‘Underground – Arisen Phoenix’. This is a photograph taken toward the end of a three minute second round of an underground ‘Fight to the finish’ boxing match held recently here in L.A. In the previous ‘DA’ upload, Krystal’s opponent had punched her in the jaw and had dropped to her knees. Although she was dazed, she beat the count and got to her feet. As the Blonde approached to finish her off, Krystal stepped in to look like she was going to clinch her tight. However, it was a feint, as she slammed a hard left into the Blonde’s breast. In this close-up the viewer can see her breast being stretched backwards from the force of the punch. The second round is going painfully against Krystal, but like the mythical bird ‘The Phoenix’, she arose from the ashes of near defeat to arise again to fight on. In these ‘fight to the finish’ underground boxing matches between women, they are allowed to hit anywhere, and they do. It’s not about ‘sportsmanship’, or in this case ‘sportswomanship’, it’s about money; and each fighter wants that prize money. The customers at ringside paid a lot of money to see pain, not sport; and each fighter is under no illusion that they fight for the glory of winning – They fight for avarice, in this case the brutality of cash. Aboveground boxing matches have a predetermined number of rounds and can go to a standing decision. Not the case for this type of fight. As a writer I was thinking of first using the word: contest, but an ‘underground’ is no contest, it’s a fight. As such the strategy differs. For instance the clinch. The girls try not to clinch because it lets their opponent know they’re in painful trouble. Since the fight can only end when a girl is counted out, the ‘name of the game’ is to pile on the pain. A clinch means pain and will encourage the other girl to really pile it on after they break. Trainers also teach their fighters to be quiet, because if she grunts in pain when taking a hit to a particular part of her body, her opponent will hear it and go after that same spot again and again. As an aside, they are wearing specially designed and manufactured leather 4 ounce gloves, which have little padding. Gloves this small are designed to hurt an opponent’s face or body every time they land. This to ensure the fight will be both tough and brutal – And end in a knockout. By knockout, that doesn’t mean the loser is knocked unconscious by a blow to the head; only she has suffered such damage to the head, face, and body, resulting in pain that is so excruciating, she will have lost all desire to regain her feet and take further punishment. The ‘deadly 10 count’ will end the fight for her. Because both women are wearing thongs and are topless, I have classified this image as an artistic nude. Besides, both women are quite lovely, and this is pure art, for art's sake - Well, sorta. ‘Nuff said. For now. Drew.