Comments Thread For: Amanda Serrano: The WBC Refused To Evolve The Sport For Equality; So, I am Relinquishing Their Title

[Smash]

That should end discussion of a Katie Taylor rematch. No way does Katie take a 3-minute, 12 round fight. She doesn't have the engine for that.

https://www.boxingscene.com/taylor-o...amanda--179564

u are not keeping up to date on stuff

[BarfyMan362]

When she decided to become a professional boxer she knew the rules. You don't become world champion then set policy, is she going to refuse other organisations as I don't see this changing in other organisations. She might be cutting her nose off to spite her face. Amanda please remember no fighter is bigger than the sport, after you retire boxing remains. I don't see women tennis players demanding 5 set matches in grand slams like the men. You requested it, but it was denied now get on with it.

Bad take. She knew the rules, and had to play by them to get into the position them for change. Who the h3ll was gonna listen to some random woman about what needs changed in the sport. A lot of fighters are bigger than the sport. What she is doing is what being a champion is all about. A lot of people complain now a days that a lot of champions dont act like it and thats the reason for a lot of the mud in this sport. Champs make money, money makes change.

[Monty Fisto]

She can do whatever she wants.

I don’t watch loads of women’s boxing but I’ve seen all the big names and even though Serrano “lost” to Taylor, she has impressed me the most, by far. She’s the p4p #1 imo. If Floyd had wanted to do 2 minute rounds he would have and absolutely no one would have told him otherwise.

Any sport has two opposing sides. All sports have rules. Consequently, one side can't do whatever they want. That's how sport works.

[Clegg]

Commenting without having the IQ to understand someone's point?

If it's only fair that air time should be commensurate with revenue, then the conclusion is that women's boxing should never be aired. Changing the female's format from 2-min rounds to 3-min rounds is not a move towards equality, it's a move in the opposite direction for it would amount to even greater subsidization from the men's boxing business.

Since the thread is about Serrano let's look at her last event: BoxRec: Event if it's the case that people are only tuning in to watch the men, then what does it matter if her fight is 2 mins or 3 mins? Won't people have turned off by then anyway?

[Theshotyoudontsee]

I honestly have no problem with 3 minute rounds for women, if both of them agree to it. I won't watch it at all and never have as female boxing is awful and unwatchable imo, but if others support it and the women want to endure more shots over time which will undoubtedly lead to more brain damage, it is a free country.

I do agree with the other poster who said if she wants equality, fight men. At some point the woke mentality eats itself and it is hilarious to watch.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Jeanette Zapata was killed in the ring a couple years ago. It was a story on major news outlets.

24 hours later no one cared.

The public is absolutely ready to see women die in the ring.

Hmm, you may be right about that. I never heard of this woman and I am TOAA. You've convinced me. Let's see 3-minute rounds for all championship fights.

[sirculturevulture]

Commenting without reading the article eh?

Commenting without having the IQ to understand someone's point?

If it's only fair that air time should be commensurate with revenue, then the conclusion is that women's boxing should never be aired. Changing the female's format from 2-min rounds to 3-min rounds is not a move towards equality, it's a move in the opposite direction for it would amount to even greater subsidization from the men's boxing business.

[paulf]

I respect Serrano wanting parity, but it's going to take precisely one woman being put into a coma on a televised fight to upend all the the progress female boxing has made in recent years. We like to see females compete, but the public is not ready to see blind women in wheelchairs for it. There is a fair amount of science behind the sanctioning body and athletic commissions decisions to impose shorter rounds, so I am inclined to agree that its best to keep it that way. Maybe they could allow 12 3-minute rounds for title unification fights for now because that would be the elite vs the elite. Lesser fighters might not be physically up to that challenge.

Jeanette Zapata was killed in the ring a couple years ago. It was a story on major news outlets.

24 hours later no one cared.

The public is absolutely ready to see women die in the ring.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Go fight a man if you want equality. You aren't equal.

Ebanie Bridges, who is as warrior as it gets, said that even sparring young boys was tough.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Part of the reason women's boxing is a joke but women's MMA is just as healthy is men's is that womens boxing has a different set of rules.

Three minute rounds are a huge step in the right direction, major respect to Serrano. As usual, **** the WBC.

I respect Serrano wanting parity, but it's going to take precisely one woman being put into a coma on a televised fight to upend all the the progress female boxing has made in recent years. We like to see females compete, but the public is not ready to see blind women in wheelchairs for it. There is a fair amount of science behind the sanctioning body and athletic commissions decisions to impose shorter rounds, so I am inclined to agree that its best to keep it that way. Maybe they could allow 12 3-minute rounds for title unification fights for now because that would be the elite vs the elite. Lesser fighters might not be physically up to that challenge.