as she leans forward, shunting Bibb's punches aside and setting up shoulder to shoulder. Different story this round as Leslie bathes Jen in almost constant lathering hup-hup - bumping and batting at brunette's arms as Jen calmly blocks body shots, slips head shots and keeps her face in close to Leslie's in classic crowding posture. Bibb forced to back up as she slugs - trying to find room: she's not getting much on the punches, but she does outwork Jen in the third.
R4: Leslie bouyed by her success last round: backfires as she bounds back inside, only to be terribly beaten by Jennifer toe-to-toe. Leslie still a bit of a push-puncher - not a lot of snap on her shots: Connelly willing to stand toe-to-toe, knowing the blonde can't hurt her. Different story Jen-to-Leslie: Connelly well-able to punch with leverage as she steps back, walking Bibb's tummy and ribs into brutal, lifting rights or lefts. Jen placing her shots - systematically going again and again to the solar plexus with a jerking, rigid little left hook in tight. Bibb hurt time and again - cringing up, shouting in pain, face clenched tight: judges/audience can't help but notice the difference in the relative effectiveness of the girls' punching. Midway through, Leslie breathless, staggering forward open-mouthed, walking into murderous, methodical strokes to her ribs and flat tummy and BIBB GOES DOWN! Leslie panting, trembling on all fours: Jen strutting past with a cool look down at her opponent's slender, tanned back. Give Leslie credit - she beats the count and down the stretch, furious-if-inaccurate brawling off the ropes sees Bibb back Jen off - Connelly content to circle away, leaving Leslie seething, nostrils flaring at the bell
Connelly vs Bibb conc.
Posted by simguy on 8/14/2006, 6:59 pm
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