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The rematch getting underway in Heavenly Bodies between Gwen and Angel got me thinking about the original fight I'd alluded to in a one-pager years ago but didn't do a full comic for. The story behind it had mutated in my head from the original idea, changing from Gwen challenging Angel to an unlicensed fight to a group of ultra-wealthy high rollers paying the two to fight in private. At the same time, my friend SquarePeg came out with a new arena that looks like it was designed by a Bond villain. So, I started thinking about using that arena to do that first Gwen vs. Angel fight as a flashback, and then a question popped into my head:

What if this group kept putting on fights? What fights would the richest people in the world want to see? How would they keep it secret? What would be at stake for the fighters? What would it be called?

And I realized I already had a name and logo I'd used for something else. Unlimited Class Boxing was created for She-Hulk vs. Titania, but I'd much rather use it for characters I own instead.

So, a secret league of champions from different countries and organizations pitted against each other with no thought to weight classes and the loser has to leave the symbol of their championship in that room and be left with a replica. To go on and defend a fake belt knowing the real title belt is sitting on a billionaire's shelf.

Then I started thinking about who the main character should be for this. I wanted somebody undersized but powerful, and even designed a new character for it that I showed off a couple of days ago:

And then I realized I already had a 2-time armed forces heavyweight champion shortstack that I was looking to do a story for, as well as a kickboxing club champion I'd wanted to throw in with her, and everything fell into place.

More test images to come.