BBU Boxing on the Beach: Bianca Balti vs Robin Holzken

BBU International Boxing on the Beach from Aruba
Bianca Balti vs Robin Holzken
(Italy vs The Netherlands)
(4-6, 4 KO vs 5-1, 5 KO)
Results: BBU; Story: Vassago

BEFORE: Time for another beach boxing action and BBU TV's Kate Abdo reports from Aruba where Robin Holzken feels very much at home given it's a Dutch constituency after all. Favorite shooting spot for many of the Sports Illustrated models over the years including Bianca Balti who vows to give the local favorite a terrible time tonight. Meanwhile here's Robin talking about her short-term prospects:

"I feel like I'm really close to getting that big money opportunity. I proved my worth knocking out both Marloes Horst and Yasmin Verheijen and I have a solid plan how to elevate myself into Top 10 consideration. Of course fans want to see us pound the crap out of each other on sand but let's make no mistake, I'll do ALL the pounding here! Bianca will be a sobbing wreck once I'm done with her!" (winks).

Bianca Balti wears a golden bikini set & black gloves. Long dark brown hair loose & straight. Robin Holzken wears a navy blue bikini set & orange gloves. Long dark brown hair loose & straight. Both women are barefoot. The fight is scheduled for ten rounds in the lightweight division.

Round 1:
Bianca comes out flying and starts racking up quick punches into Robin's face to bring some early noise into the crowd. It's maybe not what the patrons wanted to see but they have to live with a fiery Italian buzzsaw that leaves the Dutch model nursing an early shiner around the left eye which only fuels more wrath from the older brunette. Bianca takes no prisoners here and backs Robin onto the ropes kicking up clouds of sand in the process; she really wants to blast Holzken out into the sea but fails in her high-octane pursuit down the stretch and gets clinched into safety instead. Robin applies the stalemate brakes almost out of desperation but remains stranded on the turnbuckle while Bianca belts her in the stomach during the closing seconds anyway.

Round 2:
Robin fires immediate slugging response and finally arrives on the Aruba beach to neutralize another quick charge from the older model during the opening minute. She works a patient jab to keep Bianca honest before ripping a left hook on the jaw that catches the Italian flat. Ugh! Balti wobbles to the side and fails to navigate the subsequent danger - Robin pounces on her from both flanks and connects with each temple to raise the noise around the area; she flushes the fellow model onto the ropes and carves in through the high-guard that suddenly looks very suspect already. Bianca gets bounced around but still wants to find her slugging way - only for Robin to shut her down with an uppercut combo that rocks the Italian behind a tight earmuff come the bell.

Round 3:
More slugging pressure for Robin who powers ahead with the hooking approach and knocks the older brunette around the area while showing supreme footwork on the loose surface as well. Bianca quickly loses her patience and simply wants to deliver the heat alas she fails to slice the stubborn Dutch guard and falls into a steady overhand counters in the second minute. She grinds into a halt before Holzken drills a heavy harpoon to the body and shoves her onto her heels. A wild hook smashes Balti on the nose and cripples her on the spot which allows the crowd favorite to dominate the late action thumping almost unanswered leather into the older brunette's chest. Ugh! Bianca shouts something at the fellow model when the ref separates them at the bell but she needs her gloves to do the talking here!

Round 4:
Bianca setttles down to punish Robin's body early in the fourth but still eats a couple of hard licks over the top as the Dutch model slowly begins to outwork her before ripping a cross hook on the nose that Balti struggles to embrace again. Some of these big shots have stunned the Italian on impact and she gets bounced around the sand during the second minute with Holzken riding a hot jab to keep the pressure on. Bianca almost loses her footing at one point and gets busted in the breasts with a stray uppercut that slumps her into some noticeable spasms while Robin duly cleans up the exposed midriff to lock the Italian model down in the corner. Nowhere to hide here and Bianca eats more body shots in the closing seconds as the Aruba crowd roars on in delight!

Round 5:
Bianca kicks the sand in frustration during the interval and it only gets worse for her when Robin slams another cross hook on the nose that finally spills the paint seconds into the fifth. Ugh! Bianca swings from her heels in desperate fashion alas finds thin air and clobbered back to the ropes with Holzken flying in with all the aerial wrath now. She works on the nasal wound and knocks the Italian's head back & forth in the process. Uh-oh! Bianca tries to somehow withstand the barrage but those are some clean hits that extend the damage and she loses her counter-punching strike zone alltogether when the Dutch brunette connects with a vicious uppercut on the jaw. Bianca wobbles forward hoping to find a blind clinch but gets SMOKED by another brutal heater on the jaw instead. DOWN SHE GOES!!! The Aruba crowd errupts in joy and Robin tells the ref to not bother with the count! Still Bianca hasn't been knocked out cold but she's been ragdolled into spread eagle misery in the center of the makeshift ring and she's too dizzy to have any chance of beating the count. It is over! KO5 Robin Holzken!!!

AFTER: Highly impressive finish from the Dutch model who struts across the sand to plant her right foot on top of Bianca's breasts: "Told ya I will pound you into a complete mess! You're not in my league, bytch!" Bianca has to accept the verbal taunting and she's fortunate to avoid a broken nose in the big picture. The blow to her Mediterranean pride is perhaps even bigger than any physical damage she suffered tonight.

Over to Robin who can't wait to hit the Caribbean drinks bar but not before issuing an open challenge to Bianca's compatriot Alessia Uva: "She's an upgrade over most of these second-rate models and when I beat her up I'll be on the verge of lightweight Top 10 where I truly belong. All good news!" (winks).

Official Result: Robin Holzken def. Bianca Balti KO5.