The first couple rounds were about tied up with points. The bell dinged indicating that round three was over. Tina went to her corner where Bette had placed a stool. Bette came up into the ring. She bent through the knees so she could be at eye level with Tina. She noticed a gash above her eye and a cut across her nose where the bone had been broken.

She grabbed the cut man. “Fix her up!” She ordered.

He wiped off her face cleaning the blood and sweat. He put a protective coat of Vaseline over the cut on her nose. He had to really work her eye. The cut man, known as James, pushed a Q-tip against the cut to add pressure to stop bleeding. He also pushed with his other hand against it. Tina winced through the whole process. James then applied a clump of Vaseline to the cut. As he was “fixing” her up, Bette was talking to her.

Bette shoved a Q-tip up each nostril, pinching the bridge of Tina’s nose. “Tina, you need to block your face better. This eye won’t last long if you don’t. I see signs of swelling and if it swells so badly your eye will shut then they will end the fight with the other girl winning.”

Bette pulled the Q-tips out and grabbed for the water, squirting it in Tina’s mouth. Tina swished it around her mouth spitting the remains in the bucket.

Bette started to put a coat of Vaseline over Tina’s face. “Take a deep breath. You need to gain some energy.”

Tina nodded doing as Bette said. She breathed in deep causing her to sit up straight. She held onto it then breathed out causing her shoulders to slump forward. She did this a few times.

“Ok, I need you to bob and weave. Use the whole ring it will tire her out faster and your hits will then pack more of a punch.” Bette glanced over at the other corner of the ring noticing that one of the other boxer’s eyes was completely cut and starting to swell and the other was beginning to develop a cut. Bette turned her attention back to Tina. “You see that?”