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People keep ignoring the obvious with female fighting. There has NEVER been a lack of great female fighters since I've been watching boxing at least, Christy Martin, Ann Wolfe, Laila Ali to the girls around now getting attention.
What there has always been is a lack of depth in female fighting. Women tend to not enjoy getting hit in the head it would seem. At the end of the day what makes mens boxing shine the most aren't specific fighters, but specific fights. All the high water marks in boxing (outside of maybe Mike Tyson's reign) were based on big fights more than big fighters. Women's fighting does not have that. Therefore til it does have depth it'll never be as big as some wish it was.
Also there are problems that womens fighting doesn't have loyalty with what should be its biggest audience, women, which is a problem. I'd kinda compare it to the Cuban boxer problem with men. Those Cuban boxers are amazing fighters, but are without a country & therefore without a country to cheer them on like so many boxers have built in. There is Miami sure, but its never seen as loyal a fanbase as these fighters would warrant.
And then you get to the point of them not having much power &/or killer instinct to end fights early. Shields is already batting less than .500 with KOing opponents at 5-0 (2). Fans aren't opposed to watching distance fights at all, but when there is much longer odds on a KO happening there is a lack of excitement with a one punch KO or KO at all going down so its not really about going the distance so much as a lack of a chance to see a KO in womens fighting.
So good luck to female boxers in making their sport bigger, but idk wtf stats Hearn, DiBella, Salita + Showtime or anyone else getting into female boxing more are seeing with it being bigger with the problems I mention.
I feel like too many boxing promoters are just copycatting trends in the UFC by signing woman (who's gotten huge in MMA & headline cards all the time) & in Irish fighters (who represents the biggest draw in MMA today) more than thinking for themselves. The image of competition in womens MMA is built on the names that are built in the UFC fighting each other on a regular basis + there are more ways for fights to end early so there is that excitement in the UFC which isn't going to be duplicated in boxing until the entire structure of boxing changes. And boxing isn't gonna create the next Conor McGregor cuz Conor isn't just a regular Irish cat. He's the Irish f#cking Muhammad Ali with his ability to sh^t talk, create controversy & ends fights in high light fashion. If one of those things isn't going for him he might not be the face of MMA today. Good luck finding the Irish Muhammad Ali from these guys promoters have been signing.
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What there has always been is a lack of depth in female fighting. Women tend to not enjoy getting hit in the head it would seem. At the end of the day what makes mens boxing shine the most aren't specific fighters, but specific fights. All the high water marks in boxing (outside of maybe Mike Tyson's reign) were based on big fights more than big fighters. Women's fighting does not have that. Therefore til it does have depth it'll never be as big as some wish it was.
Also there are problems that womens fighting doesn't have loyalty with what should be its biggest audience, women, which is a problem. I'd kinda compare it to the Cuban boxer problem with men. Those Cuban boxers are amazing fighters, but are without a country & therefore without a country to cheer them on like so many boxers have built in. There is Miami sure, but its never seen as loyal a fanbase as these fighters would warrant.
And then you get to the point of them not having much power &/or killer instinct to end fights early. Shields is already batting less than .500 with KOing opponents at 5-0 (2). Fans aren't opposed to watching distance fights at all, but when there is much longer odds on a KO happening there is a lack of excitement with a one punch KO or KO at all going down so its not really about going the distance so much as a lack of a chance to see a KO in womens fighting.
So good luck to female boxers in making their sport bigger, but idk wtf stats Hearn, DiBella, Salita + Showtime or anyone else getting into female boxing more are seeing with it being bigger with the problems I mention.
I feel like too many boxing promoters are just copycatting trends in the UFC by signing woman (who's gotten huge in MMA & headline cards all the time) & in Irish fighters (who represents the biggest draw in MMA today) more than thinking for themselves. The image of competition in womens MMA is built on the names that are built in the UFC fighting each other on a regular basis + there are more ways for fights to end early so there is that excitement in the UFC which isn't going to be duplicated in boxing until the entire structure of boxing changes. And boxing isn't gonna create the next Conor McGregor cuz Conor isn't just a regular Irish cat. He's the Irish f#cking Muhammad Ali with his ability to sh^t talk, create controversy & ends fights in high light fashion. If one of those things isn't going for him he might not be the face of MMA today. Good luck finding the Irish Muhammad Ali from these guys promoters have been signing.
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