Raquel Balboa faces off against Ivanna Payne for a shot at the Foxy Boxing Championship of the World!
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- Some members of the crowd jeered as other members cried. Raquel Balboa showed no signs of life as she lay there on the canvas.
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- Raquel Balboa had gone through a gauntlet of fighters and had claimed victory over every one of them. But now, she was laid out, flat on her back, as the 10-count reached it’s end. Like many before her, she had succumbed to the power of the champion.
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- Ivanna Payne had nearly killed the boxer this time around. She had taken Liberty Lane’s protege and treated her like a punching bag. At the end of the 10-count, she planted her foot on her would-be challenger and roared out her dominance. Liberty Lane and Raquel Balboa had both fallen to the greatest fighter ever.
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- This was the scenario that floated through the Foxy Boxing Champion’s mind as she waited for the match to begin. Ivanna Payne was ready to crush and destroy another opponent. “Ladies and gentlemen, in the red corner, the undefeated Foxy Boxing Champion of the World, Ivanna Payne!”
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- “And her opponent, fighting out of the blue corner, the undefeated challenger, Raquel Balboa!!” The crowd went into a frenzy as the young fighter stood in her corner, staring down the champion. She knew this was the fight of her life.
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- Both women squared off, dancing around each other looking to strike.
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- Ivanna Payne was first to strike, with a blistering blow to the side of Raquel’s belly. She had never faced strength like this before!
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- Raquel soon tasted more blows courtesy of the champion. Balboa was unable to get her defense up in time as Ivanna went to work on the challenger.
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- Throughout the first round, Ivanna dominates the young fighter. Blow after blow, she unleashes. Raquel is able to block some, but feels the sting of many others. By the end of the round, Ivanna feels almost disappointed. This was not a challenge for her.
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- Ivanna Payne sat back comfortably in her corner. At this point, she was unsure whether or not to punish Liberty Lane’s protege or end the fight early.
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- Despite the drubbing she’s received in the opening round, Raquel kept her mind focused. She understood how her hero, Liberty Lane, fell to Ivanna Payne’s power. But she didn’t let that discourage her. She had a lot to prove tonight and doesn’t intend to go down without a fight.
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- DING! The second round began, and Ivanna rushed out to greet Raquel with a sweeping left hook to the cheek.
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- Before Raquel can fight back, she’s met with a digging blow to the belly. The air rushes out of her lungs as Ivanna, once again, takes control of the match.
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- Soon, Ivanna began manhandling Raquel. As both bodies locked together, Ivanna pounded away at the challenger. The crowd gasped as Ivanna soon sent the challenger to the canvas!
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- Oh no! Raquel Balboa found herself kissing the canvas in the 2nd round! As the Champion strutted around her, the count began. “1… 2…”
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- Despite being counted out, the crowd cheered her on. “ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!” Raquel Balboa knew she couldn’t go down this easily. She heard the cheers and mustered her strength. “3… 4…”
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- Ivanna strutted around laughing at her opponent. “Haha! This is the type of fighter Liberty Lane’s trained? No wonder why this is so easy! Candy Carpenter was tougher than this!” “5… 6…”
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- Ivanna Payne is ready to call it a victory. Once again, she’s shown the world why she’s #1. But, slowly, Raquel Balboa gathers her strength and climbs up, on the power of the crowd’s faith. “7… 8…”
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- By the count, Raquel had made it to her feet as the crowd went crazy. “I’m not done with you, champ,” she spit out at Ivanna. Payne just looked at her, not even raising her fists. “Really, you want to continue this? Haha!” Before Ivanna could finish her off, the bell rang to end the round.
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- Raquel rested in her corner, hurt from the power of the champ. But she wasn’t out of the fight yet. She reached within herself and find her reserve of strength and endurance. As the crowd continued chanting “ROCKY!” she found the fire within her growing.
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- The Champion, however, was bored. After all her previous challengers, she felt Raquel was tremendously overrated. By this point, she just wanted to end the fight and go home. DING! And as the bell rang for the 3rd round, Ivanna stood up to finish what she felt was a dull match.
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- The third round began and Raquel remained focused. The Champ came out to end the fight and launched a missile of a punched aimed for Balboa’s head. But Raquel swerves out of the way!
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- Whoa! Raquel counters with a punch out of nowhere. As Ivanna leaned in with her missing punch, her face crunches under the blow of Raquel’s right fist.
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- Catching the champ by surprise, Raquel immediately powers into her belly. With a surge of adrenaline, the challenger dissects the powerful Ivanna with grinding punches.
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- Ivanna, shocked by the attack, eats another fist from Raquel. The challenger doesn’t let up! She connects with several blows knocking the cockiness out of Ivanna Payne.
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- Ivanna is unable to rebuild her offensive from earlier! Her strength tapped, Raquel dodges her blows and responds with more grinding punches. The crowd is going crazy!
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- In a fit of wild anger, Ivanna Payne rushes into the challenger with a wide, desperate right swing, but Raquel telegraphs it a mile away.
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- And Raquel answers with a brutal right uppercut that lands squarely on the champion’s chin! The force of the blow throws Ivanna into the air!
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- Incredible! The undefeated champion lands on her back as the count begins! “1…”
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- Raquel Balboa barely stands, exhausted by her attack. She can’t believe she put the champion on her back. “2… 3… 4…”
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- In an unfamiliar sight, Ivanna Payne, undefeated Foxy Boxing Champion of the World is out on her back motionless! “5… 6… 7…”
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- “8… 9… 10!! DING! DING! It’s over!! Ivanna Payne has been counted out! Raquel Balboa can NOT believe it!
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- “Ladies and gentlemen… the winner of this bout, by knockout in the 3rd round… and NEW Foxy Boxing Champion of the World… RAQUEL BALBOA!!” Liberty Lane jumps into the ring to hand her the belt and congratulate her protege. She is ecstatic with the win! Raquel thanks her as Liberty places the belt around her waist.
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- And on the canvas, still out cold, lay the ex-champion, Ivanna Payne. Despite her power, in the end, even she had to meet her match. Ivanna’s reign as champion had come to an end as the crowd cheered. Now began the reign of RAQUEL ‘ROCKY’ BALBOA’!
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- As the crowd chants ‘ROCKY!’ Raquel stands there, new Foxy Boxing Champion of the World. With the help of Liberty Lane, Balboa rose through the ranks and finally did what no one else could do: defeat Ivanna Payne. And now she had become the champion.
B.A.B.E. 