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27 March 2012 Holly Valance vs Zoe Salmon

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Holly Valance 03.jpgZoe Salmon 01.jpg

 

Posted by Vassago on 3/27/2012, 10:52 pm

 

There's a lot of buzz surrounding the sixth fight of tonight's event. Holly Valance made an impressive comeback to international boxing by knocking out Rihanna on the New Year's Eve card before losing in equally ruthless fashion to Phoebe Tonkin in the inaugural ACB PPV few days later. However that loss was nothing compared to the beatdown she suffered at the hands of Kelly Rowland in the February FCBA PPV. She'll be hoping to avenge that brutal loss tonight against the recurring Zoe

 

The Lioness Club girl was absent from the ring since the first Dowunder event where Rachael Taylor broke her ribs before making a winning return against rookie Holly Peers in the recent Bantamweight Invitational. Now that Salmon's fellow Ulster compatriot Christine Bleakley knocked out Taylor herself, the old demons could be put to bed with Zoe on track for her second consecutive BBU victory.

Valance is a tough competitor, veteran of 16 FCBA fights and still poised for a big career overseas. She enters the ring wearing a silver bikini and black gloves with Salmon wearing a black bikini and red gloves. Both girls stare at each other for a long while before the bell and there's no sign of fear in Salmon's eyes. Fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Valance straight into action, jabbing at her rival's face and Zoe's forced to cover up immediately. She's pummelled to the ropes in a matter of seconds and Holly keeps peppering her without a single pause, looking fresh and keen to dish out a lot of punishment. Several blows land on Salmon's body inside the opening minut but Valance's almost too keen to score an early win as she literally pushes the blonde off the ring enabling her to clinch. Ref separates them but Valance immediately throws a hook to the eye and it's a good one, Zoe's head snaps back and forces her to jump away, but the Aussie just keeps harrassing her all over the ring and Salmon just weaves around the ropes, throwing some single punches and trying to compose herself. Holly doesn't stop, unloads solid combinations to the midsection and chest all throughout and looks in top shape. Salmon stays away from serious trouble, but gets clearly dominated in the opening round and is relieved to finally hear the bell. Valance in full control though.

Round 2:
Holly picks up where she left off and closes the distance straight away, landing some nasty jabs to the midsection. Zoe still has the rib injury on her mind, protects her stomach well, but is slow to raise her guard in time and gets rocked with a big hook to the chin! She sways on her feet and Valance backs her against the ropes for good with a jabbing sequence to the chest. Salmon moans in discomfort as Holly throws more punches, lacing her in the arms and body. The steamroll continues for Downunder and Holly grits her teeth and pounds the Ulster blonde along the ropes, meeting literally zero resistance. Massive jab to the guts sinks Zoe on her knees and she gets nailed in the jugs soon afterwards. Big hook goes all the way around the her gloves as well and lands straight on her jaw. Down goes Salmon with a loud groan of pain!!! Holly jumps away and contemplates her fallen rival, but Zoe bravely gets up at six and wipes out some sweat off her face before nodding to the ref. She's good to go again, but jumps away into the corner just as Holly was looking to catch her in the face again. Some quick footwork from the local girl, but the Aussie keeps hassling her around the ring, throwing multiple shots from mid-range and at the end of the round it's all Valance and Salmon barely grazed her in this bout so far.

Round 3:
The onslaught continues in the third, Zoe can't keep Holly at distance and allows her to land several quick jabs to the midsection early on. Loud cheers from the Downunder corner and Valance responds to them by hitting the local blonde in the face a couple of times, Zoe's guard was up quickly, but the leather still landed on her mouth as Holly broke through the gloves with ease. Salmon jumps away to the ropes, tries to somehow survive the neverending charge from her rival, but Holly much quicker on her feet, keeps her within range with another flurry of jabs and finally traps her in the corner for good. Zoe gets backed against the post and Valance immediately romps her with a massive stiff jab, the guard ripped apart and a couple of more jabs to the face make the Ulster girl sink on her knees again. Zoe desperately tries to clinch, but gets rocked with some methodical hooks from each side as Valance shows her little sympathy. She moans in pain and Holly nails her in the guts with a jab piledriver!!! Salmon's on her knees, beding down in pain!!! Holly raises her glove and awaits the call, but referee reverts to the usual count despite the sobbing Zoe on the verge of agony. Christine Bleakley has jumped into the Lioness corner and she shouts at her compatrior "Get up! Get up!". Zoe does indeed notice her and with the help of the ropes, she gets up at eight and looks ready to give it another try. Holly shakes her head in disgust, but the local girl is allowed to continue. Suddenly there's a feeling that we might see more serious damege being caused and it's the last thing Lioness Club needs with another of their fighters send for medical treatement especially with Salmon only returning into action after three months off due to injury. However Zoe saves some common sense and immeduately sidesteps away from the corner and jumps around the ropes, avoiding yet another furious charge from the Aussie. Valance lands a couple of nasty jabs before the bell, but can't enforce the knockout just yet.

Round 4:
Zoe looks tired during the interval, the two knockdowns have taken a lot out of her and she breaths heavily, her face sporting a few scratches and minor swellings. Holly's in top shape though, jumps off her stool to continue her attacks and catches the local blonde with a big hook to the eye just seconds into the fourth. Salmon's guard was slow to get up and Holly peppers her in the midsection and chest, backing her against the ropes with ease. Zoe just can't do anything about the Aussie's overwhelming advantage and covers up in despair, hoping for Valance to run out of steam. This won't happen anytime soon though, Holly rocks her from side to side with aggressive jabbing and causes more pain by nailing sharp hooks to the ribs. Salmon's pinned to the ropes, moans in pain and absorbs more punishment. The Aussie corner's on their feet and Nikki Visser urges her fighter to finish the blonde off for good. Holly with another furious charge, pounding Salmon's stomach into a mush, Zoe tries to strike back, throwing a hook to the face, but that gets easily avoided and Valance with a huge left hook to the jaw moments later!!! Zoe gets caught clean and wobbles on her knees.. Holly blasts another big jab straight in the nose and DOWN GOES SALMON for the third time, sliding on her backside with her arms desperately trying to catch the ropes on the way down. Ref steps in and doesn't bother to start the count this time! The Ulster blonde has been literally thumped into the ground with that one! TKO R4 Holly Valance!!!

Post-fight:
Holly brimming with confidence, walks around the ring with her gloves raised high. More smiles for Elle MacPherson and Nikki Visser in the Downunder corner and more worried faces in the hosts' entourage. The Aussies go 4-2 up on the night and cannot be beaten anymore!

Zoe remains seated on the canvas for a couple of minutes, struggling to regain her pride more than anything else. Christine Bleakley eventually helps her off the ring and Zoe looks devastated by that defeat, but the general reception is, that Holly Valance was too strong for her in all departments anyway and Salmon can build her career back again regardless of this performance. Valance turned out to be vicious hard-hitter, but more happy with winning the fight alone rather then sending the loser to hospital in the proccess. Lioness Club has seen enough of it's girls making that unneccesary trip already tonight. In fact Valance made her way back to the locker room and checked up on Zoe's condition before offering her some consolation. Hardly anyone expected that and Holly Valance won quite a few friends in North London, her off-ring demeanour differing a lot from the one displayed during the fight itself.

Final result: Holly Valance def. Zoe Salmon TKO4.
Series result after 6 of 8 bouts: Lioness Club 2, Downunder Boxing 4.

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