Rachel Lugo is no stranger to a bit of drama as the blonde bombshell remains the longest-serving star on The Real Housewives of Cheshire which is known for its catty conflicts.
On Saturday night, the 45-year-old was finally able to get her claws out as she entered the ring to compete against her fellow co-star Leanne Brown.
Although the pair swore there was no bad blood between them, the reality stars certainly entertained the 20,000 spectators at Manchester's AO Arena.
As the only female competitors in the show, the girls made sure to bring their A-game on the night as they oozed confidence when they stepped into the ring.
And the pair certainly delivered on the night as they brought all the fireworks from the show into the ring which captivated the spectators throughout the match.
Despite her best efforts, her opponent Leanne made sure to get some impressive punches in the first round as she clocked Rachel in the face which left her with a massive nosebleed.
But determined to give it her all, the blonde bombshell continued to fight through the match while blood streamed down her face and onto her white sports bra.
By the second round, Leanne only grew from strength to strength as she continued to land successful right hooks as they spared for the final two minutes before she was crowned the winner.
The wife of the former Manchester United player Wes Brown admitted she was initially hesitant to sign on the dotted line as she wouldn’t want to punch anybody in the face but made sure to show some teeth when she put on the gloves.
Ahead of the match, Rachel Lugo shared how fearless she was as she prepared to take on her fellow co-star in the ultimate RHOCH boxing match.
In an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, the loving mum revealed how the pair were determined to stay friends after they left the ring despite the physically challenging competition.
She confessed: “I’m really looking forward to it. I think we’re both pretty much the same height and we’re the same build.
“I’m not frightened of being in the ring, I'm not frightened of someone coming at me and getting hit so I think that stands me in good stead.
“We’ve just said, ‘It’s six minutes. We're going to have a boxing match.’ We both know we’re not going in there to take out any old feud because we haven’t got that going on.”
Prior to the match in an exclusive chat with the Daily Star, Leanne admitted that she would be pretending her opponent, Rachel, is somebody else.
Speaking about the fight, Leanne said: “It’s not nice the thought of having to punch somebody you know that you haven’t got any beef with.
“It’s a sport and it’s a skill and I'm actually learning a lot about the whole training aspect, thinking about how to move, the combinations, I feel like I won’t be able to get in the zone.”
Before the girls entered the ring, the pair agreed that they were planning on putting their friendship to one side and would picture their opponent as someone else during the fight.
“She added: “[Rachel] said, ‘Well, I'm going to imagine you’re somebody else’, and then I said, ‘Well, I’ll just imagine you’re somebody else then.’
“It’s alright saying you’re going to imagine they’re somebody else and having pure aggression because with boxing you need to have a certain amount of aggression.
“But you also have to have a lot of composure to be a boxer and if you just thought about somebody you didn’t like, we’d end up catfighting, just punching each other.
“It's a skill, I'm really enjoying the training,” she concluded.
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