Catherine Bell Fights 2002

Cat Bell vs Ashley Judd

Posted by simguy on 5/11/2002, 7:24 am

(Thanks to FightFanfor this repost)

Before: Mutual admiration society in pre-fight: both women very complimentary and respectful to each other while confidently predicting victory for themselves. Judd on the bubble - she's verging on a slump and can't afford to lose any more ground. Bell in a good position, taking a credible optional fight helps her deflect mounting criticism that she's afraid to face Shannon Elizabeth once again. Cat in electric blue bikini, Ashley in red hipster bikini, twist tie top.

During R1: Bell dictating early, working out of the old Oscar stance, hands up high, jabbing to Judd's forehead, keeping the fight in the center of the ring. Final minute, Ashley times the stick, slipping to the right underneath Cat's jab and clipping in that devastating counter hook - Bell put immediately wobbly butt as Judd takes over. Ashley stepping in close, thumping her hook off Cat's chest and crowding in on follow through, drives Bell to the ropes, then digs in - big n' beefy to either side as Bell swoons in trouble. Judd steals the round, sends Cat woozy to her stool.

R2: Judd mopping up - a punishing jab in the shoulder and chest drives Cat backwards - Ashley able to have a series of good moments working her girl over at the ropes. Brutal, methodical stuff - Ash just standing CAt up and breaking her down in the ribs and waist, shoulder-propping her back, keeping the heat on. Cat cringing from hard touches, gloves at her temples - she clips the odd little counter swat in close but can't back Ashley off.

R3: Judd relentless - jabbing effectively to steer Cat to the ropes, then stepping in close off either shoulder to smash away at the resistance. Ashley not wild or overly busy, but her punches are sudden and hurtful - Cat buckling or twinging whenever Judd digs in behind the elbow or gets up underneath. Judd also clever with her hands, often doubling up the hook, catching Cat by surprise at close range. Final component is the heartbreaking jug punching Judd's doing - occasionally tying up Cat's right arm to club free right mitts across those glorious orbs. At the bell, Cat all banged up, shut out and punished through 3.

R4: Cue comeback - shutout Cat Bell. Cat gets the jab going again, stepping back to walk Judd into the counter hook - simple routine seems to have Ashley flustered midring. Judd trying to walk straight in - Cat's gobbling her up with her left hand and good footwork, rejecting Ashley's advances time and again.

R5: Classy exhibition midring as both girls stand relatively flat footed, trying to create openings with the jab, then stepping in with hooks and short right hands. Girls taking turns backing one another up, both doing a nice job of defending upstairs - any money being made is getting earned in respective bellies. Final minute, Judd wants it more - she bangs up the middle with straight rights and left hooks, forcing Cat to the ropes and digging hard at her side to the bell.

R6: Girls circling slowly, feathering each other with rangefinding jabs. Cat finally pulls the trigger on a pedestrian one-two - Judd automatically slipping the right, coming back a SPLATTERING hook on the teeth and CAT IS HURT! Bell stepping in fence post holes, staggering to the ropes as Judd walks her down. Ashley ramming a stabilizing jab into the chest, then PLOWING home the right hand - Bell getting clobbered, rocking back, then stooping forward with gloves at her temples, face wracked in pain. Judd propping with the left elbow, then getting her hips into wicked hooks under the elbow, folding Cat forward with a hurting groan. Elbow prop, then back in underneath, followed by a cudgelling right uppercut and a left hook around the wrist that spills Cat sideways to the corner! Judd stepping with, jamming in the straight right and another MONSTER left hook on the eye and BELL goes down! Cat battered to a seat in the corner - she trembly, trying to push herself off her hip but she CAN'T! KO6 Ashley Judd!

After: Bell given the numb-and-tinglies by a hard punching Ashley and it ain't over: Icy eyed Judd pulls a boozy Bell off her stool for a calculating walk of shame - Bell lolling, protesting mindlessly as Ashley guides her around the ring with an arm about the waist. Humiliation in stark contrast to the courtesy before the fight - Judd tells the press, "I felt I had to announce my arrival in no uncertain terms to Cat. I have the utmost respect for Bell, I really do, but I needed to show her and the fans that I'm here to take territory, not just visit. This fight was about pushing Cat to the sidelines, making sure she understands our relationship. I think we're on the same page now."

Sim Guy
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Ch Cat Bell vs Catherine Zeta Jones title bout

(Unified Lightweight Title)

Posted by simguy on 6/15/2002, 8:59 am

(Thanks to FightFan for this repost)

Before: All brunette superfight comes together in a thunderclap as Bell names Zeta Jones job number one. "She's proven herself," says Cat, "I think Theron looked a little sluggish against her, but the Jenny O'Dell fight really made me look at Catherine as a legitimate threat for the first time." Jones less than charitable when it comes to the champ: "I'm going to expose Bell the same way I did Charlize. They're taller than most lightweights - that's it. Frankly, I don't expect the level of competition to be as high. I think Bell is more durable than Charlize at this stage of her career, but she's not got the class it takes to share a ring with me." Rumours abound that the two arch nemeses Theron and Bell have shared several telephone conversations in the weeks leading up to this fight - rumours denied by TE spokespeople if not Bell herself. Zeta J in red bikini, Cat Bell in electric blue.

During R1,2: Tactical, high quality rounds with very similar results. Jones pressing early, right hand at her cheek, left crooked at her side - she's parrying the jab, trying to roll with Bell's right hand and slip inside to hook stomach. Cat with right at her cheek, left hand shooting hard up the middle takes over after the first minute, establishes control of the center of the ring. Bell boxing beautifully, using her length, keeping Jones outside just the way they drew it up in the gym.

R3: Jones issuing her own jab, thumping it between Bell's breasts, then jumping in to clip her hook to the chin. Cat getting caught, backed up - Jones able to snap off combinations in close, step around Bell's left shoulder and keep the big brunette from setting her feet. Midway through - Jones fitting tight punches onto Bell's jaw, fighting off Cat's chest - a clanging hook buckles Bell's knees and puts her back to the ropes. Final minute - Jones dives in behind a scorching right, blasting Bell's head back and the champ goes wobbly butt! Cat Bell swooning on locked legs, reaching to clinch but Jones won't have it. Catherine Zeta Jones POUNDS away with chopping strokes, working inside Bell's broad shoulders, swabbing those bulging jugs, tagging that chin, squirming and ducking under the taller girl's grasping limbs. At the bell, Jones nails Cat with a series of sweet little hooks on the teeth in close - Zeta J just twisting her torso, laying in with Bell after each slamming connect as the big girl sags limp against the ropes.

R4: Bell guts up - gets back to working the jab, fading back whenever Jones coils to load up a hook, stepping to the left to force adjustments on the shorter woman. Middle minute - Jones able to jab her way in close, fighting off Bell's chest, working with scrubbing action to the belly, but Cat's not discouraged. Bell laying in, tightening up her strokes, getting beefy spank out of Jones' waist as the brunettes lick it up mouth on shoulder.

R5: Bell got some respect last round - Zeta Jones hesitant on the outside, ranging more than usual from side to side, looking to dart inside the jab. Cat using distance exquisitely, content to stand off and pick away, and she's fade-stepping a little as Jones commits in, looking to pick the shorter woman up with the counter right uppercut. Shutout Bell as Jones can't find her range this round.

R6: Shoe's on the other foot. Jones able to get inside the jab, hook the tits or chin, then cuddle up before Bell can get off. Cat walked back, Jones holding her for breaks - it's effective punch n' clutch from a crafty veteran. Jones palming the hips, pushing off Bell's stomach, getting low to shoulder the taller girl around - slick, patient stuff from the challenger this round - Bell not active enough and hears it in her corner.

R7: Zeta Jones with some nice slip-moves inside, sudden jerking hooks to the solar plexus - has Bell stepping out to take deep breaths and regroup early. Midway through, Jones slips, dips inside and EATS a brilliant counter right uppercut - punch Bell's been sitting on all night and it has Jones toppling forward in trouble! Bell stepping back to clout and clang away with wide lefts and rights under the chin of her stumbling foe - Jones stomping forward wobbly butt as her mouthpiece gets swatted clear of teeth. Catherine finally clinching and tackling her girl to the ropes - messy holding and hitting gives way to a nice recovery for Jones as she works off her jab, punishing that left tit of Bell's as Cat reaches with her own stick in response.

R8: Bell the boss with three crashing right hands in the first minute - nailing Jones flush on the side of the head and finally forcing her to back away all tingly. Cat stalking, getting her jab on the retreating woman - the shoulder, the top of the head, anything available as Jones shies away around the ring. Demonstrative round for Bell - Zeta Jones on the run, just looking to avoid serious exchanges.

R9: Banging shutout Cat Bell - Zeta Jones looking harried, beaten down for the first time in the fight. Jones legs starting to fail - she can't keep turning Bell and when she tries to punch Cat off her, Bell's hammering her with crashing right crosses and that vicious, curling uppercut. Zeta Jones pulling all her tricks - block and roll, bump and shoot - Bell's straight hard punching and fine footwork just too good. Down the stretch, Jones sits in the ropes, bending at the waist - Bell palming the girl's sweaty forehead with the right hand and REEFING at the waist with monster left hooks! Big, booming swings - Cat getting her long lean body in behind withering cranks - Jones screaming as she struggles to keep her feet. At the bell - Catherine Zeta Jones with tears streaming down her cheek, crippled in the strands as a smoldering Cat Bell takes a moment to drink in the sight.

R10: Jones with some desultory jabs early, retreating, finally hemmed into a corner and it's all Cat Bell the rest of the way. Cat punishing Jones with piledriver jabs - sickeningly loud blasts off Jones skull and chest have her frozen, right hands starting to plow past her weak left mitt have her tilting forward in stupor. Bell landing hard, then palming the shoulders, propping her girl, lifting in that heartless hook up underneath, but never letting Jones fall. Bad beating has Catherine Zeta J all dressed up and ready to go - but she makes it to the bell - eyes half closed, legs unsteady as Cat presses her flat against the strands. Comes back UD10 Cat Bell.

After: Even fight through 6 - bigger, stronger Bell able to assert herself in closing out the last four rounds and by the end - she's well on her way to beating Jones to a pulp. Zeta Jones with swollen, downcast eyes, punished midsection, uncertain legs - she hasn't taken a sustained beating like this in a long time. "Absolutely not," says Cat Bell when asked if she carried a devastated Zeta Jones to the finish line, "She hung in and took her beating - I'll give her that. But I don't want to hear any more nonsense out of Catherine Zeta Jones. That last four rounds clearly separates us in my mind. I'm better than she is - end of story." Ashen faced BSE executives ringside getting used to seeing Cat Bell pounding her way past expensive corporate assets - champ's been a one-woman wrecking crew against BSE lightweights.

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Cat Bell vs Jeri Ryan
 
Posted by simguy on 10/26/2002, 7:59 am

(Thanks to FightFan)
 
 
Before: Special commentator Debbe Dunning sizes 'em up: "To me, this is such a close fight. Breaking it down, I'd have to say Jeri's more durable - I was life and death with her before beating her and I don't think there's a tougher blonde in boxing. Cat isn't taking the shot she did even 5 years ago - of all us more mature gals, she's been in the most wars and I'd say it's taking a toll. Bell does have the big fight experience however and if anyone can find a way to neutralize Jeri's right hand, it's Cat. My pick? It's going to be a close, hard fought struggle and I think Cat wins that kind of fight. I KNOW Ryan can knock her out, but I think Bell's too smart for her. Bell in 10, but I'm hoping Jeri catches her!" Cat in electric blue bikini, Jeri in red bikini - breathtaking stare down as Ryan invades Cat's personal space, looks her over with disdain.

During R1: Ryan starting slow, just trying to find her rhythm, Cat takes the initiative. Bell with hands up, palms out, drilling the jab to the middle of Jeri's forehead, sliding to the left. Ryan with the right at her chin, left slung low, turning midring, looking to edge in close. Tactical shutout for Bell as she establishes her range, timing with the left hand.

R2: Jeri moving forward, jabbing Cat to the center of the chest, moving her back and snapping off short right hands that are turning the brunette's head. Cat stepping out, circling away, using the ring, but Jeri's relentless, walking her girl down. Girls get to hooking one another's jugs, then turning on right hands - Ryan getting the better of these concussive trades, Bell backing away. Set piece, flat footed battles being fought - Jeri's getting the better of the exchanges, moving into ground vacated by Cat as Bell retreats.

R3: They're fighting Jeri's fight. Ryan moving well, cutting off the ring, forcing Cat to trade, beating the brunette up in shattering exchanges then walking her down. Ryan's been landing right hands up the middle - Cat tightens up her guard, bringing her hands closer to her face, moving her head better to roll with the cross. Jeri putting punches together, hook/right hands up top, then dropping down to hook at ribs or tits with savage snap - Bell grunting on impact and backing away. Ryan showing she's a two handed fighter - Cat's defending the short right well, but getting eaten up by hooks through 3.

R4: Bell makes changes. She's getting the jab out first, landing it hard: that's HER punch. She's also victimizing Ryan's low left, repeatedly dropping in the right over top, bouncing her fist off Jeri's rock solid jaw time and again. Ryan backing up more this round, loading up her right but rarely pulling the trigger - brunette able to outwork blonde to draw even.

R5: Bell continues to add components. She's got Jeri on her heels from one-twos up top, now she goes to the waistline with stroking glee, licking rights and lefts against the ribs and stomach. Jeri turns her shoulders to the right, hunches forward to protect - Cat able to step to the right and sling hooks into the overhanging bulge of Ryan's jugs with delicious spank. Ryan beaten to the ropes, huddled up nearly double as Cat unleashes bashing combinations to the bell.

R6: Jeri reacting, getting punished, but standing stubborn. Cat pounding right hands against Ryan's available left eye. Brunette's hook upstairs is blocked by Jeri's high right hand, but Cat's throwing it anyway to keep Ryan on the defensive. Bell palming shoulders big-girl style, moving Ryan back, ducking to come in low with a swinging right hand to the breadbasket, straightening to pull that wide left hook across Jeri's swollen cleavage. Ryan sullen in retreat, stiffens as her back touches the ropes and turns on whistling right hands as fight heats up down the stretch. Girls pounding away toe to toe, Bell standing right there, trying to use Jeri up as jugs and chin are clobbered all around. Bitter slugging continues after the bell - Ryan's temper flaring as she wants Cat off her.

R7: Bell slamming that jab between the eyes, stepping out - Jeri steps in and EATS that short right counter on the jaw. Ryan's legs buckle - she topples forward slightly - Cat smart to the right, hooking tits, hooking tits, setting down on another jaw-breaker right hand to get Jeri tilting backwards. Ryan not effective in reverse, right hand crossed against her chest, left hand at her stomach - Cat's walking her down behind zesty criss-cross punches and battering the blonde to the ropes. All Cat Bell: she's putting it all together, lanky strokes to the body setting up whalloping cuffs to either ear, then rigid uppercuts as Jeri folds forward in the earmuff guard. Ryan going sullen with punishment, not punching back - she's stubbornly standing in, refusing to go down but soaking up a thumping. Bell takes what she wants and down the stretch - a stunning right uppercut sits Ryan dazed in the ropes, brunette goes to jug with pumping malice from both fists, pounding Jeri's proud chest as woozy blonde stares in groggy protest. Bell hauled back at the break - Jeri humming with punishment, wobbly butt to her corner.

R8: Ryan all shiny, left eye closing, but comes out determined to back Cat up early. Bell cagey in retreat, absorbing Jeri's momentum with tactical clinches, bogging the blonde down, getting the referee's breaks. End of the first minute, Cat's spearing Jeri on the way in again with the jab, keeping Ryan at arm's length, then dropping crisp right hands over Ryan's low left. Ryan really getting clocked now - she's taking Cat's hardest right hands on her chin, jerking a quarter turn to her right, then squaring up again for the next blow. Bell banging her girl in stages to the ropes, then settles in for the systematic beat down. Ugly to watch - Cat's fists hammering at Jeri's vitals downstairs, crippling the blonde, then cashing in on her jaw with crisp, curling combinations, then maliciously clouting the unprotected jugs as Jeri wilts defenceless in the strands. Jeri defiant at the bell, beaten stupid, but proud, hand on the top rope as she picks up her chin.

R9: Shutout Cat Bell. Cat methodically breaking Jeri down, taking the blonde's heart. Bell not fancy with her feet, but economical, stepping to the right or left, getting queasy angles for hooks and right hands and crushing leverage as she lands at will. Ryan in constant, shuffling, stubborn retreat, finally hits the ropes, dukes at her chest, face available. Another brutal siege as Bell sets up, dips to the right with her left hand stabilizing Jeri in the chest, then hammers three, four right hands to the blonde's stomach. Bell comes up the middle the right uppercut, then dips to the left to work the other flank. Ryan being shellacked, refusing to go down, occasionally palming Cat's shoulders lightly as the blows pound home. Cat standing in frank awe at the bell, shaking her head as Ryan wanders away woozy.

R10: Bell keeps ladling it out, Ryan keeps taking it. Bell just reaching with a left to stabilize then slamming in a short right cross, series of these blows drives Ryan to the ropes, blonde all slumping and hurt, hands at her chest as she wills herself to go on. Cat taking it all - the belly, ribs, tits and chin, palming and bodying on to avoid spending herself, just pounding away at Jeri. Ryan won't go - she's helpless, defenceless, but too proud to pool at Cat's feet - she lolls forward, hands on Cat's shoulders or around her waist, forcing the brunette to shove her back, deal with the weight. Round ends with Cat baring her teeth, pulling slinging right roundhouses over and over into Jeri's left ear as the blonde slumps to her right - ref jumps in at the bell, it's over. UD10 Cat Bell leaves Ryan in stupor.

After: Bell wanting to shake hands, but a shellshocked Jeri Ryan refuses, turning her back on Cat as her people bar the way. Dunning shaking her head, "that's SO Cat Bell. She didn't have to beat Jeri's jugs the way she did, all those little extras on the ropes Cat loves so much. She beats you and beats you then wants to be friends afterwards. At least Charlize takes you for a walk and you know where you stand. I feel bad for Jeri - she's got to be hurting. I expected more out of her tonight - Ryan looks shot to me." Touch and go fight through 4, then Cat earns separation with 4 shutout rounds over the remaining 6, disasterous power shots sprinkled throughout, earning that number 1 slot with a soul-searing beating of a very tough lightweight. "I knew if I could get my distance, I could land the right hand," says Cat afterwards. "There are very few lightweights who are stronger than me - Jeri could be one of them. I had to keep on her, out work and out execute her to win."

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Really appreciate you putting up these old fights, makes it easier for a new person to catch up. I'm going through a lot of the Theron vs Bell fights myself but I clicked on one of the links and it found nothing.

fcbahistory.pbworks.com/w/404/20-July-2002-Catherine-Bell-vs-Charlize-Theron-%28X%29

its 07/20/02 (Unified Lightweight Title). Def. Ch. Catherine Bell (KO10)

if any knows if this fight is posted somewhere or on a different site could someone let me know?