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1 May 2015 Amanda Righetti vs Katharine McPhee

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Posted by Lookout! Boxing on May 1, 2015, 10:35 pm

 

AMANDA RIGHETTI VS KATHARINE MCPHEE
(Words: Bonzo / Results: Lookout!)

 
Before: Katharine McPhee has completed her move to welterweight – in visual terms, no doubt, as she’s now noticeably more athletic and much stronger than at any point in her career. If she hadn’t faced six-footer Megan Gale in the first round of the welterweight tournament, that could have been her big break in the division. Alas, it wasn’t. And Kat couldn’t make it past Michelle Ryan, either. Still, she’s the first one to profit from the appearance in terms of match-making. Facing Amanda Righetti – the redhead anxious to get back into the title picture in May – McPhee knows she’s booked as a stay-busy fight. But Amanda has nicer words for the set-up, and is well aware of the risk taking on one of the “losers” of the welter tourney amid preparations for a potential title fight.
 
“Kat is one of the names you need to be aware about at welter. I appreciate her new physicality – that gets me into compete mode, to see someone who’s obviously spent a lot of time in the gym, someone who won’t be pushed around in the ring, who can stand her ground. That’s what motivates me, you know, to fight someone who’s strong, who’s my size, and still kick her butt. Kat now has a welterweight body, I don’t think she has the chops yet, but she’s someone who – in the future – might be a contender. I need to study girls like that. I fought Bridget Regan on her fighting debut, because I recognized her potential and the danger she posed. I was right. But it’s my strategy not to delay reacting to these threats: I take them on once I notice them. It’s the only way to be a long-term success in welterweight.” – McPhee appreciates that’s she gained respect from Righetti, but not exactly happy with the rookie emblem. “I’m not campaigning at welterweight to be stuck with low ambition. Remember Paula Patton? I’m here to debunk the Righetti myth, punch by punch.”
 
Note: Despite the real-life timeline, this fight is supposed to take place after the last installment of Vassago’s welterweight tournament.
 
Fight: R1: McPhee aggressive – looking to make a statement early, she’s pushing and shoving Amanda mid-ring, trying to pepper Righetti with a flurry of more-or-less wild, swinging punches to hold her ground and drive her backwards. Righetti’s response cool: she’s using only her outstretched left arm, rotating her body to the right, providing McPhee with little body to target, elegantly avoiding Kat with smooth legwork, pumping out stinging jabs – McPhee’s defense not yet properly in place, takes some ugly punches on her nose, while unable to get Righetti’s respect with those uncontrolled swingers that only hit air. Katharine in retreat as a result – Righetti pivots back to frontal aggression, mixing up the jab with half-hearted rights, just to gain ground. Kat slowly punched backwards, driven to ropes, feeling the power. Textbook from there: Righetti in control with her jab, McPhee unable to get inside.
 
R2: Kat mixing things up a bit – feels that unorthodox fighting might be the way to go against steady Amanda. So McPhee tries to break Righetti’s rhythm – when Amanda goes to jab mid-ring after the bell, Katharine more or less jumps into her, muscling her backwards, not really punching, just grinding and shoving and trying to overpower her redhead. Righetti taken aback: repeatedly punches McPhee on the side of her cheek, interchanges that with ripping lefts into ribs, all while walking backwards, but allows McPhee to drive her to ropes. McPhee trying to be big – sheer power of Righetti defense spooking her though, and brunette retreats, jogging back to mid-ring. Amanda marches forward out of the ropes, but Katharine startles her yet again, throwing wide haymakers from side to side that have Amanda ducking and using her agile legs to evade the punches. McPhee with a wry smile: her turn to march hard at her girl, her jabs connecting with Amanda’s chin but the redhead’s fighting through it. Righetti forced to put more effort into this – doubles up her jab and consequently out-punches Kat body-on-body during last minute, but it’s not enough to steal McPhee’s well-deserved lead on the cards for this round.
 
R3: Amanda no longer putting up with the games: grim-facedly she ups the jab tempo, churning up Kat’s body. Righetti keeps her elbows in, starts shoving short lefts into Kat’s gut, jerking left uppercuts to chin as she steps to her girl, keeping her head lowered, constantly swinging out for McPhee’s waistline/ribs. This is belting, numbing stuff by Amanda: smashing Kat’s biceps to take the fight out of her. McPhee proving tough, though: actively engages redhead, refusing to yield ground. Amanda pressured to dig deeper – mixing up jabs with haymakers nearing the way to Kat’s chin. McPhee in agile defense; proves very durable, very athletic: rocking ‘Manda hard with right hooks – not showing any signs of wilt – actually muscles back redhead a few times before Righetti can reverse and get back on top. Close fight after three: not a lot of damage done yet.
 
R4: Righetti with thick-legged stance, emitting throbbing jabs to face/upper body – McPhee held outside and taking punches. After first minute, Kat upsets the jab machinery offensively: twisting her torso right into shots, her fists slamming home to Amanda’s temple/cheek, Kat impresses with a series of short, muscular hooks, pounding Righetti’s tummy and tits, has redhead's thighs/butt trembling in ache. At the bell: McPhee’s all brimming with confidence, loves seeing Righetti hugging her body in hurt.
 
R5: Amanda won’t let up though after break: McPhee pushes forward, but runs into the same Righetti jab again, and that one’s not getting any flimsier. Katharine’s attacks just a bit less precise than in the previous round, but that makes a difference: allows Amanda to upend the dynamics; less hurt/endangered by Kat’s counter and forward-attacks, she proves gutsier, doing more damage herself. During last minute, Amanda runs away with it – Kat finally pushed, muscled, no: drubbed, TRASHED to ropes like an impertinent kid. There: not much that Kat can do – buff, muscular stance by McPhee on solid tree-trunk legs, but she’s falling way behind on output, as Righetti hammers out the points, leaving all tiny little bruises on Kat’s cheeks, under her eyes, on her cleavage. At bell, McPhee wonders back to her corner gutted, hurt – disenchanted by turns of events.
 
R6: No doubt about it: Kat’s still in great shape, showing bruises but she’s not physically depleted. Yet the initiative is on Amanda’s side – it’s the redhead who’s dictating the tempo and space of fighting, leading with that ever-pumping jab, with targeted rights thrown in for good measure when those hands aren’t quick enough to close. Meet the mid-ring welter engine room featuring sweaty hair/glistening backs/rotating shoulders: McPhee’s buttocks all a-quivering, as she’s trying, trying that hard not to budge a single inch, her stomach slowly softening up from all the volleys Righetti’s hitting her with – Kat making draining efforts not to wince on impact, eyes awake, aware she needs to be psychologically on par, too. Kat’s rolling her torso side to side to provide less of a target, to get underneath Amanda up close and lap her fists against the redhead’s gut in return – Righetti finds her all the same, one precise jab after another, has Kat’s defenses all porous, repeatedly making McPhee soak up piercing punches on mouth/nose.
 
By mid-round, weight-of-shot numbs Kat into rope side defense position – McPhee still planted pretty strong in the pocket, taking Amanda’s shots to the body and flank, impressively clipping back uppercuts from earmuff, busting Big Rigs up straight to rack. Amanda relentlessly strong at the ropes, though – hammering away, those swinging wallops wide to the body finally have Katharine SHOUTING IN PAIN: she’s desperately tying up, mouth open, breathing heavily, head resting wearily on Righetti’s broad shoulders as redhead pumps her stiff rights into Kat’s belly, again, again, again. Damage accumulating dangerously – despite robust body and great energy stamina Kat’s starting to get drained. TOO MUCH AMANDA! McPhee all groan and moan: proud brunette sinks backwards into ropes from an uppercut – defenses not working properly anymore – that Amanda beautifully pulls from her right side all the way to McPhee’s chin. Katharine’s head swivels to the side on jaw impact, then Amanda stacks her upright with two wide lefts onto tits – Kat’s one hand holding ropes for support, the other dangling near belly – and Righetti is free to throw another brutal uppercut picking up poor McPhee right under her chin! It’s crumpling time – Amanda steps out sideways quickly, enjoying one long look at the brunette’s body tilting forward awkwardly before Kat’s CRASHING ONTO HER fOREARMS AND KNEES, then instantly sagging over to the side, ending up all torpid, just a once-proud welterweight heap on the ground. No getting up from that – Kat McPhee all spacey-woozy from an Amanda Righetti KO6!
 
After: Girls classy when McPhee’s back up, but Amanda’s resolute in post-fight interview – looking fresh, smiling, towel around big shoulders – says she was going for the knockout: “Sometimes it’s enough to just stack a girl up and wait till she’s finished – I know I have a high TKO rate – but tonight, I just felt like I had to actually use her up all the way, knock her out. It just felt like a necessary statement, especially after seeing what Megan did to her in the welter tourney. But even though it feels like McPhee might be damaged goods now after all the knockouts, she’s still a dogged, gritty fighter. I can just advise everybody not to underestimate this girl.” McPhee ate a lot of big welterweight punches recently: still determined to make it at the weight, promises she’ll be back. Righetti with great warm-up performance for bigger tasks to come, visibly content with her one-punch power tonight. 

 

 

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