Slowly but surely, women’s boxing is climbing up out of the shadows, earning a new respectability. It is now even being considered as an Olympic event. Women’s boxing never flourished for a number of reasons, but that is beginning to change.
And if taken in the right direction, it could rival men’s boxing as an attraction.
Female fighters suck?
In the past, women’s boxing didn’t flourish for cultural reasons, as the general public was not used to seeing women punching each other, getting swollen up, etc.
Once people got used to the idea of women doing something as unladylike as boxing, the next reason female boxing didn’t flourish was because the female boxers had horrible skills and many looked like ugly men.
In the 1990s, the sport took a turn for the better as Christy Martin appeared on the scene and became its biggest name at the time. Martin was successful because, although she was not very pretty, she wasn't horrible either, and she looked like a woman.
She also had decent boxing skills and was able to produce exciting knockouts for the cameras. Nevertheless, Martin was the lone decent looking female boxer wading in a pool of sea boors. Further, she had no legitimate challengers.
Next, along came Laila Ali, arguably the hottest woman to ever put on a pair of boxing gloves. But she was too big for Martin, although they eventually did fight in a mismatch.
Currently, women’s boxing has somewhat slowed down again on the professional level. But there is a lot of potential.
Female individuality suppressed?
What this sport needs in order to truly go mainstream is something to take it over the top. The feminists and the cynics need to put their money where their mouths are and stop holding women back. Female boxers have been forced to wear tops while fighting.
Why?
In order to have the same success as their male counterparts, female boxers should be allowed to fight topless just as the men do. Women should also be allowed to fight in sexy attire or only in a thong if that is their choice.
In this modern age, it is a travesty for women to be held back by the sexist society that promotes this false idea that women’s breasts should be covered in the ring, whereas a man’s should not be.
Potential, sexiest bout of the century?
However, in order for the cynics not to transform this female expression into some sort of warped sexually voyeuristic event, it would be important to maintain the skill level of the participants. If anyone has seen amateur superstar Christina Cruz, they know what I mean.
Cruz has displayed the boxing ability of Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the body of a porn star. Cruz was on display recently in the 2009 Golden Gloves Tournament, along with Julie Ann Kelley, another hot winner (albeit in a different weight class).
Kelley has that blonde cheerleader look, is very sexy, and has great skills, whereas Cruz is the typical Puerto Rican with pale skin, black hair. However, she does not have those big J-Lo type buttocks that could result in more fans.
The potential for Kelly and Cruz, if moved correctly, is unlimited. If both of these women are given the necessary exposure at the professional level, we could see a potential super fight between them in the future.
Imagine these two highly skilled female boxers trading punches topless with breasts flopping violently during furious exchanges as they tussle in their skimpy thong bottom wear, with buttocks contorting for the visual delight of the fans.
It would be like going from regular television to HD. The effect this would have on the boxing world would be monumental and pay-per-view records would be broken.
Hypothetically, Laila Ali would then come out of retirement in true Floyd Mayweather Jr. fashion and claim to be pound-for-pound the best, even though years had gone by and she hadn’t fought anyone.
However, Ali would be taken seriously because, like Mayweather Jr., she had skills.
Furthermore, after giving birth, Ali’s breasts are likely to be slightly larger and she always had a spectacular buttocks. She would be motivated to train harder and arrive in better shape since she would be fighting topless and in a thong.
I personally would prefer to see a matchup between Ali and Kelly because the whole black-white thing would draw so much attention and it would be interesting to see if Ali could take the body shots after having given birth.
In order for women’s boxing to be revolutionized, these steps need to be taken to empower women to be able to use their natural gifts to earn money just as men do.
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