Comments Thread For: Arum: We Have To Lobby Commissions To Allow Women To Fight Three-Minute Rounds

[_Rexy_]

They should be 3 minute rounds. Would definitely improve womens boxing IMO.

[Fighter78]

Seeing this, Tennis comes to mind. The women want more money for less work. The men play 5 sets, while the female play three sets.

But the women pull in equal interest.....plus you can't name ONE male tennis player that pulls more fans to the stadium than the Williams sisters or Naomi Osaka....you just can't. Its not the same in boxing

[Fighter78]

Ok bottom line.....if it ain't Claressa Shields or Amanda Nunes in MMA or Senesia Estrada or Amanda Serrano in boxing then I have no interest and I'm most likely not going to even give it a thought about watching it....just being honest.

[Rapscallion]

As long as it's women fighting women, three minute rounds for all fights as well as 12 rounds for championship fights ought to be sanctioned.

[Monty Fisto]

Like i always say smaller gloves is the way to go . Their punches will be a lot faster sharper and in result lead to more KO's . Which will lead to more entertaining fights , more screen time , more fans , more money , finally more talent . When woman with decent talent see they can make good money in boxing and the Talent pool isn't anything out of their reach more woman will get into it and increase the talent in woman's boxing. It won't happen over night but smaller gloves is by far the best option just look at how much faster Shields hands looked in 4oz Gloves . 3 rounds won't change much at all , if anything it'll make things worse , I don't see how that would lead to more entertaining fights or Knockouts

This is an interesting comment. A decrease of a couple of ounces -- or even just one -- would probably help.

A problem with going from two minutes to three minutes is that as things are currently, I see exhausted women fighters at the end of two minutes. Adding another minute on is not going to improve the spectacle. Smaller gloves would help mitigate some of this and maybe result in more TKOs. As I understand it, women use 8oz and 10oz gloves, exactly the same as the men, which makes no sense. On average, these women will not be as strong as a man of the same weight. Maybe 6oz and 8oz gloves would be worth trying out.

I think the equal length of rounds for equal pay argument is a red herring. Women could fight three-minute rounds and they are still only going to be paid a fraction of what male boxers earned. Pay is correlated to revenue generated which is correlated to viewers/customer demand. They want more pay, they just need to get more people watching. I'm not convinced that people who don't watch women's boxing currently will tune in to watch something that is potentially 33% longer and probably even lower quality as the women try to conserve energy to make it through the longer rounds.

Also, with the concerns over CTE, I'm also not sure how easy it is to push changes that increase the risks of CTE. The tide is flowing the other way.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Force the feminist types to work harder. They run their mouth about pay but rarely about equal work. 12 round championship fights at 3 minutes a round is a good start. Then after they work just as hard they can find out that boxing pays on drawing power so they still won't be making superstar man $.

[vital1983]

All of you who say nobody watches women boxing speak for yourselves I think 3 minutes is good with equal pay and as for people saying they are gonna get hurt well if u can’t take the heat stay out of the kitchen

Pay is based on what the fighter or fight generates, not just cause they are in the same profession, and fighting 3 rounds.

[megas30]

But the women pull in equal interest.....plus you can't name ONE male tennis player that pulls more fans to the stadium than the Williams sisters or Naomi Osaka....you just can't. Its not the same in boxing

That's not true, as the men have always pulled more, because of their rivalry and how competitive their games are. On an average, the men have more viewership. Federer, Nadal and Djokovic all pulled more viewership than Serena, all the while playing longer sets. The Williams sisters, especially Serena, did push female tennis to new heights though.

[BustedKnuckles]

Look at the PPV numbers for women’s boxing.
You are of the select few who intentionally tunes in to watch a women’s boxing match.

So when you come in hot and heavy acting like “how dare you suggest no one watches it, you’re just trying to act cool”
I would stop and just look at those numbers.

The fact is, next to no one cares for women’s boxing.
So good on you for supporting it, and best of luck if that’s what you’re into.

but you came in waaaaay to gun ho to protect a sport that’s just not popular for obvious reasons

This is just SJW stuff. If a guy really likes to watch women's sports, okay. But that doesn't make it popular. So don't be surprised if nobody cares when somebody makes a point of telling everybody how much female sports he watches.

For me, boxing is a man's sport. You can have your opinion, but I have a totally different view of what a woman ought to be, and it doesn't include bloody battles with other women.

[PunchyPotorff]

I just so happen to agree with the old fart. If women wants equal pay then they should do equal work. Which means fighting 3 minute rounds.

You should do some research before commenting. Women don't get paid as much as men in the majority of fights. And none make the paydays of the high profile men fighters.