A true Girl vs Boy Pook_ca888@hotmail.com The day I watched a young girl take on a boy in the ring. I've decided to start writing about a few of my "experiences" which have stuck out in my mind! I hope you enjoy them ? It was a hot and sticky afternoon, as usual I was sun bathing working on topping up my tan before I had to head off to the local boxing gym where a very memorable match was about to take place. Looking at my watch, noticing how late it was, I made my way into my house, slipping out of my two piece bikini, and into my gym clothes ready for the 20 minute drive down to the gym. I was slightly annoyed at having to leave the comfort of my sun bed, but I said I would referee a kickboxing match the week before as a favour, and i'm not one to back out at the last minute. I was not sure of the details exactly but would find out when I got there. I had been training in the sport of kickboxing for the last 5 and a half years and enjoyed every moment, but sometimes I like to watch and let others take up the challenge. This was a first for me also, being the referee, and it was something that i was looking forward to, as i could finally see a match from a different perspective. Plus there weren't many women who'd refereed a match, and i wanted to see what all the fuss was about. The drive to the gym was fairly uneventful and as i drew up outside in my SUV I noticed two women standing outside the door to the gym, both looking a little anxious. I got out and went round and collected my gym bag from the trunk and made my way over to the two women. As I got closer I realized that they were two mothers, and they were standing with their children. One of the women was about the same height as me , 5.7, but very wide with mousy blonde hair and with a faint smirk on her face. She was standing there holding the hand of her daughter who had an even bigger grin on her face. The other woman was quite a bit smaller, about 5.4 with shortish dark hair and a much slimmer figure, she too was holding the hand of her child. On closer inspection however i realised that the second woman was with her son. I looked at the door and there was a note pinned up there for me with my name on. I opened it and it explained that the two kids were to fight for two three minute rounds of kickboxing. I had never seen a fight between a girl and a boy before, and although it was a little strange, i thought how interesting it would be to see these two, both about the same height and weight in the ring, battling it out for supremacy. Despite the boy being older, he wasn't much taller than her, maybe an inch, and they were withing 10lbs weight of each other. Girls tend to mature alot faster than boys at that age so even though three years was the difference, it didn't really count in this case. The first woman i spoke to, her name was Janet, she was there with her son. She introduced herself and then asked when her sons opponent would arrive as she had been waiting for some time. Slightly embarassed, i then explained to her that her sons opponent was standing opposite her! Janet spoke... "what do you mean, my son is going to fight her?! i don't think thats right, boys aren't supposed to fight with girls, my son would hurt her and I don't think thats right" she said The other woman, whose name was Lyn, was listening intently to the conversation and spoke up.. "Excuse me, but my daughter is the same height and weight as your son and she has been training for quite a while now, i really don't see a problem here, if you don't want him to fight her, then concede and let my daughter have the win and the trophy!" Lyne blurted.. I later learned that the two women actually knew one another, they were far from friends but they lived on the same street. It seemed that Lyn, the girls mom, used to go out of her way to start arguments with Janet. She just for some reason hated her, when Janet had done nothing wrong. Despite Lyn's dislike for Janet, Janet still looked very surprised at the womans reaction. I think that she had expected that Lyn also was going to protest at her daughter being paired to fight a boy. But it didn't seem to bother her in the least, quite the opposite, i think she relished the challenge!. Perhaps if she couldn't fight Janet herself, then having her daughter fight her son was the next best thing! Janet gave a look down to her son, he looked back up at her and started to frown, not wanting to lose the prospect of getting a trophy. He squeezed her hand, obviously thinking that this wasn't going to be a particuarly difficult match, especialy against a girl. "umm i guess its okay" Janet said nervously "But i'm not paying for anything that happens to your daughter, or being responsible" she said. "HA!" said Lyn At this point, I saw that an agreement had been reached so i decided to end the discussion and get things going as I knew that the gym was booked from a certain time and that if we hung around too long it would wind up overlapping into someone elses time. I told the women to go into the gym and the two kids to go and get changed. It was kind of an old gym, not really much in there apart from lots of posters and a boxing ring at the far end. This fight was going to take place without any crowds, well except for the two mothers of course. Whilst the two fighters were getting changed i went next door and borrowed a couple of plastic chairs so the two mothers didn't have to stand. I dipped through the ropes of the ring and gave it a quick sweep, to get rid of any foreign objects that the kids could slip on. Janet, the boys mother was looking a bit anxious as she sat next to the girls mother, trying to make polite conversation, but found it quite difficult as she knew that her son and the womans daughter were going to be anything but friends regardless of the outcome. We waited for about five minutes and the girl suddenly came skipping out of the changing room in her pads and head guard, her long blonde hair pushed through the back of it. She went over to her mom and gave her a quick kiss before climbing into the ring to do some stretching. The next out was the boy, he too had put his pads on, and his mother looked round at him hoping that he would realise that he was fighting a girl, and that he wouldn't be too hard on her. I must admit i did think that it was a little bit of a mismatch. The girl was very pretty looking and petite, very innocent, and didn't look the type to fight, especialy kickboxing against a boy, even if they were the same age and weight. The boy on the otherhand looked like a little hell raiser with a shaved head! I climbed into the ring next and gave my instructions to the the two, reminding them that it the winner would get a nice plastic gold trophy! Yes its a little tacky but hell I had to dress it up a bit. I then remembered that i didn't know their names and so politely asked their moms to tell me before we got underway. The boy was called Jack and the girl Lisa. With their mothers looking on, the two kids met in the centre of the ring, i made them touch gloves and retreat back to their corners. I then walked over to the old bell and gave it a quick gong, signalling the start of the two, three minute rounds. Lisa's mom Lyn let out an excited squeal and clapped her hands in anticipation of the match, making Jacks mom Janet, widen her eyes and look at her in disgust. It was immediately obvious that although Lisa looked very innocent indeed, she was quite quick on her feet. As I rang the bell, Lisa trotted forward, Jack on almost ran out of his corner straight toward Lisa and swung his leg right up to the little girls head, obviously trying to finish her quickly. Instinctively Lisa ducked out of the way and landed an almost perfect left hook right on the boys face. I looked on in amazement as the boy was obviously as surprised as i was, staggered back and looked very dazed! I should really have given the boy a standing count but the peverse side of me wanted to see what Lisa was going to do next. She skipped after the boy as he moved back and whipped her leg up catching him right on the head, sending him crashing back into the corner on his hands and knees. I put my hand out to stop Lisa advancing after him, which also gave him a chance to get up, he was still sitting on the canvas looking beweildered and dazed as Lisa banged her gloves togther. As the shot landed initially Lisa's mom Lyn leapt up out of her seat, shouting "YEEEA!!!" squealing excitedly. In contrast Jacks mom Janet put her hands to her mouth and screamed "Jaaaack!!" shouting to see if her son was ok, after what was quite a concussive shot to the head. I quickly moved over to jack and started counting, he looked up at me, and then gave a look over to his mother, seeing the obvious concern on her face, and the elated look on Lisa's moms face, if anything he felt a little humiliated it seemed. Jack gingerly got to his feet as Lisa waved at him, taunting him with her gloves and bounding from left to right, mockingly. He snarled and stood up straight, putting his guard up, obviously very angry at the little girls skill and strength. I motioned them to meet in the center of the ring once more. Jack was a little more hesistant this time, but Lisa seemed to have gained even more confidence, seeing at how she nealry dispatched him in two moves before. She advanced on him again, like a cat stalking it prey. he instinctively put his guard up and Lisa ducked forward and landed a very solid looking blow to his body, a little low i thought. The boy doubled over in agony again, this match was one of the most one sided I had ever been witness to, and the girl was winning!!!! I looked down at jack as Lisa retreated to her corner and noticed a tear of frustration trickling down his face. He then let out an almighty scream and all the water works came on! I must say it was a little embarassing to see a petite girl in one corner, looking confident, and a supposedly stronger and older boy crouched on the floor holding his stomach crying his little eyes out. Jacks mom gasped.....jumped out of her seat and moved forward, it was obvious she was going to get her son out of the ring and back home! Lyn, Lisa's mom however, had other ideas, she grabbed the back of Janets skirt and pulled her back putting her arms around her waist, preventing her from getting into the ring to help her son! Janet started trying to get out of lyn's grip but Lyn was much bigger and pulled the skinny Janet back with ease, trapping her. As Jack continued to cry another woman walked into the gym. It was one of the gym owners. She walked in and to my surprise it appeared that she was actually one of Lyn's friends. Assessing the situation, she instnctively went to her friend and helped her hold Jacks mom back in her seat, making her thrash all the more. "carry on will you, you haven't got much time left, and we need a winner for this match!" the woman shouted I was NOT a very experienced referee and thought that perhaps we should stop the fight but i was kind of a sadist anyway and rules were rules. Jack, tears still streaming down his face, got to his feet, and once again i motioned to the two to meet in the center of the ring. Lisa simply continued her onslaught, thudding her little gloves into jacks head time after time ,making him wince in pain with each blow. By this time Jacks mom was losing control. She was literally screaming at me to stop her son being hit by the petite little girl, tears streaming down her face shouting "NO NO NOOOO STOP IT, PLEASE STOP IT!!!" Lyn looked at Janet and smirked, their eyes met, and a smile crossed her lips "KILL HIM LISA, KILL THE LITTLE BASTARD, DON'T KNOCK HIM DOWN!... JUST KEEP HITTING HIM" Lyn shouted. Lisa had backed Jack into the corner and continued punching and kicking listening to her moms instruction. He was completely dazed and disorientated, it was only the the fact that Lisa was punching up and kicking up that prevented him from collapsing altogether, and he was purched conveiniently on a rope, a sitting target. Jacks mom, Janet screamed " NOOOOOOOO STOP IT PLEASE I BEG YOU SHE'S KILLING HIM!" At this point i thought enough was enough, but before i could intercept Lisa's attacks, she landed another volly on jacks head making him slump into the corner, head bowed, completely knocked unconcious by the little slugger. I stated thet Lisa was the winner by knock out. I shook her hand, and with that she did a flip and then started to dance and wiggle her hips which i thought was quite funny. Meanwhile Jack had regained some form of conciousness and looked up. Now this I have NEVER seen before and i'm still not sure exactly what was going on. But as Lisa was dancing her back was turned to him. He got up slowly on his shaky legs, and like a zombie kind of walked over to her, she couldn't see him. He then fell onto her, causing them both to stumble onto the canvas and to my absolute amazement he started humping her!! Like some bizarre defeated ritual his hips seemed to have a mind of their own, all they wanted to do was grind up against her and vent his frustration! I think he must hav got three or four thrusts in before she effortlessly pushed him over and sat astride him, then it all became clear when i saw the small lump protruding from Jacks shorts, standing up like a soldier. Lisa's mom looked on and immediately shouted "he's trying rape you!!! kill him!" Lisa ripped off the pads obstructing her hands and grabbed Jacks neck, and started choking him. Okay i wanted her to win secretly, but this was going too far! He was just full of hormones and was obviously not trying to rape anyone! I ran over to her and tried to prise her off the poor boy, who was spluttering and trying to breathe. I couldn't think straight with all the commotion, shouting and screaming going on behind me. She just wouldn't let go of him, he started bucking wildy, his arms and legs flaling in the air. I eventually got the little girls grip away from his throat and he started gasping for air. Lyn and her friend were laughing hysterically as they let Janet go, who insinctively ran over to her son, who had come within an inch of his life. She cradled him as they both sobbed uncontrollably. Lyn picked her daughter up off her feet and gave an elated yelp as she kissed the young girl, spinning her round. I was a mere spectator as i watched this, Lyn turning round and shouting back to the defeated boy and his mother. "You lucky bastards, nearly killed him!" Lisa held her moms hand as she skipped out of the gym. "Mom can i have some ice cream?" Lisa said "Yes, you did well today, i'm proud of you" she replied