Posted by technetium on 1/7/2012, 9:41 pm.

BBU INTERNATIONAL BOUT

BEFORE. It's clear that this is not going to be a friendly bout -not even with feelings. Two hot girls, still unbeaten in their BBU career. Alaina with a 4-0 record (4 KO's), Malika with a 5-0 record (and again, 4 KO's) -but one of these is probably going to say bye to her clean sheet in 2012. "True, she's won five times, but she fought the same opponent twice, so technically she’s been checked only by three different fighters. Malika steps up big time tonight against me, and she's going to be beaten soundly. I like the girl -she's got a nice body and she's certainly hot- but she is definitely beatable. I have seen a lot of holes in her technique in the previous bouts, but her opponents did not take full advantage. I'm going to do it -like a blade, I'm going to cut through Malika's dream world!" a confident Alaina tells the press in her prefight interview. "Not going to happen -not at all" replies a very confident, cocky, Malika Menard. "I have beaten -no, let me rephrase it- I have subjugated two strong girls, destroyed a weak one, and now there is this Alaina person willing to knock me out. Sorry, but you are just one of the fighters in line to be beaten by 'La Grande Malika'. I will not stop tonight -I will stop you!". Menard in the Ms Normandy one-piece blue swimsuit, gloves with the French flag, long hair tied in a ponytail; Alaina in one-piece black swimsuit, gloves with the Canadian flag, short blonde hair (see Archer's pics for swimsuit visual reference). Girls looking at each other straight in the eyes as they touch gloves -no sign of fear as the bell tells them it's time to start the dances!

ROUND 1. Menard out slow, as usual, but Alaina even less active early in the round. Malika able to dance around, using her jab to score on Alaina. Blonde girl getting tagged, but she’s not shying away from the fight. Midway through -she starts to punch! Getting closer, Alaina works at Malika's body, with left/right combos, but the French girls replies in rhymes! Crazy exchange of punches in the middle of the ring -both girls willing to prove a point, both girls doing it effectively, although at the end they cancel each other. Tall girls slow down in the last minute -they need to breathe after all- saving energy for the rest of the bout. Slight edge to Malika because of the early work, but both girls looking strong.

ROUND 2. Menard out strong, jabbing, dancing around Alaina, using her long arms to keep Huffman under a constant amount of fire. Menard brazen, guard down, she's now teasing Alaina, hissing: "Come on, is this the best you can offer?" and then she goes to work again with her jab. Huffman touched in the body but not in the spirit -she gets the punishment from the outside and then pours in! Alaina advances, pushes the French girl to the ropes and starts to unleash hard punches to the belly. Malika stupefied, she resorts to clinching but she's clearly slowing down. Alaina applies her pressure now, keeps Malika at the ropes, tags her hard. Malika defends herself, tries to escape, and finally clinches to start the circle again Bell coming to rescue the French girl -she shakes her head as she heads to her corner.

ROUND 3. Menard out a little hesitant, Huffman more determined as she starts early to work at Malika's body. Close range attack to the body, and then ALAINA GOES TO THE HEAD! Malika caught by a series of punches, gloves unable to stop the assault, she retreats but it’s not enough to stop Alaina. Malika hit hard again AND THE FRENCH GIRL IS DOWN! Malika sitting on her butt, then down on her back, letting go a long whine as she tries to beat the count. Eventually, she's up at seven, and dazed, but shows heart by getting back to Alaina soon. Courageous Menard shakes off the knockdown and attacks non-stop, breathing hard but being able to push Alaina back to the corner. Blonde girl trapped there, with Menard that unleashes her right on a defensive Huffman. End of the round -Malika still punching, Huffman dazed but clearly ahead now. Big knock-down somehow countered by Malika's late assault -but still, it's Alaina's round.

ROUND 4. Hammer and tongs in the early stage of the round. Both girls punching like crazy, both girls again effectively neutralizing each other. Malika with some fatigue -the knockdown has left a mark on her- Alaina apparently more fluid. Girls slow down in the second minute, dancing around in the middle of the ring, using the jab alternatively, and then it's Menard that steps forward again. Menard pushing, Huffman with her back on the ropes, sending messages with the right, but it's another crazy exchange of punches between the two. Malika hits with clean shots to the head, but Alaina counters with body shots that make Malika stops. Then, it's Alaina that finds Malika's chin, with the French girl howling again in pain. Finally, Malika manages to swing a right hook to Alaina's head, pushing her to the ropes again for another non-stop exchange. Girls do not hear the bell -or so it seems- and it's the ref's turn to intervene to separate them. Another close round, another one fought at some crazy pace -how long will they be able to go on?

ROUND 5. Is Alaina paying her toll for the punch-feast in the previous rounds? Malika strong, faking a right and then scoring with a left to Alaina's cheek. Malika keeps scoring from the medium range, looking in charge early on. But then Alaina finds her feet again, Mailka starts to miss, and Alaaina quickly gets through Malika's attack to move to close range, Alaina answers, uppercuts to the tits that make Malika yell, punches to the face that daze her and force her to clinch. Malika eventually stopping the assault in the middle of the round, buying some distance with her jab, but then it's all Alaina's again. French girls trapped at the ropes, Alaina indulging on the tempting belly and breast of the French beauty -it's a painful lesson for the stunning pageant girl and she is lucky her one-piece swimsuit is tight enough to prevent her tits from flying around. Malika unable to punch back, touched several times by her Canadian opponent, eventually clinches but clearly gets hurt. Big round for Alaina, as Malika goes back to her corner sobbing. Sitting on her stool, Malika lets go some tears of discouragement and trainer Sophie Marceau has to a lot of work to calm her down.

ROUND 6. Marceau's recipe worked: Menard shows heart again! Badly beaten in the previous round, she comes out bold, using her jab and her footwork to keep Alaina at the right distance most of the round. Malika able to reach out with her hook, scoring several times, getting some confidence. But Huffman knows that Malika needs to be stopped before she becomes too dangerous, and manages to push Menard to the ropes, working at Malika's body. Malika not precise from the close range -her punches find mostly air- and it's a pity for her as Alaina punishes her again. Huffman unable to use the same amount of punishment of the previous round, though, as she is a little tired and Malika often blocks now, but still able to keep Menard in place. Alaina wins another round. Menard's heart is giving the French beauty some hope, but she looked a little used up in the last two rounds.

ROUND 7. Slow start for both girls -Malika getting more confident as she avoids Alaina's punches at the moment, Alaina waiting for her opponent to open her defense. Unproductive action early in the round, but then it's Malika that finds Alaina. Huffman tries to move close, hands down and SHE GETS HIT BY A RIGHT CROSS! Alaina trembling, wobbly butt, not going down but clearly shocked by the punch. Menard in pursuit, grinning, charging, pushing Alaina to the ropes and unleashing her punches there. Huffman protects her face, but Malika hits the Canadian's body more and more often, applying steady pressure to the body. It's now Huffman's turn to cover and clinch -Canadian beauty is ahead on points, but looks shabby after the seventh. Frantic work in Alaina's corner to keep her back on track -it worked with Menard earlier on!

ROUND 8. Alaina trying to shake the cobwebs, but Malika is keeping distance, tagging her with the right jab, peppering her with the hook -and THEN MALIKA POURS IN. French girl charging at full speed -Huffman backpedaling, covering as Malika gets to the belly and then to the face! Left-right, left-right, left-right, Alaina hit hard, head lolling on her side, but Malika won't stop. Auto-pilot for the French girl, she uses her body to control the Canadian beauty, and left/right combos to the body and face to punish her. Finally, French girl steps back, Alaina stupefied with her body on the ropes, hands slightly down and MALIKA HITS HER WITH A RIGHT CROSS! Clean shot for the French girl -and this time she's not missing it! Canadian beauty sprawling backwards, back hitting the ring post, legs bending AND SHE'S DOWN! Huffman sobbing, gloves on her face, legs folded as she tries to beat the count -but she can't! It's over -Malika Menard did it again and stopped Alaina Huffman KO 8.

AFTER. Menard jumping around, crying tears of joy as she looks at her beaten foe. French girl hit hard early in the round, almost on the verge of submission as Alaina was toying with her for the whole first half of the fight. But credits to Malika and to her trainer Marceau, the French boxer has been able to withstand the pressure and the pain and to turn the fight on her side with two round of crazy assault on Huffman. Huffman strong, muscular, but dazed by Malika's slaughtering attack in the seventh -one wonders if it was her body or her spirit that froze in that round. "I told you, I was going to beat her!" a radiant Menard will tell the press in her post-fight interview "I let her play for a while, but then I charged in and she had nothing left! These are the kind of victories Monsieur Fox wants -and I'm the right person to deliver them!" French beauty still rough in spots, beatable on paper, but she seems to be able to survive great punishments and she is tremendously growing up in her skills –not a good combination for her future opponents! Someone has to stop her soon -Maffia, Washington and Refaeli are interested in such task, although it could turn out to be more difficult than expected.