There is nothing I like more than a night out with the girls. A chance to unwind, chill out and catch up with all the juicy gossip - who’s doing who, who’s had who and who do I want to do, mmmmmmm, don’t get me started on that one.
Me, Sally, Jen and Katie had decided to try somewhere different tonight, we always did the same clubs and pubs and it had become tired and boring. I wanted something with a bit of edge to it, a chance to try something new.
We were all ready to rock about 8, we got a cab into town and started with a few drinks in a small bar just to get things warmed up.
`You gonna get into any more fights, Jane?’ Katie asked me, I was renowned for ending up in a fist fight everytime we went out. Sometimes I won, sometimes not. But I always had fun no matter what.
`Dunno, maybe, depends.’ I laughed, we all knew that I didn’t consider it a proper night out without I had punched some fucker in the face, I liked to punch more than once….and the occasional head-butt as well, that was a nice fight finisher.
`Where we gonna go then?’ Jen asked, a sweet young 18 yr old.
`I heard they opened a new sports bar up on Trent Street. I wanna check it out. Might be some tasty guys up there.’ Sally said.
`Uggghh, girls, leave it out.’ I said. They laughed.
`Just cos you love pussy and not cock, dyke.’ Jen said, the girls laughed and so did I. I never hid my sexual preferences.
`You don’t know what you’re missing, girls.’ I said, licking my lips suggestively.
This caused raucous laughter and we drank up.
`Alright, we’re looking for something new, let’s check out this sports bar, you never know, could be interesting and if it isn’t we can kick the shit out of Sally for something to do.’ I smiled at the girl.
`Oiiii, no fair, three on one.’ Sally pouted.
We left the bar and walked up road for a few minutes until we got to Malligan’s Sports Bar, a former bank, the place was fucking huge but that wasn’t the biggest surprise. In the middle of the place was a full size boxing ring.
I gawped at this thing.
`What the fuck is this?’ Jen said.
`I think it’s a boxing ring, Jen.’ Sally said, in all innocence and no sarcasm involved, we all looked at her.
We walked in and found a booth easy enough. A gorgeous blonde waitress came over and took our order and went away, I watched her cute tight ass as she left.
A noise came over the speakers which made people cringe, someone was tapping on a microphone. We looked over and someone was stood in the middle of the boxing ring.
He was an older guy and he looked Irish, I know that sounds stupid but if you think of the Irish and imagine the accent and he had the lot, the only thing he was missing were pointy shoes and a pot o’ gold.
`Alright, quiet down, sports fans. We have a special treat for you tonight. We are having a challenge open night. For the girls….yes, no guys allowed, except to watch.’
Some rugby fans cheered on the other side of the bar.
The announcer continued..
`Tonight we have our house champion. Step through the ropes, Kara. She is a real bonafide boxing champion and she is willing to take on all comers.’
A young woman stepped through the ropes, she looked tight bodied and fit and I thought that she looked as if she could handle herself, you get an instinct for sizing up other women after a while.
`And get this. Last just one round with her and you will get two hundred quid.’ He said.
A ripple of sudden interest spread around the bar.
`Yeah, thought that’d get your attention.’ The announcer said. `One round, from bell to bell, if you quit you get nothing. So who wants to test themselves against Kara?’
A few hands went up. I was surprised, some of the local girls were well game.
`I’ll fight her.’ Sally said.
A collective gasp of disbelief.
`You can’t fight for toffee.’ I said to her. `You’ll get that pretty face re-arranged. No, I won’t allow it, babe.’
`You do it, Jane. You’re always up for a scrap.’ Jen said.
`Fuck it, yeah, I could do with the money as well.’ The girls cheered as I confirmed my willingness to step into the ring and prove it for our little group.
I might have spoken too soon.
A loud cheer went up….A young dark haired woman was getting pummelled and fell back into the ropes. The boxer Kara stood over her.
`Fuck me, she means business. She’s gonna smash that kid all over.’ I said.
`She’ll have signed a legal waiver. Releasing them from any liability, standard practice.’ Jen said, smart bitch she was, a paralegal for a top local law firm.
`Sounds like a good idea.’ Katie said.
`She signed a wafer?’ Sally said. We all burst out laughing.
…
In the ring the young woman held up her hands and the bout was over, forty two seconds of brutal punishment. The girl was helped out of the ring, bloody nose and a lovely black eye coming up.
I walked over to the bar, the announcer was filling in paperwork.
`I want to take her on.’ I said to him.
`Alright, you need to sign these and I need to ask you if you have any previous injuries that might cause serious harm if you stepped into the ring and got hurt.’
`Nothing except pride. Where do I sign?’ I said.
He smiled and nodded, pushed the forms towards me. I signed a total of four times.
`Right, you’re on next. Something tells me you’ve had a few scraps before.’ He looked at me, weighing me up.
`I might have.’ I winked.
`Alright, do you want to get changed or go in as you are? Bearing in mind you might get blood all over you.’ He asked.
`I’m good and it’ll be her blood.’ I cracked my knuckles.
A tall blonde stepped through the ropes and as soon as the bell went Kara was on her. Aggression and power. She looked formiddable.
The poor blonde was punched all over the ring…a right and a left and she was in the corner. Kara slammed punch after punch into the girl’s face, blood poured from her mouth. The referee stepped in and asked the girl if she wanted to quit. She shook her head. She swung wildly, bravely, at Kara, she ducked under the clumsy punches and slammed a brutal uppercut into the girl’s chin and the girl went down. That was it, end of fight.
Fuck me, she’s a cruel bitch, I thought to myself.
Kara was playing to the crowd, she had finished off two local girls. She felt invincible.
I went off to a side booth and got my gloves on. Standard 12oz and Pink, I asked if they had any other colour and I was told that was the only pair left, the others had to be cleaned. I just accepted it and got my head gear on. Yeah, that’s right, you had to wear the stupid head gear.
The girls had moved to ringside to support me and they shouted and waved. Kara saw them and she walked over to them.
`I’m gonna knock your friend the fuck out.’ She said to them.
`No, bitch, she’s gonna punch your lights out and then we’ll laugh at you, stupid cxnt.’ Jen said, she had a mouth on her.
`Do you want to get in her with me, slag?’ Kara said.
`You know what, yeah, come on.’ Jen was climbing into the ring and had to be pulled back by Katie and Sally.
`Let your friends do you a favour and save your…..’
I tapped her on the shoulder and…
BAMMMMMMM….she stumbled back….CRACKKKKKK….another to her face….
Kara fell back into the ropes.
The girls were going fucking nuts, shouting and screaming and so was the rest of the bar - this was what they wanted…
I went in and she covered up….I slammed punches into her guard but she was solid, I went for the body, a couple into the ribs which winded her.
The bell went…and I did something stupid, I looked behind me at the sound and she made me pay for it….1, 2 and 3 solid shots to my face sent me back and we went at it…toe to toe in the middle…my eyes stung as she snapped my head side to side but I got her in the mouth and in the nose, people outside the bar were piling into the bar to see this fight….Malligan was sending his waitresses out en masse to pull in the orders…
I could feel the energy sapping out of me…Kara jabbed and swung a fast right cross which spun me around…I fell back into the ropes and hung there…
`Fight, Jane, fucking kill her.’ Jen shouted.
Kara looked right at her and smiled.
CRACCCCKKKK
BAMMMMMMM
My left eye was closing, I could feel it. My mouth felt numb.
`Come on, baby, come kill me.’ Kara mocked me, she jumped up and came down with a punch which nearly took my head off.
`Oh shit’ Jen said.
My arms lolled at my side…
Kara did it again….again,….and I bounced off the ropes on the last one…and straight into a haymaker which took me off my feet.
I had been knocked out cold.
A paramedic shone this light into my eyes…I blinked at the brightness of it.
`Do you know where you are?’ He said
`Yeah, out on the town, where’s the girls? My head felt like jelly but I wanted to stand up.
`You’re night’s done, girl, we need to get you checked out.’ I was helped up and guided into the ambulance and not only that I was cheered and clapped as I walked out. I was some kind of hero even though that bitch had punched me all over.
Ah well, still another time. Me and her would meet again on very different ground.
Jane.
