Is Boxing a sport for Females?

[Stickman]

This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever read, and I've posted at sherdog. I guess you think other women's athletics are just a "Novelty, fad, whatever" I guarantee I can find hundreds of women fighters that could make you cry like a little girl. I've seen women's MMA matches and they go at it just as hard as the men.
You're probably one of those guys who say **** like "boxing is a science" and "I love the sport" so why should it matter the gender of the fighters if they're competing in the exact same sport with the same passion for the game?

Just one thing:

Boxing is a science (in fact, I think it could also be classified as a form of art), but that doesn't mean women are equipped to participate. Women, in general, don't have the physique, instinct, or talent for combat sports. It's extremely obvious when watching a women's fight. Just because they can be trained to attack and defend adequately doesn't mean they're ready to box. You can teach a monkey to pound out a melody on a keyboard, but that won't ever make it sound good.

[Dude]

Curly you're wasting your time. These were the kind of guys who thought they could take Anne Wolfe, having never seen her fight. Their only reasoning was that she happened to be a female.

Well, I have to admit that I've only seen a very short clip of Wolfe but I watched some rounds of Regina Halmich when she was fighting on an undercard in televised bouts. And again, even if they are skilled, talented, honest and have passion for what they do. I still hate to watch them beating each other.

Btw. the very same Regina Halmich couldn't knock out a totally untrained German showmaster in a horrible freak event.

[Stickman]

Well, I have to admit that I've only seen a very short clip of Wolfe but I watched some rounds of Regina Halmich when she was fighting on an undercard in televised bouts. And again, even if they are skilled, talented, honest and have passion for what they do. I still hate to watch them beating each other.

Btw. the very same Regina Halmich couldn't knock out a totally untrained German showmaster in a horrible freak event.

The thing is, as a rule, women simply can't fight. It's not instinctive to them. But even if there are a few women who do, through some genetic irregularity, have the instinct, talent and ability to fight and fight well, who are they going to fight? The competition is so limited as to be nearly non-existant, and at least every other women's boxing match is so lop-sided as to reflect that very point.

Like I said, it's a free society, and in my opinion they have the right to box if they want, but by the same token, I have the right to turn the channel. The Science channel is almost always playing something cool and interesting, so if they're showing women's boxing on Friday Night's ESPN2, I switch it and learn something instead.

[paul750]

it's a free world and people should have the right to do what they want. wheather or not people want to watch it is another matter