Post by girlsfriday on Jul 9, 2021 2:16:47 GMT -6
Shay Mitchell:
VS
Saoirse Ronan:
Tale of the Tape:
Shay Mitchell:
Age: 34
Height: 5'7 ½
36-31 (34KOs)
Former FCBA bantamweight champion.
Vs
Saoirse Ronan:
Age: 27
Height: 5'6
9-4 (9KOs)
(Foxfire Boxing Stable vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout)
Intro:
Third bout of the night Shay Mitchell and Saoirse Ronan duke it out as they look to get into the top ten of the bantamweight division, the O2 Arena in London is the venue for this battle, who will move closer to the title after tonight?
Form wise Shay is coming in off a defeat to Priyanka Chopra, who ironically was one of the three people she had beaten on a three fight win streak, Saoirse meanwhile is arguably the best free agent around right now, she is on a six fight winning run.
The thing that tides these two together is they have sparred together in the past, Saoirse was once part of the Foxfire Atlantic Boxing stables staff as a cut woman, they allowed her to leave to pursue a career in the ring.
Hence why there was some good nature talk over their social media when the fight was announced, Shay posting "it'll be fun to see my old sparring partner, I hope you have improved that jab Saoirse as I don't want to knock you out too early 😉" with a photo of herself.
Saoirse replied "oh I miss our sessions Shay, my jab is better now, I've learnt by actually winning fights now, something you might want to start remembering to do 😝" little digs but all good natured in the build up.
Fight night, Shay out first with her coach Virginia Madsen, she is wearing a black sports bra with gold trim, matching trunks and shoes, gold gloves, her hair is braided as she jogs down the aisle, banging her gloves together as she stares at the ring looking serious.
She climbs into the ring with her fans cheering her on, she nods to Virginia when told to forget their past with Saoirse, they tap fists as if in agreement that this is all business for them, Shay bouncing on her toes as she goes through her warm up.
Now here comes Saoirse with her coach behind her, she is wearing a green sports bra with white trim, matching trunks and shoes, white gloves as her hair is tied into a ponytail, she yells "come on!" As the crowd roar with her.
Climbing into the ring, Saoirse goes to her corner with her eyes on Shay, she goes through her punching drills as she looks in a serious mood herself, not going to lose her winning run so easily, even for a friend it is clear to see.
The fighters square up at the center of the ring, hands on hips as they go nose to nose as if seeing how much their opponent wants this, when told to touch gloves they step back with a nod to their friend, a respectful touch of gloves before they jog to their corners, once ready the bell rings to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.
Round 1:
At the bell both head to the center with their gloves up tight, showing respect for the others skills as they trade single probing punches, up on their toes with eyes firmly locked on their opponent, Shay the first to get more aggressive as she lands a double jab between the mitts of Saoirse to knock her head back.
That seems to help release the tension as both start to open up more, Shay lands a one-two combo before stepping back out the way of a left cross, countering with a straight as she has definitely found her rhythm faster then her opponent.
After the opening minute though Saoirse starts to land some more cleaner punches, drilling them into the abs of Shay as she dips under several straight shots from the brunette, who clips her with a right cross as she gives up ground to the Irish fighter.
When Ronan seems to be building up a head of steam, she eats a jab onto her nose, when she swings in a right hook Shay dodges it, then a straight lands onto the top of her head, followed by a left hook to turn it to the side, Mitchell piling on the pressure as she throws a four punch flurry at the head of Saoirse, who does enough to block them just as the bell rings to end the opening round.
A solid start for Shay as she turns to her corner, no hint of a smile though as she simply sits on her stool asking Virginia how she felt she did, Saoirse on the other hand gets her shoulders massaged to loosen her up as her coach can see she tensed up.
Round 2:
Back out they come with more sting behind their punches, Shay is being the more mobile fighter by moving side to side, Saoirse pegging her to the face and abs with straight shots, crowd cheering their favourite as they girls response with more heated exchanges.
Shay tries to land a two punch combo, Saoirse shows her quickness off to step back out the way of a jab, then deflects the straight with her left as she pounds a straight of her own into the face of the former FCBA champion, following with a left cross to turn her head.
Now in comes Ronan as she gets in close, forcing the issue more as her head is nearly shoved into the chin of her opponent as she works, herding back Shay towards the ropes as they slam away into each others bodies, probably used to sparring like this but this time neither is holding back on their punches.
A short right uppercut catches Mitchell on her chin, she shells up as Saoirse then bullies her onto the ropes, whacking away with hooks until they clinch because of Shay, the referee splits them up as the bell rings, a great return of serve from Saoirse as she surely took this round with flying colours.
Round 3:
Heavier leather now flying as Shay tries to stand her ground more, both landing some hard shots in as they bark with effort, eyes locked in intense stares behind their gloves, the importance of a win here not lost on either woman clearly as friendship has taken a backseat to title aspirations.
Shay leans out the way of a right cross, slamming in a straight onto the chin of Saoirse, then lands a left hook to her cheek as she shows off her impressive technical skills, switching her targets up as she starts to come in and out of range.
That's causing Saoirse some problems as she gets set then misses as Shay changes the range up, while the blonde stunner is landing some hard shots when Shay settles in one spot too long, she eats a double jab in return to stop her getting settled on pounding back Mitchell.
The final minute sees Saoirse pick her spots better, parrying a straight before landing a straight of her own into the chest of Shay, whose eyes narrow as she grunts, a left cross lands on her chin as Ronan ups the tempo, badging Shay into a neutral corner as the Foxfire fighter covers up.
At the bell it's another strong round for Shay, Saoirse though is showing some good adaptability so far to get in some hard shots, her coach though wants to see her close off the ring faster, give Shay a headache as they fight.
Round 4:
Heeding her coaches words, Saoirse is mirroring the movements of Shay more, looking to cut off the ring as they exchange stiff head shots, a little redness on both fighters cheeks is forming, with Shay missing a jab as Saoirse sees it coming, slipping it before landing a left across the cheek of Mitchell.
Who finds herself driven into her own corner, Virginia needing to yell at Shay to fight her way free, Saoirse though is landing the flusher punches, snapping back the head of the beautiful Shay with pounding punches to the delight of her fans, Shay needing to hang onto Ronan to force the referee to break them up.
Out the corner now, Shay starts to double up her jab more, forcing Saoirse to stay at range more as she hammers her face, the Irish lass dips under a jab to hammer in a right to the abs of Shay, who responses with a left hook to the side of her head.
Both settling in close to work away, this looks to be suiting Ronan more as she lands more uppercuts on the inside, knocking back the head of her opponent, when the bell rings Shay looks to the heavens cursing herself for another poor round, she is struggling to put two good rounds together as Saoirse is showing how far she has come from sparring partner to title contender rival.
Round 5:
Tapping her gloves together before she steps out her corner, Shay seems to have refocused herself, boxing on the back foot now she knows what Saoirse is going to try to do to combat her footwork, both slamming in hard straight punches through mitts, knocking heads back as they stare with more anger on their faces.
Saoirse tries to push forwards but gets caught with a left across her face, a straight knocks her back a step, Shay stepping in closer to pound in two left hooks under the ribs of her opponent, who hisses out as she backs off.
Allowing Mitchell to control the center, using her double jab along with a stiff straight punch, Shay is giving Saoirse more problems to deal with, Ronan is landing some good digging body shots, she is getting hit clean as she does so as both let their hands go more.
Missing with a straight as they are nearing the final minute, Shay eats an overhand left to her jaw, then two short rights to the body as Saoirse tries to turn things around this round, driving Shay back to the middle of the round with her body shots.
Shay pushes her back then lands a solid one-two combo square into the face of Saoirse, putting her behind her guard with less then twenty seconds to go, pounding away at that guard as she barks with effort till the round ends, Shay reestablishing a lead surely on the scorecards, even she looks a little unsure though as Saoirse keeps coming back twice as hard on her.
Round 6:
Slamming in more punches into faces as both are loosening their guards further, Shay looks good working behind a double jab in the opening moments, till Saoirse slips under a jab to hammer in two short right hooks to the ribs of Shay, making her groan.
A shove from Shay looks to open up space between them, but a missed right by Shay leads to her taking a counter left uppercut to the solar plexus, she is winded judging by the gasp that escapes her lips, a right cross slams into the side of her head to turn it.
Into the second minute they go as Shay is being pounded around her body, she swings a haymaker right that finds air as Saoirse sees it coming, ducking under it before landing an overhand left, THEN TWO RIGHTS INTO THE LIVER AREA CAUSE SHAY TO CRY OUT! DOWN TO HER KNEES SHE GOES HOLDING HER BODY!
There's a loud cheer as Saoirse raises her right arm into the air on her way to the neutral corner, 1...2...3.. Shay spits out her gumshield as she is panting, 4...5.. Getting to her right foot, 6...7... It pains her to try to get up, 8.... Leading to her just staying on one knee, 9...10 that's it! Shay can't beat the count!
Winner Saoirse Ronan KO Round 6
After:
This is arguably the biggest result of Saoirse's career, her first thought though is to go check on Shay, getting down onto her knees as the referee at first looks ready to step between them till they quickly realise this isn't going to be a humiliation of any kind from the winner, stepping out the way as Saoirse places her right glove on Shay's left shoulder while asking how she is.
"Bloody in pain Saoirse" replies Shay as she pants, as Saoirse looks worried, Shay smirks as she adds "but damn.. I wouldn't want to lose to anyone except you" tapping Saoirse on her arm with her right, then regretting it as her body is still mighty sore.
Virginia places an ice pack on the abs of Shay to ease some of the pain, Saoirse helping Shay up with Virginia as the crowd applaud the class of both women, Shay telling the cameras filming this "here's your next champion" putting her left arm around the back of Saoirse, who blushes as she looks at the camera.
Both return to their corners to get patched up, with Shay admitting to her coach "I gave my best and she beat me... I can't complain" with Virginia pointing out that's great, but she expects Shay hard at work on Monday ready to surpass Saoirse, making Shay smile as she knows she has to find that spark that got her a title around her waist.
Across the ring Saoirse gets hugged by her coach, an Irish flag is found as Saoirse is handed to her after her gloves come off, she has it draped over her shoulders as she comes to the center of the ring, Shay applauding the winner as Ronan lifts up the Irish flag to mostly cheers, a beaming smile on Saoirse's face as she looks around at Shay then the crowd.
After a gently hug with Saoirse, Shay lifts the ring so her friend can have the spotlight, Shay heading up the aisle still looking a little sore, she has probably ordered the ice bath to be filled ready for her to return to her locker room to dive into straight away.
Back in the ring Saoirse poses for the cameras with the Irish flag in front of her, she looks proud to have another win on the board, seven wins in a row surely puts her as a surprise front running for a future title shot at the FCBA crown, can she keep this pace up as a free agent?
VS
Saoirse Ronan:
Tale of the Tape:
Shay Mitchell:
Age: 34
Height: 5'7 ½
36-31 (34KOs)
Former FCBA bantamweight champion.
Vs
Saoirse Ronan:
Age: 27
Height: 5'6
9-4 (9KOs)
(Foxfire Boxing Stable vs Free Agent)
(Written by Girls Friday/Results by Lookout)
Intro:
Third bout of the night Shay Mitchell and Saoirse Ronan duke it out as they look to get into the top ten of the bantamweight division, the O2 Arena in London is the venue for this battle, who will move closer to the title after tonight?
Form wise Shay is coming in off a defeat to Priyanka Chopra, who ironically was one of the three people she had beaten on a three fight win streak, Saoirse meanwhile is arguably the best free agent around right now, she is on a six fight winning run.
The thing that tides these two together is they have sparred together in the past, Saoirse was once part of the Foxfire Atlantic Boxing stables staff as a cut woman, they allowed her to leave to pursue a career in the ring.
Hence why there was some good nature talk over their social media when the fight was announced, Shay posting "it'll be fun to see my old sparring partner, I hope you have improved that jab Saoirse as I don't want to knock you out too early 😉" with a photo of herself.
Saoirse replied "oh I miss our sessions Shay, my jab is better now, I've learnt by actually winning fights now, something you might want to start remembering to do 😝" little digs but all good natured in the build up.
Fight night, Shay out first with her coach Virginia Madsen, she is wearing a black sports bra with gold trim, matching trunks and shoes, gold gloves, her hair is braided as she jogs down the aisle, banging her gloves together as she stares at the ring looking serious.
She climbs into the ring with her fans cheering her on, she nods to Virginia when told to forget their past with Saoirse, they tap fists as if in agreement that this is all business for them, Shay bouncing on her toes as she goes through her warm up.
Now here comes Saoirse with her coach behind her, she is wearing a green sports bra with white trim, matching trunks and shoes, white gloves as her hair is tied into a ponytail, she yells "come on!" As the crowd roar with her.
Climbing into the ring, Saoirse goes to her corner with her eyes on Shay, she goes through her punching drills as she looks in a serious mood herself, not going to lose her winning run so easily, even for a friend it is clear to see.
The fighters square up at the center of the ring, hands on hips as they go nose to nose as if seeing how much their opponent wants this, when told to touch gloves they step back with a nod to their friend, a respectful touch of gloves before they jog to their corners, once ready the bell rings to start 10 rounds of bantamweight action.
Round 1:
At the bell both head to the center with their gloves up tight, showing respect for the others skills as they trade single probing punches, up on their toes with eyes firmly locked on their opponent, Shay the first to get more aggressive as she lands a double jab between the mitts of Saoirse to knock her head back.
That seems to help release the tension as both start to open up more, Shay lands a one-two combo before stepping back out the way of a left cross, countering with a straight as she has definitely found her rhythm faster then her opponent.
After the opening minute though Saoirse starts to land some more cleaner punches, drilling them into the abs of Shay as she dips under several straight shots from the brunette, who clips her with a right cross as she gives up ground to the Irish fighter.
When Ronan seems to be building up a head of steam, she eats a jab onto her nose, when she swings in a right hook Shay dodges it, then a straight lands onto the top of her head, followed by a left hook to turn it to the side, Mitchell piling on the pressure as she throws a four punch flurry at the head of Saoirse, who does enough to block them just as the bell rings to end the opening round.
A solid start for Shay as she turns to her corner, no hint of a smile though as she simply sits on her stool asking Virginia how she felt she did, Saoirse on the other hand gets her shoulders massaged to loosen her up as her coach can see she tensed up.
Round 2:
Back out they come with more sting behind their punches, Shay is being the more mobile fighter by moving side to side, Saoirse pegging her to the face and abs with straight shots, crowd cheering their favourite as they girls response with more heated exchanges.
Shay tries to land a two punch combo, Saoirse shows her quickness off to step back out the way of a jab, then deflects the straight with her left as she pounds a straight of her own into the face of the former FCBA champion, following with a left cross to turn her head.
Now in comes Ronan as she gets in close, forcing the issue more as her head is nearly shoved into the chin of her opponent as she works, herding back Shay towards the ropes as they slam away into each others bodies, probably used to sparring like this but this time neither is holding back on their punches.
A short right uppercut catches Mitchell on her chin, she shells up as Saoirse then bullies her onto the ropes, whacking away with hooks until they clinch because of Shay, the referee splits them up as the bell rings, a great return of serve from Saoirse as she surely took this round with flying colours.
Round 3:
Heavier leather now flying as Shay tries to stand her ground more, both landing some hard shots in as they bark with effort, eyes locked in intense stares behind their gloves, the importance of a win here not lost on either woman clearly as friendship has taken a backseat to title aspirations.
Shay leans out the way of a right cross, slamming in a straight onto the chin of Saoirse, then lands a left hook to her cheek as she shows off her impressive technical skills, switching her targets up as she starts to come in and out of range.
That's causing Saoirse some problems as she gets set then misses as Shay changes the range up, while the blonde stunner is landing some hard shots when Shay settles in one spot too long, she eats a double jab in return to stop her getting settled on pounding back Mitchell.
The final minute sees Saoirse pick her spots better, parrying a straight before landing a straight of her own into the chest of Shay, whose eyes narrow as she grunts, a left cross lands on her chin as Ronan ups the tempo, badging Shay into a neutral corner as the Foxfire fighter covers up.
At the bell it's another strong round for Shay, Saoirse though is showing some good adaptability so far to get in some hard shots, her coach though wants to see her close off the ring faster, give Shay a headache as they fight.
Round 4:
Heeding her coaches words, Saoirse is mirroring the movements of Shay more, looking to cut off the ring as they exchange stiff head shots, a little redness on both fighters cheeks is forming, with Shay missing a jab as Saoirse sees it coming, slipping it before landing a left across the cheek of Mitchell.
Who finds herself driven into her own corner, Virginia needing to yell at Shay to fight her way free, Saoirse though is landing the flusher punches, snapping back the head of the beautiful Shay with pounding punches to the delight of her fans, Shay needing to hang onto Ronan to force the referee to break them up.
Out the corner now, Shay starts to double up her jab more, forcing Saoirse to stay at range more as she hammers her face, the Irish lass dips under a jab to hammer in a right to the abs of Shay, who responses with a left hook to the side of her head.
Both settling in close to work away, this looks to be suiting Ronan more as she lands more uppercuts on the inside, knocking back the head of her opponent, when the bell rings Shay looks to the heavens cursing herself for another poor round, she is struggling to put two good rounds together as Saoirse is showing how far she has come from sparring partner to title contender rival.
Round 5:
Tapping her gloves together before she steps out her corner, Shay seems to have refocused herself, boxing on the back foot now she knows what Saoirse is going to try to do to combat her footwork, both slamming in hard straight punches through mitts, knocking heads back as they stare with more anger on their faces.
Saoirse tries to push forwards but gets caught with a left across her face, a straight knocks her back a step, Shay stepping in closer to pound in two left hooks under the ribs of her opponent, who hisses out as she backs off.
Allowing Mitchell to control the center, using her double jab along with a stiff straight punch, Shay is giving Saoirse more problems to deal with, Ronan is landing some good digging body shots, she is getting hit clean as she does so as both let their hands go more.
Missing with a straight as they are nearing the final minute, Shay eats an overhand left to her jaw, then two short rights to the body as Saoirse tries to turn things around this round, driving Shay back to the middle of the round with her body shots.
Shay pushes her back then lands a solid one-two combo square into the face of Saoirse, putting her behind her guard with less then twenty seconds to go, pounding away at that guard as she barks with effort till the round ends, Shay reestablishing a lead surely on the scorecards, even she looks a little unsure though as Saoirse keeps coming back twice as hard on her.
Round 6:
Slamming in more punches into faces as both are loosening their guards further, Shay looks good working behind a double jab in the opening moments, till Saoirse slips under a jab to hammer in two short right hooks to the ribs of Shay, making her groan.
A shove from Shay looks to open up space between them, but a missed right by Shay leads to her taking a counter left uppercut to the solar plexus, she is winded judging by the gasp that escapes her lips, a right cross slams into the side of her head to turn it.
Into the second minute they go as Shay is being pounded around her body, she swings a haymaker right that finds air as Saoirse sees it coming, ducking under it before landing an overhand left, THEN TWO RIGHTS INTO THE LIVER AREA CAUSE SHAY TO CRY OUT! DOWN TO HER KNEES SHE GOES HOLDING HER BODY!
There's a loud cheer as Saoirse raises her right arm into the air on her way to the neutral corner, 1...2...3.. Shay spits out her gumshield as she is panting, 4...5.. Getting to her right foot, 6...7... It pains her to try to get up, 8.... Leading to her just staying on one knee, 9...10 that's it! Shay can't beat the count!
Winner Saoirse Ronan KO Round 6
After:
This is arguably the biggest result of Saoirse's career, her first thought though is to go check on Shay, getting down onto her knees as the referee at first looks ready to step between them till they quickly realise this isn't going to be a humiliation of any kind from the winner, stepping out the way as Saoirse places her right glove on Shay's left shoulder while asking how she is.
"Bloody in pain Saoirse" replies Shay as she pants, as Saoirse looks worried, Shay smirks as she adds "but damn.. I wouldn't want to lose to anyone except you" tapping Saoirse on her arm with her right, then regretting it as her body is still mighty sore.
Virginia places an ice pack on the abs of Shay to ease some of the pain, Saoirse helping Shay up with Virginia as the crowd applaud the class of both women, Shay telling the cameras filming this "here's your next champion" putting her left arm around the back of Saoirse, who blushes as she looks at the camera.
Both return to their corners to get patched up, with Shay admitting to her coach "I gave my best and she beat me... I can't complain" with Virginia pointing out that's great, but she expects Shay hard at work on Monday ready to surpass Saoirse, making Shay smile as she knows she has to find that spark that got her a title around her waist.
Across the ring Saoirse gets hugged by her coach, an Irish flag is found as Saoirse is handed to her after her gloves come off, she has it draped over her shoulders as she comes to the center of the ring, Shay applauding the winner as Ronan lifts up the Irish flag to mostly cheers, a beaming smile on Saoirse's face as she looks around at Shay then the crowd.
After a gently hug with Saoirse, Shay lifts the ring so her friend can have the spotlight, Shay heading up the aisle still looking a little sore, she has probably ordered the ice bath to be filled ready for her to return to her locker room to dive into straight away.
Back in the ring Saoirse poses for the cameras with the Irish flag in front of her, she looks proud to have another win on the board, seven wins in a row surely puts her as a surprise front running for a future title shot at the FCBA crown, can she keep this pace up as a free agent?