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Post by realview on Sept 6, 2020 8:17:42 GMT
Real View intro:Hello ladies and gentlemen; this week saw action coming from different parts of the world, starting in London, going to Australia for beach boxing, then heading to Cardiff to finish the week off in style. As ever we urge you to go look up the fights from this past week before reading these posts, we don't want you ruining the fights for yourself.  This is what we will be discussing: *Fleur East vs Lucy Mecklenburgh* *Rachel Shenton vs Mikie Hara* *Katya Jones vs Dannii Minogue* And *Danielle Lineker vs Kym Valentine* Remember to keep watch for more action, as the BBU always has plenty of action, whether fights, trash talk or just big news, usually something going on.
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Post by realview on Sept 6, 2020 8:19:29 GMT
Part 1: Fleur East vs Lucy Mecklenburgh
We opened the action this week in London, plenty of Cockney pride was on the line as Fleur East and Lucy Mecklenburgh fought in the famous York Hall.
Heading into this fight Fleur was coming off a defeat to Olympia Valance, which seems to have fired her up as she came into this fight talking about wanting to start making statements on her way to the top.
Lucy on the other hand has had mixed form, she started badly but found some wins after changing her body up, becoming more toned and dedicated to the sport, she hadn't been in the ring for two years.
When they stepped into the ring, it was clear there was a lot of tenseness between them, at the opening bell Fleur wanted to especially her power early on, causing her to miss more then she landed as she swung more then set up her punches.
Lucy looked great as she kept on the move, stinging jabs her main weapon as it looked like she wanted to let Fleur wear herself out, landing nice counter punches to take the opening two rounds.
Once Fleur settled down she started to land clean punches, pressing Lucy back around near the ropes she stopped Lucy being able to box, instead forcing the fight to be a slugfest which certainly wasn't to the favour of Mecklenburgh.
Finally in round five after battering Lucy with sledgehammer like punches, Fleur was able to knockout Lucy with a beautiful left hook, Fleur getting the win to the delight of her corner and fans.
Afterwards Fleur treated Lucy with disrespect, maybe that's why Alesha Dixon is wanting a fight at Fleur, with Fleur starting seemingly to want to play the same games as Dixon does.
Lucy on the other hand showed her biggest issue, she hasn't the best punch resistance or defence, her best defence is her movement, once that was taken away from her she was a sitting duck as punches kept flying straight through her guard.
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Post by realview on Sept 6, 2020 8:22:08 GMT
Part 2: Rachel Shenton vs Mikie Hara
Now we head to Australia's Gold Coast for the second part of our show, actress Rachel Shenton has been on cloud Nine seemingly with her new show All Creatures Great and Small coming on soon, now she had a big fight against former BBU flyweight champion Mikie Hara.
Who is wanting to find the form that made her the most fearsome fighter in the flyweight division at one time, Mikie has lost her last two fights, though against top opposition like Jenna Louise Coleman.
Both women came into this fight with different views it seemed, Rachel even after a layoff was full of confidence winning her last two fights, Mikie was keeping her cards close to her chest as she didn't tell the press anything.
Even before the bell the differences were clear, Rachel smirking compared to the stone cold look from Mikie, even both coaches looked in different moods as they stared at each other.
Rachel started the stronger using her forearms to keep Mikie off balance, not wanting the former champion to get settled, landing some nice shots to the models stunning face to get her attention.
Switching up her tactics allowed Mikie to get control of the action, counter punching Rachel gave the actress problems, getting knocked back to the outside, where Hara could show off her hand speed to knock back Shenton.
The fourth round saw the end come, Mikie landing an uppercut followed by left hook, that put Rachel down for the count of eight, after Rachel got up she got pounded into the ropes till the referee stepped in to stop the fight and save her from more punishment.
This was a strong win for Mikie, the lay off may have caused Rachel to lose more quickly but Mikie showed why she is still a hell of a fighter, Rachel more a journey woman if we are totally honest.
Now Mikie has Nikki Sanderson after her, Ziyi Zhang is rumoured to be wanting a go at her too in a Japan versus China affair, it is great to see Mikie get attention again after being marginalized.
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Post by realview on Sept 6, 2020 8:25:12 GMT
Part 3: Katya Jones vs Dannii Minogue
These two had been brewing for a fight over the past month, Katya has made it known her intentions to be seen as the best fighter in the BBU flyweight division, a win over an Aussie legend like Dannii would certainly add credence to her argument.
Of course Dannii hot off a lose to Holly Hagan last time out disagreed with that happening, vowing to spill apart the lips of Katya to show how fake the dancer was, it has to be said going into fight week this was possibly the most furious I've seen Dannii as she stormed around media events.
In the ring the first round was a good show of what was to come, Katya of course with her dancing experience looked great on the move, stinging the cheeks of Dannii, who once she found her way to close the distance was landing the harder punches on the inside.
It was Dannii who took control of rounds two and three, landing some meaty hooks on the inside as she used her bag of tricks to force Katya where she wanted, including a nasty looking elbow to the chest of Jones that should have earned her a warning but was missed by the ring referee.
But once Katya got her rhythm going it was hard for Dannii to make, a right square onto her stomach drove the air from Minogue's body, which the veteran didn't seem to be able to recover from as she was kept back more easily by the younger fighter.
A flurry of punches that was started by a hard hook to the ear of Dannii sent her down for the count of seven, while the singer did beat the count that time, another hard hitting combo sent Dannii down for the count, she looked like she could have napped to a count of a hundred.
This was a great win for Katya, while she was tested in round two and three, she has amazing hand speed to go along with her naturally impressive footwork, she still has some issues to fix like her inside fighting skills, that's something she can work on.
For now she wants a crack at Diana Korkunova, an all Russian fight for the BBU flyweight title I believe would be the first of it's kind in celebrity female boxing, that two Russians have contested for a world title.
On the other side of things is Dannii, who I won't tell her she should retire as that is her choice, she deserves to know when to call it a day, all I would say is maybe she should focus more on the cougar movement coming in boxing, fighting women of her own age range as Charlize Theron is doing in the FCBA, maybe settle some old scores or fight women who she has wanted to fight but never got to, I am just making a suggestion, at the end of the day she knows her body and what she can do.
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Post by realview on Sept 6, 2020 8:26:51 GMT
Final Part: Danielle Lineker vs Kym Valentine
Both of these women were looking for a win after losing their last fights, the fact that neither is getting younger means a loss here would effectively stop them having any chance of making it into an elite position.
Looking over their careers to this point, Danielle was once an elite fighter in some quarters, physically she has always been impressive, though maybe didn't have the backing her talents deserved, now even BBU TV's Denise Van Outen is saying she needs to fight fellow former WAG Louise Redknapp, I know Denise liked Danielle so that is damning.
While Kym started late and has mostly been helping her fellow Aussie soap stars in training, mostly being a sparring partner, even I believe from reports getting in rounds with Dannii Minogue in training for their fights for this card.
Whether Danielle underestimated her foe in the opening two rounds or not, it was Kym pressing the pace as she at first skillfully outboxed the hometown girl, then did enough to keep her under wraps in the second.
The issue for Kym was she was too open swinging too many wild shots as she kept having success, enough to allow the more experienced Danielle to fight back with, leading to things panning out more evenly in the third round.
Finally that swinging led to Kym being badly punished in the forth, Danielle countered with a right hook to the ear, followed by an uppercut that sent the Aussie down to her back, which she did manage to get up from.
Problem was that even the minute interval between rounds wasn't enough for Kym to shake off her daze, Danielle quickly put the sword to her and it was all over within a minute of the fifth, Kym out like a light!
There was a hint in the post match talk that Danielle may focus more on cougar bouts, even suggesting herself she should pay Louise Redknapp a fight after all, I'll be watching keenly to see where Lineker actually goes now with her career.
For Kym, well she started well but got too excited seeing the winning line when it was a good mile away, funnily enough she has good basics but once she abandoned them, well she evens out the fight or worse like in this case, makes it too easy for someone as surgical as Danielle can be.
That's all we have time for folks, we hope you enjoyed today's episode of the Real View, thank you to everyone who took the time to read these posts, we hope to see you back next week for the next edition, remember to stay safe.
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