Nigel conned again By NRG More f/f boxing and one f/m bout It had been some weeks since Paula had beaten Rosie to win her championship belt. Tonight she would be defending it for the first time, at a small private party being held by our good friend John. She knew nothing about her opponent and was understandably very nervous. We arrived at John's house and went straight to his private gym, where there was already a group of John's friends and business acquaintances, many of whom we recognised from our previous visits. They were all enjoying the hospitality of our host who never left anything to chance in the food and drink department. He ushered us in and introduced us to a couple we had not met before. "Nigel and Paula, this is Cliff who runs the American end of the business and his wife Jan. She is going to be Paula's opponent this evening." We all shook hands. Cliff was tall and tanned with a dazzling smile. Jan was also quite tall and stunningly attractive, with shoulder length wavy blonde hair, brown eyes and a small beauty spot on her right cheek, her black cocktail dress did little to hide her curvy 39-27-39 figure. At thirty she was three years younger than Paula. John aimed Cliff and me towards the bar before leading the two women away to get changed. "How many fights has Jan had?" I asked as the tall American helped himself to a large Jack Daniels. "Ten, won eight of them, how about your wife?" "Just five," I replied helping myself to a pint of London Pride that John had obtained especially for me, "apart from Jan and Paula what else has John got lined up for this evening?" "He was going to have two other matches, one, involving his daughter Melissa, the other a girl called Margaret, but her opponent cried off at the last minute." "Should still be a good evening, Melissa always puts on a good show." John returned with his wife Cathy. "Nigel can I have a quick word with you?" he said ominously. "Sure," I answered, slightly puzzled. "What's up?" "Well it is like this one of the girls hasn't shown up and we wondered if you wouldn't mind boxing with Margaret, we've asked everyone else here, without any takers." "You have got to be joking," I said, "after what happened the last time you set me up, and I've seen her fight, she's bloody good!" "Ah, well if you're frightened of her I'll just have to tell her that she's had a wasted journey." "Hang on I never said anything about being scared. I just said...." "Good you'll do it then," he jumped in before I could finish what I was saying. "I'll let everyone know," and before I could stop him he had gone. "You had better lay of that stuff," said Cathy pointing to my unfinished pint. "You'll be on after Paula." "Conned again!" I said rather petulantly, unsure whether I was more annoyed at the prospect of a good hiding from Margaret or missing out on a good drink. John climbed into the ring to introduce the first bout and I found myself a ringside seat, near the red corner. "Ladies and gentlemen the first bout of the evening will be six, two minute rounds between, in the red corner weighing in at 150lb, wearing the plain black shorts and making her debut Lindsey." Lindsey and Melissa were both eighteen. Lindsey was slightly taller with shoulder length black hair. As she turned to acknowledge the applause from the small crowd, I could see that she was a very beautiful young girl with high cheek bones and sparkling blue eyes. She wouldn't have looked out of place on the cover of Vogue. Her 38 inch breasts bounced slightly as she walked to the middle of the ring. "And in the blue corner weighing in at 160lb, wearing the white shorts with black trim, with a record of three fights, one win and two defeats, Melissa." the crowd applauded as red headed Melissa walked to the centre of the ring, not as pretty as her opponent, but just as well built with a huge 42 inch chest. "Introducing your referee for tonight's contests Ann-Marie." I recognised Ann-Marie from the last event that John had organised, only before, she had been fighting and I was the referee. The bell rang for the first round and the two teenagers came together in the middle of the ring. Lindsey snapped out her left at Melissa's head. Mel slipped the punch and landed her own left flush on the taller girls right nipple. Lindsey went backwards, hurt by the punch and was caught a glancing blow on the chin, off balance she fell onto her backside. "ONE.... Two...." counted Ann-Marie, as Lindsey pushed herself up onto one knee, "THREE.... FOUR...." Lindsey picked herself up. Ann-Marie finished the compulsory eight count before wiping the black haired girl's gloves and allowing her to box on. Melissa was on her straight away, driving her into the ropes with a flurry of punches to the head and breasts. Desperately trying to protect herself, Lindsey covered her face with her gloves, but Mel just switched targets and pummelled her out-classed opponents unprotected stomach. Ann-Marie looked ready to step in and stop the beating when the bell ended the round. Ann-Marie led the Lindsey back to her corner where she slumped onto her stool. "Do you want to stop?" she asked the battered teenager as her second, her father, went to work. "Of course she don't," he replied for his sobbing offspring, "she was just caught cold that was all." "That's easy for you to say," I thought, "you're not the one being hit." "Are you sure?" Ann-Marie asked her again looking deep into Lindsey's eyes. Lindsey just nodded. "That's my girl," said her father, " you can take her she's nowt' but a tub of lard." "Seconds out," called the timekeeper, "Round Two." Lindsey moved out of her corner and poked out her left fist, catching the advancing Melissa in the eye. Ignoring the punch Mel slammed her right glove deep into Lindsey's belly forcing her straight back into her own corner. Her guard dropped and Mel powered a left-right combination to her breasts followed by a hard left to the middle of her face flattening her nose which immediately began to bleed. Ann-Marie had seen enough and pulled Melissa away signalling the end of a very one-sided bout. Lindsey's father was in the ring protesting that the fight had been stopped too soon. John climbed into the ring and announced the result. "Ladies and gentlemen the referee has stopped the contest in round two to save Lindsey from further punishment, the winner in the blue corner Melissa!" the two girls left the ring, Lindsey's dad still complaining about the result. John stayed in the ring to announce the main event. Jan was first into the ring, a blue silk gown draped over her shoulders, followed shortly by Paula whose 40-27-40 curves were only partially hidden by a plain white towelling gown. I was surprised to see that Cliff wasn't going to be his wife's second, instead delegating the task to John's wife Cathy. The two women slipped out of their gowns and John got on with his introduction. "Ladies and gentlemen, the main event of the evening, scheduled for eight two minute rounds, for the J.C. Sports championship belt. Introducing in the blue corner weighing in at 152lb, wearing the stars and stripes shorts, the challenger from Miami Florida, Jan!" The crowd applauded, "And in the red corner weighing 154lb, wearing the red shorts with white trim the champion from London, Paula!" I was delighted to note that there was a louder cheer for Paula than her opponent. The preliminaries over and done with, I put Paula's gumshield in place and left the ring as the bell rang. Paula moved forward and threw a left at Jan's head. Jan swayed out of range making Paula miss and countered with a stiff jab to the head. Paula continued forward blocking another left before landing a heavy left hook flush on the American's right nipple. Going backwards, Jan found herself against the ropes and was forced to clinch as Paula thudded home a brace of hooks to her tanned mid-section. Ann-Marie forced them apart. On the order to box on Jan scored with a fast left-right to Paula's head. Surprised by the speed of the American's fists, Paula stepped back and another left missed her chin by millimetres. Spurred on by her success, Jan launched another attack. Feinting a left to the head, she hooked her right under Paula's guard squashing her left tit. Hurt, Paula tried to duck inside and hold on but the American read the move and slipped to one side landing a hard left hook just behind Paula's ear. Paula dropped to her knees. "ONE.... TWO.... THREE.... FOUR...." she pushed herself up shaking her head to clear it. In the neutral corner Jan stood ready to resume the battle as soon as Ann-Marie finished the eight count. "Box on," called Ann-Marie, waving Jan forward. Up on her toe she flashed a jab into Paula's face, only to have her own head jolted by Paula's straight right counter. Jan smiled at Paula, as if to say "That didn't hurt" but the mark the punch had left on her cheek said otherwise. Recovered well from the knockdown Paula, attacked the taller blonde again landing a painful left to Jan's chest as the bell ended the round. "Bloody cow rabbit punched me," complained Paula as she sat on her stool. "Keep pressing her," I advised as I towelled Paula down and gave her a drink. I looked across the ring at Jan, Cathy was using an icepack to take the swelling down on her left cheek. If Paula could land a couple more punches on the same spot Jan's eye would close up completely. "Go for her left eye," I told her as replaced her mouthpiece and she stood up to wait for the bell. Jan began the second round more aggressively forcing Paula back into her own corner with a one-two to the head and breasts. Paula covered up blocking another right and dug her own fist into the waistband of the American's shorts, making her gasp. They fell into a clinch. Breast to breast they wrestled until Ann-Marie prised them apart. Back in the centre of the ring Paula landed a stinging left to the middle of the blondes face, but was made to miss with her right as Jan swayed backwards out of range. Making Paula miss again, she countered with a crushing hook to Paula's left breast, her leather encased fist seeming to disappear momentarily as it was enveloped by the soft tissue. "Aaargh!" Paula squealed involuntarily and she dropped to her knees for the second time in the fight. Badly shaken she allowed the count to reach eight before rising to her feet. Jan moved in for the kill hammering Paula back down to the canvas with a barrage of hooks and uppercuts. I reached for the towel but before I could throw it into the ring the bell rang. Ann- Marie continued the count and Paula was on her feet again at seven. She wobbled on unsteady legs to her corner and slumped onto her stool, blood trickling down her chin and splashing onto her breasts from a nasty tear in her upper lip and from a bloodied nose. I started to wipe away the mess and Ann-Marie came over to see if Paula was going to continue. I shook my head. Despite her protests I wasn't prepared to see her suffer any more damage. Ann-Marie signalled to the crowd that the fight was over and called John into the ring to announce the result. "Ladies and gentlemen< Paula has been retired by her corner so the winner by TKO, and new champion, Jan." The small crowd applauded loudly as he placed the belt, that just a short time before had belonged to my wife, around the waist of the tall beautiful blonde. "And lets have a big hand for a game loser Paula," continued John as I helped my tearful and bloodied wife back to the changing rooms. Whilst I was still consoling a very upset and angry Paula, John came in to remind me that it was my turn in the ring next. "Come on Nigel, you've got to get ready, Cathy can look after Paula." "But who's going to look after me?" I said. "You're not frightened about getting in the ring with Margaret, surely? He chided. "Stop calling me Shirley and as a matter of fact I am. I've seen her fight before, she's a bloody good boxer, but that's not what I meant. I mean who's going to be my second?" I answered thinking that I had found a way out. "Ah hah! See what you mean," he said, looking at Paula who was in no condition to do the job. "Don't worry I'm sure I can find a willing volunteer," he continued dashing my hopes of avoiding another painful and humiliating experience at the hands or should I say fists of one of the so called weaker sex. "You just get changed I'll call you when we are ready to start." John made a quick exit before I could come up with another excuse for not fighting. My suspicions that John had planned all along for me to fight Margaret were confirmed when I found that he had already laid out a pair of boxing shorts in my size. As John is somewhat larger and heavier than me I knew they couldn't belong to him. Laid out with the shorts were a pair of boxing boots, also by strange coincidence in my size. I had just pulled on the boots when John returned. "I've found someone to work your corner so get a move on," he said impatiently. "Oh yeah, who?" I asked whilst fumbling with the bootlaces in an attempt to delay the inevitable. "Melissa, she said she will be only to pleased to look after you, especially as she says it will likely be only a short contract. She will be here in a minute to sort out your gloves, get into the ring as quickly as you can, the other guests are beginning to think you have lost your bottle." With that he left the room and went out to mingle with his guests. As John had said Melissa came in and quickly bandaged my hands before tying on a pair a black leather eight ounce gloves, finally she draped a towel over my and pushed me out of the door. "Very Henry Cooper," laughed one of the older guests as I emerged from the changing room. "More like Jilly Cooper," chipped in another of the worlds great wits. As I climbed through the ropes I saw Margaret for the first time this evening and she looked even more menacing than I remembered her. At five foot eleven the thirty-six year old Scot was two inches taller than me and two years older, with a well muscled 36-25-36 body, her long auburn hair pulled back into a single ponytail. John climbed into the ring and began his introduction. "The final bout of the evening will be six, two minute rounds of mixed boxing, between in the blue corner weighing in at 147lb and wearing the blue shorts with white trim, from Glasgow Margaret!" She acknowledged the applause of the crowd and then John continued, "and in the red corner, weighing in at 152lb, wearing white shorts with black trim, from London, Nigel!" There was a ripple of applause for me which took me by surprise, as I knew that I was supposed to be the villain. Ann-Marie called us both to the middle of the ring. I looked into Margaret's blue eyes to see any sign that she was as apprehensive as me, no chance, she just stared straight through me with no trace of nerves or fear showing. The referee finished her talk and sent us to our corners. "Seconds out," Melissa shoved a gumshield into my mouth and I took a deep breath "here we go again" I thought. "Round one." Margaret darted a left at my head which I parried easily, blocking another left I stabbed out my own catching her on the cheek. Margaret danced out of range and we circled each other. She slipped another left jab and countered with a crisp right to the middle of my face making me take a step backwards. The tough Scots girl followed up throwing a hard left , ducking low I made her miss and drove my own right deep into her unprotected left breast. Hurt she wrapped her arms round me preventing me from throwing any more punches. "Bastard!" she hissed in my ear, as I struggled to free myself from her grip, "You'll fucking pay for that." The ref pulled us apart, and once again we circled, Margaret attacked, coming in low and digging a couple of hooks into my ribs. I countered with an uppercut to her already reddening breast. She grunted in pain and tried to hold on but I slipped away along the ropes. Clearly relieved when the round ended, Margaret went briskly back to her corner. Back in my own corner Melissa gave me a drink and a quick rub down with a towel. "You surprised her there, she thought you were just going to be her human punch bag." "Well she knows different now," I replied, "I've no intention of just standing there and letting her belt me all round the ring, I learned my lesson last time." The last time was when I had been persuaded to get in the ring with a beautiful German girl called Hanna, who I thought I would go easy on not wanting to hurt her. Unfortunately for me she had other ideas and bashed me around the ring for six rounds. Across the ring, Margaret was receiving some attention to her bruised breasts, I knew I had caught her out with my aggression in the opening round and that she would be much more wary of me from now on. Round two started briskly, Margaret jabbing at my face and making me mss as I tried to counter. The crowd were began to get behind her, this is what they wanted to see, a skilful good looking female, humiliating a hapless male. Spurred on by the crowd Margaret pressed forward catching and hurting me with a flurry of punches both to the head and body. I felt the ropes against my back and slipping under another swinging right from Margaret, I landed a one-two right on the waist band of her shorts. With the air driven out of her lungs he sagged to her knees. More than a little astonished, I retired to a neutral corner as Ann-Marie began the count. "ONE.... TWO.... THREE.... FOUR...." Dragging air into her lungs, Margaret forced herself back onto her feet. Ann-Marie finished the compulsory eight count and restarted the action. Despite having been badly hurt Margaret stormed forward catching me off guard, her left fist slammed into my nose and as my head was snapped back, her right crashed against my jaw. "THREE...." I heard as I lay on back looking up at the lights above the ring, "what happened to one and two" I thought. "FOUR.... FIVE...." I managed to clear my head a little and rolled onto my front. "SIX.... SEVEN...." I pushed myself onto one knee staring groggily up at Ann-Marie. "EIGHT.... NINE...." I made it back to my feet, Ann-Marie said something I didn't quite catch, so I nodded my head. Margaret came at me again slamming another hook into my face and sending me reeling on rubber legs into the ropes. Thankfully the bell rang before she could continue the beating. I reached my stool and flopped down. Ann-Marie came across and asked if I was all right to continue. "Of course he is," answered Melissa for me, "it'll take more than some ugly fat Scottish cow to hurt him." She continued loud enough for my opponent to hear. "Terrific! Aren't I in enough trouble without you winding her up as well?" "I can throw in the towel if you want?" she said looking across at the referee. I shook my head. "Good, now get out there and get on with it," she ordered pulling me upright and ramming my gumshield into my mouth. The minutes rest was over all too soon and I walked flat footed to the middle of the ring to resume the battle. Her confidence restored Margaret was after me straight away snapping her jab through my guard and flattening my nose. I backed away, wiping my glove across my nose, unsurprised by the streak of scarlet staining the black leather. Another jab on the nose increased the flow and I covered up as I could feel the warmth of my own blood tickling down my face before it splashed onto the canvas. Pressed up against the ropes the auburn haired Scot banged in a couple of hooks to the sides of my body just below the ribcage. Desperate to avoid her punishing blows I pulled her into a clinch trapping her arms against her sides and hanging on for dear life. "Let go you bastard," she hissed. "No chance," I grunted back. Ann-Marie pushed us apart but I grabbed hold again as soon as Margaret tried to attack, negating the power of her punches "Bloody well let go!" she said again, this time I didn't wait for the referee to split us up but pushed her away form me. Caught unprepared by my move she went backwards slightly off balance and I ripped a right uppercut into the underside of her already bruised bosom. Yelping in pain she fell onto her bottom, with a very distressed look on her face. I was slow getting to a neutral corner and Margaret was on her feet before the count had reached three, but she had to wait for eight before she could resume her assault. Making the most of the temporary cease-fire I leaned back against the ropes drawing in great lungfulls of air. "Box on," said Ann-Marie and Margaret danced forward again her right glove low to protect her chest. She was obviously anxious to avoid further punishment around that area. Encouraged by this I attacked her jolting her head back as if it were hinged and sending out a spray of perspiration over the people at ringside. Now it was her turn to back off, flicking my jab at her head, Margaret parried with her right and I drove my right fist hard into her undefended left tit. She squealed in pain again and almost went down as she stumbled along the ropes trying to get away. The bell rang, this time saving Margaret, I was sure that one more good attack would have finished the fight. I returned to my corner and Melissa went to work staunching the flow of blood from my nose. Looking across at Margaret, I could see her second applying an ice pack to her discoloured and swollen looking left breast. I hoped she wouldn't come out for the fourth round. Margaret's second had worked a miracle on her during the minute break and she was back up on her toes at the start of the round. We exchanged left jabs and she dug a right into my ribs. A lot of the sting had gone out of her punches and I began to drive her back to the ropes all the time swapping punches to the head and body. We fell into a clinch neither of us really wanting the referee to split us up. As we were pulled apart I realised that I was now bleeding from the mouth as well as my nose and Margaret was also bleeding from a small cut under her right eye. Ann-Marie was watching anxiously waiting to step in and stop the fight. Margaret was still throwing punches but they lacked any sort of power, I stepped back slightly and thinking that she had hurt me she put everything she had into right uppercut aimed at my head. I slipped it easily and hammered her left nipple with a right of my own, letting out a cry of pain, her guard dropped and before the referee could step in I sent her crashing to the floor with a left hook to the jaw. Ann-Marie pushed me away and dropped to her knees alongside the stricken Margaret, signalling to the timekeeper that the fight was over. She didn't bother to count, but removed the beaten woman's gumshield and helped her into a sitting position against the ropes. For the first time I realised that the crowd was silent, I had knocked out Margaret and they had all expected her to win. John climbed, frowning, into the ring to announce the result. "The winner by knockout in the fourth round Nigel." This announcement was met with stony silence. Ann-Marie raised my hand above my head and then I went to check on Margaret. The crowd cheered loudly when I raised her hand in tribute to her bravery. As we left the ring I felt pleased about winning but also ashamed as though I had done something very wrong by doing so. When I got to the changing room, I told Paula how I felt. "Don't worry about Margaret, she knew the risk when she challenged you and she would have been deeply insulted if you hadn't gone in there trying to win." "Looking at it that way, I suppose you are right," I replied, "So sod what any one else thinks, let's go back to the party and celebrate. There is a barrel of beer out there with my name on it." With this I was soon changed and once more taking advantage of mine host's generosity.