Jade Jones is known for being a two-time Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist. Her opponent, Egypt Criss, is known for being the daughter of hip-hop music legends Anthony ‘Treach’ Criss of Naughty By Nature and Sandra ‘Pepa’ Denton of the band Salt-N-Pepa.
To make the transition from taekwondo to boxing, Jade Jones trained with former British and Commonwealth featherweight champion Stephen ‘Swifty’ Smith. Her opponent, Egypt Criss, was trained by her husband, Sam Mattick.
In one corner, Swifty Smith is a certified boxing trainer, and in the other, Sam Mattick has no legal training credentials. For Egypt Criss, the lack of boxing experience and boxing knowledge in her corner was a disastrous combination.
In the opening round of the fight, Criss showed clear signs of inexperience. Her hands were positioned too low, she was off balance, her footwork was terrible, her punches had no punch to them, and she was defensively irresponsible.
During the second round of the match, southpaw Jade Jones landed clean, crisp shots. With 1:06 left to go in the second round, Jones landed three straight left shots, sending Cris face-first to the canvas.
Due to the awkward manner in which Criss fell, the referee did not attempt a count as he stopped the match immediately. The knockout looked brutal, but moments later, Egypt Criss looked fine.
After the fight, rapper Treach talked about his daughter being put up for being put in a mismatched fight. Treach blamed his son-in-law and the rest of his daughter’s team for getting in her way.
Egypt Criss was the victim of a vicious knockout, but luckily she didn’t suffer any major injuries. However, this fight can serve as a cautionary tale, as the obvious red flags involved in this match could have led to serious injuries.
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