This was Judy's favorite part of the week. Sparring Day. She bounced her large blue gloves together and began bouncing low in place. She stared intensely at nothing, imagining her opponent. If it was a Rhino, she would go for the eyes. If it was a tiger, she would stomp on the tail. If it was a hippo, she would go for the jaws.
And if it was a fox? She would go behind the knees.
A set of punches broke through the air, her light bounce never swaying. Nothing would break her concentration while she prepared when to take her turn on the mat.

"Ooo so serious." Cooed Nick as he tilted his head down in her line of sight. Her eyes softened by the sight of him and snorted.
Nick smirked when he tightened the edges of his boxing gloves. The slippery fox always participated when he can and so far, he won against every large mammal in the force. A feat he never thought possible. One animal, unfortunately, always seemed to know what he would do before he does it. A sharp gasp escaped him when he clutched his stomach from being "playfully" hit by Judy.

"Are you ready for this?" Smiled Judy. He rubbed his sore stomach giving her a small scowl in response.

"Not if you're going to beat me before I make it to the ring." She laughed when she bounced around him, punching close to his body but not actually making contact. He flinched every time she made a jab at him. His ears went down unamused as Judy giggled at his expense.

"Sorry but I thought you would have been used to it by now. " she said as she stopped in front of him. He chuckled and gave her a pat on the head.

"I hope I don't get use to you, baby carrots."

"Hey." She warned, gently putting his paw down. "If I best everyone again, I would be the first bunny to break the last record!"

Nick's eyes moved to the boxing ring as two hippos faced off. "A record?" One of the hippos knocked the other out, making him collapse right in front of Nick and Judy.

"Yeah, two hundred and thirty five straight wins in a row....I only have two hundred." She shrugged as if it wasn't such a big deal. Nick raised an unimpressed brow as a rhino helped dragged away the unconscious loser while the winner basked in the loud praise of the audience. Judy jumped into the large ring. "But now is going to be two hundred and one!"

"Good luck, Carrots!" Nick said watching her push herself over the obstacle.
Judy, grinning to ear to ear, made her way in front of her opponent. The moment he locked eyes with her, she put up her gloves. She expected the referee to sound off the bell, signaling them to begin but instead the Hippo backed away slowly.

"Actually! I'm pretty worn out, I think I'm good for the day..."

Judy's ears went down as well as her fists. "What?"

The hippo scratched the back of his head. "Sorry, you understand right? I think I pulled my arm...oh ow, see? I should get it looked at." He already had half of his body out in between the rubber separations. Nick slowly frowned when Judy took a step forward.

"Wait, are you sure?" She asked but that made the hippo stumble out when she rushed towards him. Her eyes went down in disappointment when the hippo out up his arms in defense.

"Yes! And sorry! M-maybe someone else can spar with you!" And with that he ran out and into the locker rooms, with his tail between his legs. Nick glanced back at Judy who gained back her well-known optimism.

"Well! That's okay! What about...Tony!" She pointed to a tiger in the crowd. Everyone near him, shifted away from the tiger who shrunk when Judy pointed him out. "What about you?"

"Another victim!" Hissed a voice behind Nick. He whirled to find a cheetah speaking to a lion. The lion nodded in agreement.

"You wouldn't catch me up there, that Judy Hopps really messed up my ribs!" The lion whispered harshly. "Every time I look at her, they start to hurt!"

Nick smirked slightly in amusement that every single large animal was too afraid to go against Judy. His ears lowered when Judy began sounding off names in desperation.

"What about you Mac? No?...well, Bernie! No? Okay. Micheal? No. Francine? Girl to girl? Come on! I know you want to!"

Judy sighed as everyone seems to either back away, decline it avoid eye contact, in hopes she wouldn't call on them next. Chief Bogo, who was in the crowd, step forward with a gruff stance.

"Animals! This is a sparring match not a sissy convention!" He pointed hard at the boxing ring. "What are you so afraid of?!"

Judy's ears sprang up and jumped onto the rubber barriers. "Chief! What about you?"

The buffalo quickly looked at his wrist and pointed to his imaginary watch."Well would you look at the time? Time for me to hit the showers!"

Judy sighed heavily when not even Chief wanted to fight her. She doesn't blame him. She kicked him pretty hard in his pelvis last week. Even now, when trying to escape, he still walks a little funny. She waited for anyone else to volunteer but the room was silent.
Nick turned back to the large cats behind him, hearing them goad one another.

"Hey once she gets off, you want to go?"

"Yeah for sure."

His chest puffed out and with a smack of his gloves, he made his way inside the ring. Judy almost decided to get down before she felt a tap on her shoulder.

"Hey, can I spar with you?"

Her ears went up in surprise and turned to Nick. He held a half lidded gaze when he put up his paws and took a step back towards the middle of the ring.

"I'm waiting Whiskers." He winked. Judy's eyes went low with determination. With her knees low, she bounced lightly on her heels. Nick mimicked her stride before the bell rang.
Judy became the first bunny to knock someone out in less than thirty seconds.