Female Boxing Federation

23:29 Emily_Stanly: I arrived in the USA last week, as the London Women’s Boxing Club is taking on the American Boxing club this week for an inter-club championship fight. The fight will take place in the basement of the American Boxing Club, where there is a proper 20 ft x 20 ft elevated boxing ring. You are not logged in. The match is expected to attract quite a crowd, as this is an annual event.
23:31 Emily_Stanly: I spend the week before the match adapting to the American time zone, and using the American Club’s facility to work out and train. You are not logged in. You are not logged in. You are not logged in.
23:37 Emily_Stanly: My opponent is KateIntense, a lady that is very well known in boxing circles. I've studied videos of her boxing on Youtube, and realise, this is going to be a very tough fight. We both weigh in at 140 lbs, but that weight is distributed a little differently, as she is 3 inches shorter than my tall 5 ft 8 in height. That gives her a lower centre of gravity, and me a slight reach advantage. We have similar ages, but at 45, I'm 5 years older than Kate. I can't wait to step into the ring with this woman, a fight that will take place in a few days time. yt
15:34 kateintense: I come into my club early to do some work out before my fight against the British club champ; the well known and well respected Emily Stanly. I’ve been thinking about this battle so much that it feels like I have already gone 5 rounds with her. I know we have both been seeing the same realities: same size, basically, same experience level, both been scouting each other with vids and I’ve been talking to friends who have been watching her in our club gym. I’m glad for the home field advantage. The 5 year age difference is going to tell I think, more than the manageable size difference. This is going to be a test of skill, endurance, fierceness and a fighter’s FIGHT! So why do my butterflies have butterflies? Because she is a champion, and every fight is different. No one knows what will happen but we all know this will be an even matchup. I am a champion, and she is gonna gain a much deeper appreciation of that very soon. mtc
15:34 kateintense: After a short rest I hear the crowd noise and peek out seeing many oh my friends, sitting with many of her friends. This lady is not new to us. And we are both at home in the ring.. I hear a brief introduction and come striding out waving to the crowd, suited up in my black old school short trunks with red trim and INTENSE in blazing white in center of the black waistband. My Black hair is ponied back tight, my blue eyes already shining. I wear a red compression crew neck tank top. My Reyes 8s are a perfect fit on my hands; gloves with the hungry red skulls on the strike zone, and black ototmix boots with red laces complete the ensemble. Yes there will be plenty red, and black n blue today, my dear Emily.
15:38 kateintense: I shake out my arms, roll my head. I palm in my red mouthguard, then point my glove at you with a nod and a ‘come-get-you-some’ smile. Bap-BAP! Time to bring the Big Hurt! READY
15:49 Emily_Stanly: It’s now time for the fight and I enter the ring wearing gladiator style shorts with alternating white and blue overhangs, a white sports bra and white boxing boots. I'm also wearing blue gloves, 8 oz, with white circles at thestrike zone. I stop at the steps that lead up to the ring apron and get checked over by an official and then proceed up the steps to slide between the ropes and enter the ring at the American Boxing Club. I feel quite nervous, almost giddy, as I don’t want to let my club down. I’ve watched a couple of videos of my opponent in action, a woman who will also box men and demolish men, so I have no illusions that she is one tough biscuit.
15:49 Emily_Stanly: I try to relax in my corner, putting my elbows on the top rope. You are not logged in. yt
15:57 kateintense: in our corners and watching each other...thinking of our fight plan, but I’m remembering Iron Mike Tyson's saying that everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the face...and some Chinese general who said battle strategy never survives the first encounter with the enemy.
16:01 kateintense: the ref calls us to the center and gives the usual talk, ending with "obey my orders at all times, protect yoursleves at all times. Let’s have a clean, professional fight for our clubs. Now touch up and go to your corner for the bell.” We have been looking into each others eyes, and I feel that old familiar flash of anticipation, X 10. my friends and my club are watching, but this fight is for me Emily, and for you.
16:01 kateintense: mtc
16:04 kateintense: <<Ding!!!> the dance starts! I adjust the seat of my mouthguard and smack my gloves together! yt
16:06 Emily_Stanly: As I wait for the bell, I look at your gloves closely, see they are designed to intimidate, with the skulls on the strike zones. I’m confident though, as I wait for the bell, knowing the hardest part is the waiting. Then we get called to the centre, and I listen to the same old instructions that I’ve heard many times, until it comes time to tap gloves. Love boxing, there are not many sports where you get to strike your opponent! I go back to my corner now, and then DING! I come out quickly, forming an orthodox stance, left glove and foot leading, elbows tucked in. I begin to circle to my right, bobbing side to side erratically, bouncing lightly on the balls of my feet, and then try to test your reflexes, double JAB JAB, towards your nose, trying to split your guard. yt
16:13 kateintense: out you come and I get a charge of fight electricity! I am very ready to the usual jab start of a fight and lean away from the jabs, then throw my own jab at your nose but double it fast across a bit at your right eye hoping to surprise and slip behind your right. I lower after the jab and whip around my first hook, a left at your waistband and then and move away to circle left (all movements are relative to the fighter who is posting. I circle to my left, which is her right.)
16:21 Emily_Stanly: My double jab combo strikes the air, as you lean away, not surprising that you are ready for the first punches I throw out. You counter punch with a jab towards my nose, which I push away to my right side, but then it comes again, this time it slips behind my right and tags my right eye, my glove partially deflects the blow so I don't think I will have any swelling around the eye, yet. It's enough to keep my guard high, as your hook comes in at my waist band, so I tightnen my abs and give out a grunt. As you begin to move off to my right, I try to send a right hook over your left shoulder towards your jaw, wanting to stop your movement, and then pull back my right, dip my shoulder, and twisting my hips try to send an uppercut with my right towards your navel. yt
16:32 Emily_Stanly: I have invited @Sabrina_Linder to join #Kate_vs_Emily.
16:35 kateintense: my surprise opening works, landing on an eye is great, but doesn’t hurt you. We are fresh in the fight and can take about anything, for now. As you follow me around to keep the circle your right finds my jaw for a solid tag, which pulls my guard tighter. The close guard blocks your cutting right for the most part but I still get a double tag as my own right is pushed into my face and I feel your right glove get through with the pepper taken off. I take a half step left, then a second step left, a full one to get outside your right and throw my left around in a high hook at your jaw, then a bounce right to align with your center face and step into a right upper for your jaw, retracting my right and moving out to just in hit range I twist into another serious left hook. This one is aimed a bit higher looking for jaw or eye if I get the uppercut, but if not I simply throw an escape jab at your nose and move away to continue the circle... yt
16:32 <Emily_Stanly> I have invited @Sabrina_Linder to join #Kate_vs_Emily.
16:38 kateintense: listen babe..you remember our fights..so your competition I take very seriously. Sabrina is a first rate and very fun boxer from my old grou[p.
16:44 Emily_Stanly: I feel my right hook tag your jaw, and you tighten your guard, and then you partially block my uppercut. I'm not able to stop your movement, as you get outside my right for a moment, and send a left hook around that now tags my jaw, twisting my face to the left, some spit spraying. I immediately bring my guard up, but you quickly bounce back to my left, sending an uppercut to my jaw, so I snuff it on my tightened guard, although it smacks my gloves back into my face., and then you throw a jab at my nose, which in turn gets stopped with my guard as you escape. I try to come after you by stepping into your path, trying to throw an overhand left over your guard at your forehead, and follow this up with a right hook towards your left side ribs, and then a quick jab at your right eye, as I try to bounce back a couple of steps.
17:04 Emily_Stanly: yt
17:06 kateintense: My hook doesn’t draw your right away as I had hoped and my upper also is victim to your good defense. I draw my guard when you step into my path, hunch just a bit, so the overhand glances off my right glove. A sharp stab of pain shoots in from my ribs. I take this early hit to fresh ribs well enough, but the advantage of freshness in the fight is fading fast! The jab gets to my eye but the power of the hit is sacrificed as you are moving away from it as you punch. I step out on a right diagonal as you step back, trying to get a new angle on you. The jab pops my eye good and sets me back a bit. next I flash a the high right hook for yer eye, paired quick with a low double at yer ribs, a two level punch try. I step right and right again to line up an overhand left for your nose, and slide more to the right to stay in front of you, and get away. yt
16:38 <kateintense> lisssen ‘Brina..you remember our fights..so your competition I take very seriously. Sabrina is a first rate and very fun boxer from my old group.
17:14 Emily_Stanly: My overhand only glances off your right glove, but it does what it’s suppose to do, to distract, as I pound a right hook into your side. My jab connects, but not with much power as I pull back. You seek to stay engaged, sending a high right hook over my extended left, and SLAMS into my eye, this time I know there will be bruising as my head twists to the right. The fight has suddenly shifted unexpectedly early on, as I take a pounding to my ribs!. I’m now stepping back, to avoid the overhand, and then throwing some defensive jabs towards your nose, as I keep pulling back, wondering what my eye is going to look like. Glancing around to see the ropes are about 3 to 4 ft behind me.yt
17:21 kateintense: SWEET!! I score eye and ribs! I have slid away but you have gone toward the rope a couple of times now, Then you step even closer. I see the opportunity and get back in front of you bouncing the defense jabs off my left glove as I move in front and send my left jabbing fast after them, but I am stepping inside aggressively to body bump you back toward the ropes combined with a wicked straight right at the center of your face.
17:28 Emily_Stanly: My defensive jabs are getting swatted away with your right, and I now try to plant my feet firmly, trying not to get pushed back into the ropes. You send a jab after my jabs, but I bat those away, and then you come inside, bumping my body back another couple of steps towards the fucking ropes, I try to regain my footing as you send me further towards the ropes, the right straights power is diminished by my backwards movement, but it does strike between my guard squarely in the nose, a small dribble of blood coming out. I’m suddenly having difficulty keeping up with your speed and reflexes, but come back at you, trying to send a left hook over your right shoulder for the side of your head, and then a right straight towards your navel, trying to get it between your elbows, now only a couple of feet in front of the ropes. yt
17:44 kateintense: the ropes are near enough for me to get her there I am thinking. My younger age is making some difference but I feel her fire flaming up to a more aggressive fight as my spirit also rises. You show me yer a bit pissed when that wicked high hook lands on my temple batting my head left along with my body moved enough to let the straight hit right of center into my gut. I take a deep breath and move in to grab you up in a tight clinch to put us on the ropes. I punch my right down along my body looking for yer ribs, then release, leaving my left glove on your chest so I can push myself back to find the right extension to throw overhand right. I step in after the throw for a quick tie up and fast release with a dip to send an uppercutting right to give a sharp and wearing pain aimed for your floating rib, to give you a sharp and wearing pain. so now I stay away just out of punch range, to stay in front of you to prevent excape attempts to get off the ropes//...waiting for you...breathing heavy... yt
17:53 Emily_Stanly: I hear the roar of the crowd, as they sense this might not be a long fight, which sometimes happens. The Americans are ecstatic as they sense their woman is starting to dominate early on. My hook and straight land, but you move into me quickly, clinching and pushing me back into the ropes now!. You release, and lower the right to punch me in the ribs, no way to block it, as I grunt from the blow. Good it was too close to have a lot of power, then your left pushes into my chest, giving the distance that you need to throw an overhand bomb that smacks my forehead, rattling me further. I bring up my guard high, only to be rewarded with a searing pain in my lower ribs as you land the right uppercut. Crowd going nuts at this action. You stay in front of me, to keep me here, so I move towards you at a diagonal, my right now leading, sending out a double jab towards your nose and mouth wanting to desperately back you away. yt
18:01 kateintense: the crowd in my home gym gives a shout of GO KATE! and GET HER!..much louder than the fewer brits who could be here. I am dominating her , at the moment anyway, my punches are landing clean, powered on with anticipation that I might land big and bring her down...maybe. mtc
18:11 kateintense: my goal of being able to slide with you against an escape works to let me cut off your move away from the ropes. the first jab hits my nose and brings my guard over to defend, so the second hits my guard. I stay up close to pressure you back, in front of you with good position to send you a jab at your nose to distract you when I lower and torque in a straight driving right at your solar plexus, breathing central, chased with a twisted in upper left to smash yer head up if the SP punch lands and bends you over. If the right straight doesn’t connect at least I might sink a fist into center gut. Then I step back just away from hit range keeping in front of you ...yt
18:20 Emily_Stanly: Clearly the crowd shouting your name out is giving you a big boost, the home town advantage. I realise that the age difference is making it difficult to keep up with your speed, and if the fight goes for a long period, you might have greater stamina as well. These thoughts go through my mind as I send out those right jabs towards your face, the first one pops you in the nose, the second one connects with your raised right. You send a jab at my nose, but I simply block it with my guard, but that action let’s you slam a right straight into my solar plexus, pain radiates out in all directions, stunning me for the moment, as my back presses deeply into the top rope. The twist upward just narrowly misses my head because the SP shot pushed me backwards. You step back to avoid counters, a mistake given my stunned state after taking one dead centre, as the pain needs to subside before I can counter punch. Just able to get my guard up. yt
18:29 kateintense: Oh hell yeah!! I land clean into you Solar Plexus.... that one stuns and is gonna stay with you for a while! You are back on the ropes again. Damn this is working, I don't go for front position but move alongside the ropes to get on your right side and send another straight from the side aimed for eye, and chased with a left hook at your waistband to sink into your lower gut. I move to front of you but back just a bit so you have to reach for anything you try.
18:29 kateintense: yt
18:36 Emily_Stanly: There is no doubt who is dominating and in control, Kate knows it, I know it, and the audience knows it. The Americans now loving this fight as they cheer the local girl on. I just get my gloves up to chin level, when you step around to my right side. I’m breathing hard, my knees feel shaky as the pain persists in my midsection. I turn to face you on the ropes, and with my gloves only at chin level, elbows tucked in to protect my chest, I take a direct frontal hit in the left eye, that rocks my head back, it hurts, and its going to swell from that power punch. The hook punches into my elbow, as I’m well turtled up. I know the ref is watching, I don’t want a TKO declared, so I swing a wild left hook back at you, trying to hit the side of your face, needing to fight back as best I can. Yt
18:48 kateintense: the crowd goes wild at the plexus hit and they see your unsteadiness. My money shot to plexus is still paying off so I try for another tickle down there as a wild left flies high glancing off my arm along the top of my head. That tells me there is lots of real estate opened up below and I go under your high hook to twist in a close left hook of my own, aimed to get plexus again, paired with an upper right sent up from near the canvas to blat through yer guard and get to yer damn head, anywhere I can land., trying to take advantage of your wobbly state and bring you down to canvas if I can.... yt
18:53 Emily_Stanly: I have invited @alexiaamauri to join #Kate_vs_Emily.
18:53 kateintense: Hey Alexia! good to see ya sweet one.. hugs
18:57 Emily_Stanly: The fight is now rapidly moving to a brutal beat down, as I’ve taken some nasty punches that have diminished my ability to fight back. My head and body ache, and having trouble seeing out of my left eye as the swelling grows. I’m now in considerable trouble, and sending out the left hook only makes things worse….really FUCKING worse. As my hook is deflected by your arm, you shoot low, hitting a nasty hook into my SP, this times it bends me forward, gasping for breath, pain radiating through my midsection, but then it gets worse, as you bring a big right uppercut up that catches me in the chin. The power of the blow lifts me a couple of inches off the canvass, and sends me crashing backwards into the top rope, which bends deeply and springs me forward, as my legs turn to jelly, knees buckling. I fall face forward onto the canvass, arms spread to my sides. Not moving, lights put out. Totally KO’d. No movement……yt
19:01 kateintense: I am seeing that the gas in low in my tank... fearing I might get you to the ropes and be too tired to make the best of it, then my punches land hard,. Another plexus hit plus the upper working... I feel an see you go back, then thrown forward to yer knees....a warm sore thrill is building in my as you fall forward. damn you stay there flat! mtc
19:03 kateintense: The effect of the punching is no surprise, but I am still amazed that you go down, yer so tough! the ref moves in and starts the count, as I go to a neutral corner...
19:11 Emily_Stanly: I momentarily black out, and as I come to, I hear a count happening. Bad I think……I hear 4, 5, 6….and I want to get up, I’m stubborn, I push my gloves into the mat, 7, 8 go by……then I get to my feet……on the count of 9……but the ring seems to be swirling around, how can the ring be moving?……and then suddenly the knees buckle again, and legs turn to jelly and I land back on the canvass, twisting around to be face up! The ref looking down at me….yt
19:16 kateintense: in the neutral corner moving my arms and legs so I don;t just seize up. watching, and hoping...gritting into my mouth guard.. but she is beyond it now. Looking…… damn fucking Bitch she is coming to stand! OK, now I am gonna take all I have and BLAST YOU LIKE A TANK! I walk back quick as I can- which is slowly, heading wide around to come in gradually, but but collapse again. I have you now, but can't help admiring you so much, a real and brave warrior! mtc
19:21 kateintense: the ref moves in and she goes to knee, waves above your exhausted body. The fight is over and I am still standing! Ok, this is for my friends. I come over and put my boot softly on your body just under your boobs, raise my glove over you in victory. Yeah no, that was for me too. Then after my lil display of dominance I right away go over to kneel, shake yer shoulder a bit and whisper "your amazing". Now I'm the one who needs help to get off my knees as your corner staff is raising you up. So close a fight...just what makes it satisfying. !!
19:21 kateintense: < the end>

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