UNIFIED FLYWEIGHT TITLE

Posted by Simguy on 10/7/2000, 10:31 am.

Before: Fresh meat for Liu, but bettors not giving Wuhrer much of a chance. Kari outclassed, but she’s rugged and a hard hitter in her own right.. Liu hamming it up in pre-fight, adamant that Kari can’t go 5--Wuhrer refusing to be baited, smiles throughout the Asian’s tirade. Black push up, leopard boy cut trunks for pony tailed Liu; Black push up, black nylon jogging shorts, shoulder length curls for Kari.

During R1: Wuhrer trusting to her toughness early, goes right at Liu and makes a fight of it. Kari with her hands at her temples, chugs out chopping lefts and rights, dropping them onto Liu’s face as the Asian circles her torso, reaching in to savage Kari’s ribs or jaw with single bombs from either hand. Both girls fielding shots, but in the final minute, Liu gets the range, bending back on her hips as she falls off to the right and she jams a southpaw lead right uppercut between the mitts to put Kari on one knee in shock. Staggering power has Kari in a bad way--Liu takes over to the bell with jolting blows to the waist, keeping her hands insolently at her side as Kari folds forward.

R2: Liu out with hands down again, bouncing to the left, backhanding at Kari’s chest and looking to sweep right hands in on the ribcage, Wuhrer with that high guard, pivoting, staying patient and midway through, she punches with Liu to good effect. Lucy getting tagged as she punches, leans back but Kari keeps coming, hacking little lefts and rights from the elbow to chase Liu in disarray to the ropes. Lucy Liu bobbing, bending low beneath Wuhrer’s waistline, but Kari squares up and punishes her opponent to the bell. Clubbing, tight lefts and rights bash down on Liu’s back and dig into her sides as she effectively keeps her face out of trouble. Tell-tale tremor in Liu’s legs as she walks back to her corner--she’s humming from the body work.

R3: Liu falls off to the left, drilling thje left uppercut from her knees through Wuhrer’s mitts--Kari’s lead foot comes off the canvas and she s wobbly at the open. Liu jumping left and right, surprising Kari with cuffing blows from either hand--Wuhrer really breaking down for the first time in the bout as Lucy leaves her behind. Midway through the round--crowd OOHS as Lucy lights Kari up with a twirling right on the eye socket ash she jumps left, stops, jumps right and bashes out Kari’s mouthpiece with a clouting left across the lips. Wuhrer stepping in fence post holes--Liu spends the final minute taunting, palming up on Kari’s shoulders and twitching in those non-chalant pokes to the body that buckle Kari’s knees at the bell. Liu all smiles as she struts to her corner with the shutout--Wuhrer battered.

R4: A devastated Kari Wuhrer makes up her mind to keep swinging and Liu actually forced into a ragged retreat early as the brunette stomps forward behind hacking blows. These are easy to time however, Liu eventually reversing field at the ropes, stunning Kari with a running right hand, bending low to put her face into Wuhrer’s belly button, then lurching up suddenly to score the left uppercut as Kari steps back to get punching room. Wuhrer wrecked by the punch, wanders away with cloudy eyes as Liu tracks her down. Liu leaping in with a jolting left from the hip, fits it in over Kari’s right shoulder and jerks her sideways. Liu carrying her body into Kari, bulls Wuhrer into a clattering retreat--easy pickings. Liu lunging in with a straight right hand nails Wuhrer on the way back, puddling Kari at the ropes, Wuhrer on her back, torso out on the apron as she stars up through the ropes at the lights--KO4 Lucy Liu.

After: Kari a sad shell of a brunette after coming around, gets pulled off her stool by an impatient Liu and tugged roughly around the canvas for her walk of shame. Lucy glaring, still feeling ferocious after the crushing knockout, right hand around Kari’s hips as she displays the broken challenger to a hooting audience. Wuhrer dazed, resigned--she’s a far cry from the confident brunette who seemed so unflappable in pre-fight. Liu train rolls on--women are being knocked senseless--proud celebrities are getting walked I shame--when will the terror end?

((Archer Note: Soon after this Lucy Liu vacates the flyweight titles to campaign at bantamweight)).

Reposted by Archer 1/11/11.