The Boxing Match By 'G' responses GLfm@aol.com Champs wife is a knock out The drive to the arena has been very quiet so far. Neither of us has said a word to each other. It's been like that for several days now. Ever since the boxing commissioner called our house. As the Ultimate Fighting League boxing champion the commissioner usually wants to speak to me, this time however he spoke to my wife Patty Ann. Patty Ann and I are both boxers in the Ultimate League. I've been the champion for almost 4yrs now. Patty Ann started boxing about a year ago. She is undefeated in 9 bouts and moving up. We've been married for just 6 months now and this is our first big disagreement. The commissioner acting at the request of hundreds of the wealthy fight fans has offered my wife a shot at the title. Yes, that's right he wants us to fight each other. And she has accepted the challenge. That's what we've been arguing about for days. I keep telling her that she's not ready to face a championship fight yet. And she keeps asking me if I'm scared to face her. As neither of us wants to back down so hear we are. Arriving at the UFL arena I pull into and park in the "Reserved for Champion" parking spot. We each get out of the car and go to the trunk to get our fighting gear. As we reach in the trunk I take Patty Ann's hand and pull her toward me. Looking into my wife's eyes I tell her "I'm so sorry Patty Ann. You have every right to want to be the champion. I should not have tried to stop you. I love you and I want you to be happy." With that Patty Ann pulls me to her raps her arms around me and kisses me hard. " I love you to David. No matter what happens tonight I don't want that to change, I'll always want to be with you. But I want you to know that I'm going to fight hard tonight and I'm going to try to win the title". I nod my head and whisper to her "ME to Patty Ann". In my dressing room it's hard to get my mind on the fight. I can't believe that I will have to try and beat my beautiful young wife. I wonder if she is having problems too. Shaking off the feeling I prepare for the bout. Removing my street cloths I loosen up with a quick rub down. Toweling off I begin to don my fight gear. I step into my jockstrap and pull it up. I fit the padded hard plastic cup in place over my manhood. Next are my shinny black tights they are sheer almost like pantyhose. Skintight white silk high cut boxer shorts are next. They fit tight over my buttocks and around the cup covering my manhood. I lace up my boxing boots, they are also white with white and black tassels on the lasses. My trainer and my corner man help me on with my boxing gloves they too are white. Just before heading to the ring my trainer straps the world title belt around my waist and helps me on with my white silk ring robe. In Patty Ann's dressing my lovely young wife is also preparing for battle. She removes her blouse and steps out of her black leather mini skirt. She unzips and removes her black boots. Strips off her dark pantyhose and unhooks her bra. Stepping out of her panties she lies on the training table for a quick rub down. After toweling off Patty Ann hurriedly dresses for our fight. A slightly padded thong, shinny tan pantyhose Black spandex sports bra, black tight fitting silk shorts and black boxing boots. Her trainer helps her on with black boxing gloves and slips her robe on her. A knock on her door sends my wife to the ring. The arena lights are dark as I approach the top of the isle. Suddenly music blares out and a spot light finds me. I walk down the isle toward the ring. The champion must make a grand entrance. I wave and slap hands with the fight fans in the arena. In the 4 years I've been champion my fan base has grown huge most of the two thousand people in the arena have come to see me fight. I climb the steps to the ring and duck threw the ropes. I try not to look into the opposite corner I don't want to see my opponents face before the bell. I dance and move, shadow boxing to keep loose. The ring announcer ducks between the ropes. " Ladies and Gentlemen this is the main event of the evening. Ten rounds of boxing for the UFL world championship. In this corner with a record of 9 wins and no defeats. Standing 5ft 9and 1/2 inches tall. Weighting in at 143 and 1/2 pounds she is the challenger Patty Ann Steel. And in this corner at 6feet 1and1/2 inches tall weighting in at 164 pounds he is the undefeated and undisputed UFL world-boxing champion David Steel. The ref calls Patty Ann and I to the center of the ring. She is a very experienced ref and has done several of my fights. "Patty Ann, David this is a title fight. It is ten rounds or less. You both know the rules; no low blows no hitting on the break. In the event of a knock down the standing fighter goes to a neutral corner and waits my call. Shake hands and may the best fighter win". Patty Ann and I bang gloves and just before her trainer puts her mouthpiece in she smiles and says, " I love you". I nod and smile and say "Me too". Before I return to my corner my trainer unhooks the world title belt removes it from my waist and hands it to the ref. In our corners Patty Ann and I stretch and flex as we await the bell. The bell sounds for round one and we move out into the ring. Gloves up we circle each other. We jab and faint trying to feel each other out. As close as we've been since we got married we know very little about each other's boxing style. For most of this first round few punches have landed, my jab has begun to find the range and Patty Ann has started to back peddle a little. After several good jabs landed on her face Patty Ann has now found the rhythm to block my shots. The first round ends evenly 9 to 9 At the bell we both leave our stools for round two. Patty Ann charges across the ring and lands a quick secession of jabs and one short left hook to my body. I quickly recover and fire off several jabs of my own. Once again I find the range to Patty Ann's face with my jab. After a very fast start I have my wife backing up again. For the rest of the second round I continue to jab and move. As the bell sounds I return to my corner having won the round 10 to9. Round three begins much slower for both of us. Patty Ann has learned her lesson and lets me come to her. Just as in the last round I quickly find her range and begin to jab effectively. Although she is boxing well my jabs are starting to take a toll. I can begin to see some puffiness around her left eye. I throw a hard double jab and follow it up with a left hand to her ribs. Patty Ann's right drops slightly from the rib shot and I use this opening to land a right hand to the side of her face. My glove slams into her just behind her cheek and below her ear. I can see immediately that she is stunned and hurt. Her arms begin to drop and her knees begin to buckle. Although I'm off balance I throw a left hand that glances off her rib cage. As I move forward to throw another punch Patty Ann drops to the canvas. Falling first on her butt and then sprawling on to her back. At two minuets and thirty-seven seconds I have scored the first knock down of the fight. The ref pushes me toward a neutral corner and picks up the count. ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. Patty Ann has rolled over and is on her knees; FIVE, SIX she has gotten to one knee and is trying to stand. SEVEN, EIGHT my wife is up standing against the ropes. The ref moves close to her taking her gloves and wiping them on her shirt. She asks Patty Ann if she is OK and if she wants to continue. Patty Ann nods her head and raises her gloves. With only eight seconds left in the round I move in but Patty Ann ties me up and hangs on till the bell. I return to my corner having won the third round by a 10 to 8 score and almost the fight. Patty Ann's corner people work feverishly on her between rounds Ice is held to her face salts are held under her nose. She id soaked down with water. At the bell she is quickly off her stool and seams revitalized. The pace slows for rounds four and five. Patty Ann is breathing hard and seams to be more defensive trying more not to get hit than trying to hit me. I easily win both rounds 10 to 9 With the bout half over I have won 4 of the 5 rounds. Having scored a knock down in the third round I feel Patty Ann has little chance to beat me. The bell for round 6 sends us back into action. For most of round 6 it's been more of the same me chasing Patty Ann and her backing and covering up. With less that a minuet left in a round I have clearly dominated we are exchanging jabs in Patty Ann's corner. With my back to the ropes I have just landed a quick double jab to her forehead. I throw a third jab that she catches on her glove. As my arm comes back it drops for just a second. That is all the time my wife needs. Patty Ann uncorks a left hook that lands flush on the side of my face. My head snaps around and my eyes roll up. I stagger backward into her corner falling against the turnbuckle. The power of her punch has stunned me. My vision blurs and my arms won't respond. The sight of me staggering backwards has rejuvenated my wife. Patty Ann is on me like a tigress. She lands two hard body shots. The first one crashes into my ribs and drives the air from my lungs. The second lands right at the belt line of my trunks and tights. My mouth opens wide as I try to gulp air. My knees buckle and I begin to slide down the ropes toward the canvas. The white boxing glove of my left hand reaches out for the top rope as I try to prevent myself from falling to the mat. Patty Ann lands a glancing right hand off my unprotected chin. My head and neck snap around, my mouthpiece flies out of my mouth and I slump to the canvas. The ref moves in quickly pulling Patty Ann off me and pushing her toward a neutral corner. For the first time in my boxing career I've have been knocked down. Sitting on the mat my boxing gloves hanging uselessly over the bottom ropes, my legs tucked up under me I am dazed and confused. For several seconds I can't focus nor control my arms or legs. I shake my head trying to clear it. Finally I realize that I'm being counted out. I see the ref hand coming down I hear her shout at me " THREE - FOUR - FIVE. As my corner men scream at me to get up I get to all fours. " SIX - SEVEN, I'm on my knees reaching for the top rope "EIGHT - NINE. I just beat the count to my feet. Our ref grabs my gloves and wipes them on her shirt. She takes a long look into m eyes as she asks " Wadda you say champ, you want to keep fighting?' I nod my head yes and raise my gloves to my face. As I take a step toward Patty Ann the bell rings ending round 6. I stagger slowly back to my corner and slump on my stool having lost this round 10 to8. Now it's my corner men who have to work feverishly to revive their stricken fighter. Ice is applied to my swelling face. Smelling salts are held under my nose. My trainer grabs my trunks, tights and jockstrap and pulls them lose for me to breath deeply. The two-minuet rest period flies by as I try to clear my head and regain some strength. As the bell rings for round 7 I have to use the top rope to pull myself off my stool. I raise my gloves to defend myself. My legs feel heavy like I'm walking in cement. Patty Ann is on me in a flash. Her fists are a blur as they pound me. I can't move my hands fast enough to block all her punches. My only hope is to tie her up so she can't punch. I lounge forward and rap my arms around her. Holding on tightly I don't let go till the ref pulls us apart. Twice more I rap Patty Ann up and hold on. I need to buy time to recover and to get to the end of the round. At 1minuet and 45 seconds of the round the ref is again pulling us apart. As she steps back I begin to move forward to tie up again. As I move Patty Ann side steps to her left and throws a hard right hand. My wife's gloved fist slams into me just below my rib cage. I gasp loudly as the air rushes out of my lungs. My head flies back and my arms fly out wide. My knees immediately buckle and I crash to the mat on all fours. Patty Ann has knocked me down again. The ref signals Patty Ann to go a neutral corner and begins the count over me. I look into my corner and both my corner men are signaling me to stay down. I know from my training that they want me to take all the time I can getting to my feet. I look up at our ref as she counts over me. " FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, I get to one knee ready to stand. " EIGHT. NINE I get to my feet and hold my white gloves out for her to wipe. She asks me where I am and who I am trying to see if I'm alert enough to continue fighting. She asks me " You OK champ? You want to keep going?" I nod my head and she waves us on. The look in Patty Ann's eyes hurts more that her punches. I can see that she thinks she has me beaten and doesn't want to hurt me any more. I grit my teeth and wave her to come on. Her shoulders droop and she breaths in a sigh. As she comes toward me I throw a jab and follow it up with a left hand that lands on her rib cage just below her right Brest. For just a second my wife is surprised by the punch. As her right arm comes down to cover her ribs I throw a left hook that catches her high on her head. Patty Ann backs up a few steps to regroup. The look I see on her face now is determination. Before I can tie her up Patty Ann is on me. Two jabs land hard on my eye and it begins to swell. Patty Ann follows her jabs with a left hook to my side. I flinch from the hard body shot my wife has landed. As I pull my arm back to protect my body a second hook connects with my chin. My head snaps around and for the second time in the fight my mouthpiece comes flying out. It is a devastating punch, my arms drop to my sides and I topple over on to my back. I lie stretched out on the canvas spread eagle; Patty Ann has knocked me down for a third time. My wife dashes to a neutral as the ref begins her count over me " ONE, TWO. THREE, FOUR. I can see and hear the ref counting but I can't move. " FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT". The bell ending round 7 sounds with me on the mat unable to get up. As the bell can save a downed fighter the ref stops her count. I've lost this round 10 to 6 My corner men rush through the ropes to get to me. Reaching under my arms they lift me off the mat and drag me back to my corner. Working feverishly on me they ice my swollen eye. They vigorously massage my arms and legs trying to rub some life back into them. An ice bag is shoved down between my tights and jockstrap to shock me awake. With seconds left in the rest period the ref comes to my corner. She asks my trainer how I am " How's he doing? Do you want me to stop the fight? He's been knocked down three times already." Hearing her words I snap back and shout at her " NO - NO don't stop the fight. I can still win. I'm still the champion". The ref nods her head and says "OK one more round champ". The bell to start round eight goes off in my head like an explosion. I'm not ready to fight yet. With a push from behind I get up off my stool and head out into the ring. Patty Ann comes at me slowly. She throws a couple of light jabs that land flush on my face. I stagger back a few steps unable to move fast enough to block her punches. Her next two punches drive me backward into my corner. In quick succession she lands four hard shots. My legs buckle but I don't go down. I manage to land an over hand right that stops Patty Ann's punches for a second. It seams that she is a bit winded too. Moving to my left I slide out of my corner and move off the ropes. Back in the middle of the ring we come together again. We each jab trying to feel each other out and get the range. The beating I've taken has slowed my reactions and made it hard to defend against my wife's punches. My arms are heavy and I have trouble keep them up. As I throw a jab my right arm drops again. It's the opening Patty Ann's been told to wait for. She is merciless in her attack. My wife's lift fist crashes into the right side of my face. It is a crushing punch. My body stops dead and I loose control of my limbs. A right upper cut smashes against my chin. My head and neck snap back and my eyes roll up into my head. I have lost the ability to defend myself. A third punch, a hard left hook slams into my ribcage. My legs collapse under me, my arms drop uselessly to my sides. I topple to the mat on my side and roll on to my back. A strange feeling comes over me. I can see my wife standing over me looking down at me. I can't move a muscle it's as though I paralyzed. The ring lights are blinding but I can't move my arm to shade my eyes. The ref appears in front of me. I can hear her counting me out. "ONE, TWO, THREE. FOUR, FIVE. I'm trying has hard as I can but I can't get up. SIX, SEVEN, if I don't get to my feet soon I'll be knocked out. EIGHT, NINE, oh god I know the fight is over and I've lost. TEN, YOUR OUT. That's it I'm beaten, I've been knocked out by my wife. The bell clangs wildly to signal the end of the fight. It also signals the end of my reign as world boxing champion. There is much commotion in the ring around me. Patty Ann flies out of the neutral corner her arms raised high over her head in victory. Her corner people charge into the ring lifting the new champion off her feet and into the air. The crowd is on it's feet cheering her. My corner men kneel beside me, as I lay stretched out on the mat. They lift my head gently and remove my mouthpiece. Within seconds the ring doctor is beside me checking me out. It's been almost two minuets since Patty Ann sent me crashing to the canvas and I am still unable to get to my feet. Smelling salts are held under my nose in an effort to revive me. My corner stool is brought to were I'm lying. After several more seconds they get me to my feet and sit me on the stool. Across the ring I see Patty Ann standing in her corner her arms draped over the top rope. The ref has just placed the world title belt around her waist. She looks down at the gold belt around her middle then looks at me and shrugs her shoulders. The look on her face says that I know I could beat you and take you title and now I have. The ring announcer has the mike and is giving the result. "In one minuet and twelve seconds of the eight round. The winner by way of KNOCK OUT and new WORLD BOXING CHAMPION Patty Ann." The crowd cheers wildly for the new champion. My wife dances around the ring with her arms in the air. In my corner my corner men drape my white silk robe over my shoulders and help me from the ring. It s a long walk back to my dressing room, I need help to make it. Sitting on the padded table in my dressing room my corner men silently tend to my injuries. My face is red and puffy my eye is badly swollen. My trainer unties the laces and pulls the white boxing gloves off my hands. I untie my boots and pull them off. I pull off my silk boxing trunks. I peel down and remove my tights and step out of my jockstrap. Leaving the shower and toweling off I slip into a terry robe. Standing alone in the middle of my dressing room is Patty Ann the new champion and also my wife. She is still in her ring outfit. She has the title belt around her middle. She comes toward me taking my red swollen face in her hands. Looking at me sadly I see a tear in her eye. " OH David I don't know what to say, I'm so sorry". I shake my head s she speaks. " You have nothing to be sorry for. You fought a great fight. You knocked me out fair and square. You earned the title. All I ask is that you give me a rematch." Things were a little different after that night. It's hard knowing your wife can out fight you and has knocked you out.