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20 December 2013 Gemma Arterton vs Charlize Theron

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Posted by simguy on December 20, 2013, 10:06 am

Before: "I'm not fighting a Goddess," Arterton insists in prefight, "I'm fighting a woman who thinks she's better than me - simple as that. My fans - and I think fans of boxing in general - want and need to see Charlize badly beaten by me. They need to see her get old in the ring and take the sort of beating that changes a woman for good and all. I don't want one day to tell my grandchildren that I was in with the great Charlize Theron. I want to tell them that I battered the great Charlize Theron - that after me, she started to see the end of her career on the horizon. I want her to come in with her best, and at some point look up at me and realize her best wasn't good enough. That's what I want."

Theron upbeat, enjoying Gemma's heat in prefight. "Arterton's got it in her to be my new best rival," Theron confides at podium. "She's got the body of a Cat Bell; the strength of a Righetti...she's a Bond Girl with legit movie-star cred - blockbusters and art-house movies both. Against Torv, she proved she could overwhelm class with raw aggression, and she's never relinquished Alpha status to Anna since. Gemma's the total package, and I don't see that very often. I look at her and not only does she not look away all nervous and self-conscious - I can see her sizing me up and wanting to 'know'. Women who want to 'know' - who NEED to 'know'...those are the fighters you make history with.

Gemma in black lace push up; black bikini bottoms with big white polka-dots; black gloves; long black hair in wild tangles. Theron in white bikini top/green bottoms; white gloves; blonde hair loose, in shower-damp tangles.

During R1: BRAWL! Theron driven to apron, but fitting Gemma for gorgeous limber-limbed uppercuts and hooks: Arterton gobbling wallop in order to bend in with power. Theron will cover up, absorb a crashing right hand upside the head; answer back the right uppercut, then race to land a hook before Gemma's hook crashes home. Arterton pushing on Theron - left hand under the chin, pushing blonde girl over ropes: Charlize writhing out from under...then the woman are fitting each other for thunder. CT sliding back and forth between two corners...Arterton stalking her, hounding her. Down the stretch, a series of hateful, hacking right hands hammering at CT's left ear takes accumulated effect: blonde girl sputtering into her own corner suddenly loose-limbed/foggy eyed...Gemma able to slam a vicious left hook in under CT's right breast, ejecting Theron's mouthpiece at bell.

R2: Blistering pitch and catch midring as Theron circles counter-clockwise, Gemma stalking her. Blonde girl getting her back into crashing wallops - landing the right hand; pushing hands on Gemma's shoulders while sidestepping-right; trimming Gemma the left uppercut, then bending in to feed her an extra right. Arterton lit up again and again, but absolutely relentless, catching Theron a step-and-hook left to chin as CT's circling counter-clockwise; sweeping a wide right heavily to leftside lats. Glorious stuff - Theron fielding crowd-pleasing blockbusters, but keeping her balance, managing her girl with the ol' push-and-pivot, and pouring the leather to Gemma in turn.

R3: Arterton with that step-and-hook routine startles CT early: while blonde girl's trying to find her feet, Gems steps in and gets an even better hook to chin, sending Theron reeling all accordion-legs to ropes! Theron aghast, laying on cables, covering her face on reflex: Gemma wades in, sets up strong and gets to work. OH the thump applied to CT's ribs - Gemma just tippy-tapping right/left/right at the prepared defence, then torquing torso-right to PLOW that left hook deep behind blonde right elbow. Gorgeous baseball-bat swings at Theron's liver: Arterton obviously benefiting from long hours in the ring with Neve Campbell during camp. Right uppercuts shave at Theron's guard, picking her up; whacking sidearm rights take Theron heavily in left-side lats...magnificent golden-brown legs hold Charlize up, but oh, the cost. Down the stretch, Theron even managing to answer-back - catching Gemma snippy little right uppercuts off the ropes; trading side to side lefts and rights to jaw as Arterton refuses to back off in trade.

R4: Theron working her push-and-pivot routine midring - circling to her right, kissing a variety of jabs, left uppercuts and slashing right hands off Gemma's face. Arterton bobbing, weaving, trying to close, but it takes 2 minutes before she's able to catch Theron that step-and-swing left hook to chin. Theron backs away hands-low, looking to leg out the clock, but Gemma steps-with, dives into a sweeping right clean to chin and sends blonde girl reeling to ropes! Theron blinking, staring, hands up but loose...Gemma pours in, pushing Theron's biceps back and POUNDING AWAY TO GLORY! Theron facing into a withering onslaught...Gemma pushing and a-punching, bouncing either hand off Theron's beautiful face; rolling shoulders to dig up mitt-fulls of golden tummy; putting hands on CT's ribcage or face to push her back against ropes all loose and swaying for the next bombardment. Bell: Arterton pounds a late right hand across Theron's breasts with a sickening THUD...Charlize' battered face pinches in agony as she crosses wrists against breasts, just laying her right shoulder on ropes as ref pushes seething ARterton away.

R5: Charlize rallies after coughing up the fourth round late. Long legs in wide stance, she pivots to her right, pumping out the left jab to Gemma's face; dropping in the silky-smooth right cross. Just as Gemma's getting the hang of the counter-clockwise rotation, Theron straps a lashing left hook to head while pivoting to her left - neatly resetting behind the jab as Gemma adjusts to the new angle. Penetrations by Arterton met-and-rebuffed by a slick little right uppercut off CT's back (right) foot...blonde girl putting on a ring-generalship clinic, dictating terms and tempo bell to bell on Gemma through 5.

R6: Glorious, brutal fighting all around the ring. Theron sliding back in her stance, walking Gemma into pinging left jabs; slicing right crosses; limber left hooks from the hip that land with the heel of the hand on Gemma's jaw. When blonde runs out of ring at ropes, she tries to tie up, but Arterton proves a strong-backed menace - putting her head under CT's chin, writhing her arms, getting hands-free and pounding at the golden torso. Arterton thick and destructive - snatching her mitts back quick after landing, keeping shots short...she's demolishing the Theron breadbasket, the Theron ribs, bouncing hands off lats, or bashing away in under the breastline. CT eventually able to clinch for ref's breaks, then leg out to midring to reset terms: Arterton's grim pursuit exposes brunette to a vicious pelting, even as it positions Gemma to do work at aprons. Bell: both girls busting up, looking frazzled; both equally determined to break the other's will through 6.

R7: Theron working her magic midring - circling counter-clockwise with the one-twos and push-and-pivots; clockwise around rangy, rising left hooks. Gemma looking bleak here, reacting late...she's out on the end of Theron's fists, taking a pasting, not doing enough to cut the ring down. Final seconds see a spirited Theron step in and lap rangy, rising left/rights in hup-hup-hup sequence to Gemma's breasts. Arterton spellbound, open-mouthed as blonde girl lights up the jugs, then spins away all smiles at bell.

R8: Gemma stepping in strong with lead right hands against Theron's punishing left jab; stepping-and-hooking when Theron's trying to pivot 'round Gemma's left flank. Blonde girl taking both hands heavily on her face...Charlize busting up - sometimes hit so hard to head that the crowd squeals in alarm, but she's legging out of range before decisive follow-on bombs can land. Arterton patient in pursuit, piling up the touches - chopping sidearm right clouts across CT's mouth late, swiping her mouthpiece out, leaving her staring in confusion at bell. Ref warning CT for spitting-the-bit too much: she drowsily regards the guy like he's speaking a strange Martian dialect.

R9: Grim two fighting continues as Theron walks Arterton's face into savage, slashing abuse en-route to ropes - Gemma taking over when they hit cables. Arterton muscular on CT - head down, arms extending to push Theron up and back; hands pushing CT's face back - anything to jostle her. Sledgehammer beating applied to Theron's supple waist/ proud torso, but Gemma coming off-body to bash away on face in spots...Theron's eyes all puffy and dim in receipt. Brutal action finally goes Theron's way late when she artfully pivots-clockwise around a chopping jab, slapping hook, and trimming left uppercut, neatly punching Gemma wobbly-butt at bell.

R10: Arterton hounding Theron to ropes - Academy corner-women shrieking for CT to get her back off ropes. Blonde girl sliding back and forth between her corner and one neutral corner...Gemma hounding her, paralleling the course, keeping the pressure on. Arterton showing precision, discipline and heavy hands - knocking CT into ropes with a stout straight right hand lead, forcing Theron into earmuff whereupon Gems can follow up in combination. Gemma putting pitty-pat patterns of rights and lefts on CT's guarded head, just keeping her occupied, then BELTING that left hook in behind right elbow. Crowd shouting in sympathy when CT absorbs these bombs...Theron's face wretched with misery as she slides to her left, trying to get out from under. Great pursuit from Gemma - she keeps her distance, doesn't fall in to smother herself, and takes a baseball bat to CT's liver, all but crippling the blonde by the bell. Comes back 5 rounds a piece for the draw. Wiz' people not happy with the scoring as their girl seemingly landed the heaviest bombs, but fighters themselves eager to fight to a resolution. Both women battered almost unrecognizable, but CT's body is in much worse shape than Gemma's going into overtime.

First girl to win consecutive rounds, or an unanswered knockdown, or a KO.

R11: Stepped in, stubby straight right kicks Theron's head back, sending her tottering backwards to ropes: leads to a mauling Arterton assault as brunette piles on to finish! Nothing fancy - CT just lolling all hurt and fragile against ropes, hands at temples: Arterton sets herself the task of demolishing the remains. Theron boozy, slow in her movements as she wilts forward or slow-rolls to either side while protecting her face. Gemma just pouring on the hurt, bouncing fists off golden arms and torso, beating Theron numb, then taking the time to reach in, body up and wrestle apart the guard. Once Theron's exposed, Gemma smashes at face and breasts, beating blonde girl back over top rope...Charlize's lashes fluttering, lips parted as a smiting right dislodged her mouthpiece again. Theron a battered wreck, but refusing to go down, and as Arterton's ardor fades late: CHARLIZE ANSWERS! Blonde with a shoving right hand to pit of Gemma's stomach bunches brunette up "UH-H!" For a moment they're just pate to pate, eyes closed, hurting together before Charlize shrugs a left uppercut to Gemma's jugs, then cuffs a left hook across Gemma's cheek. Brunette stumbling in her stance, groggy and exhausted...Gemma reaches in around CT's hips to body her into ropes, hanging on for ref's breaks down the stretch.

R12: Pate to pate brawling - both fighters too spent to do anything more sophisticated. Girls sleepy, stooping forward with hands loose at chests - they take turns nibbling little right or left uppercuts to chin; lapping either hand to tummy in rolling hup-hup; cuffing jug when its there. When one girl wants to come forward she reaches under the others arms to walk her back a step, then it's back to the salt mines, slopping and clouting. Groggy toe to toe goes to Theron by a smidge...Arterton bleak, punished, visibly disappointed to have let Charlize off the hook.

R13: Grim, trudging pace - Theron trying to skirt-round Arterton's left flank and work angles, but Gemma step-and-getting that wide left hook to chin, straightening CT up, knocking her out of her stance. Minute mark, Theron's eaten too many of these shots: Gemma gets it again, locking up CT's legs...blonde girl can't get herself together before a second hook lands and THERON GOES DOWN! Charlize crashing to her back, whining in confusion...sheer force of will sees her roll over right hip and BEAT THE COUNT! Arterton dismayed at the sight of blonde compete, but she wades forward: fighters meet pate to pate midring. Arterton drowsy, just pumping-hands to Theron's toned tummy with short little shovel-punches. CT gasping, willing herself to punch - she's clipping away tight left or right uppercuts on Gemma's face. Final moments, Gemma kneads a tepid little right/left/right against CT's breasts inside, just bumping at the blonde pep-pep-pep, but then BURYING the left hook DEEP to liver! Gorgeous, meaty whack sounding out as CT sponges the shock...Theron ashen faced as she steps away to regroup, then EASES HERSELF DOWN TO RIGHT KNEE! Theron sobbing, delayed action forcing to give up the second knockdown...she beats the count, but there's the bell...Gemma Arterton takes it in overtime UD13!

After: Camera lingering on Theron's battered features, limp limbs as she's helped to her stool...beating recalls some of the legendary damage done by Nolin, Campbell et al in the early days of CT's career. Gemma battered lumpy herself, but jubilant in victory...she's sensing history as she gathers herself for cameras. "Anyone else thinking of Shelley's 'Ozymandias'?" Arteron grins wearily, relishing her giant-slaying performance. "I got everything I could have wanted tonight from Theron, and I know the better woman won. I've been very aware of Jen Lawrence establishing herself against the Old Guard - breaking out the broom against Lopez, Zeta Jones and the like. Meanwhile I've been doing the same, sweeping the slate clean of old tyrants - first Zeta Jones and now Theron herself. I feel as though Jennifer and I are on a collision course that will shape the future of the FCBA. One of us will emerge to fill the void vacated by the Theron-era greats, and that one will rule as they once did. And by 'one', I mean me. After all, I hold the victory Jennifer can never have: triumph over Charlize Theron herself."