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DISCLAIMER: Responses of "I DON'T CARE"/"I WATCH FOR THE BOXERS" are free tickets to the list. I'm just sayin.
A while ago, Formula One made the announcement they were going to "ban" grid girls due to sexism complaints from feminist warriors - even despite the grid girls themselves protesting that they were being put out of a job they enjoyed and wanted to do.
At the time, everyone in boxing management said they weren't going follow that path - and they haven't. Instead we're seeing something different. Something much worse, in my opinion.
Watching Crawford/Khan was the last straw. It's too much. The ring girls are now effectively wearing potato sacks and might as well not even be there.
Case-in-point: Stephanie Ann Cook and Janira Kremets are arguably two of the most beautiful women walking the planet. Yes, Janira is a bit "enhanced", but regardless, even her personality is beautiful.
Here's Cook, over time. Second photo is Crawford/Khan and she looks so damn plain in that outfit it looks like some mic worker got lost and ended up behind the fighters.
Kremets is even more strange. All you need to do is follow Canelo's fight history to see this. She went from a bombshell of an outfit, to a still-okay tight fitting number, to a potato sack where she looked like someone's girlfriend trying to get a selfie.
Look, I get it. Put attention on the fighters. There's better ways to do that. How about instead of having the ring girls standing right beside fighter, they stand in the further back? How about you adjust lighting to where they're in dimmer lighting than the fighters (this is a concert performance trick)? How about you not put them in colors that completely clash with everyone on stage?
But potato sacks don't work for me. As far as I can tell, UFC and Matchroom are still 'bout that life. Who knows for how long.
A while ago, Formula One made the announcement they were going to "ban" grid girls due to sexism complaints from feminist warriors - even despite the grid girls themselves protesting that they were being put out of a job they enjoyed and wanted to do.
At the time, everyone in boxing management said they weren't going follow that path - and they haven't. Instead we're seeing something different. Something much worse, in my opinion.
Watching Crawford/Khan was the last straw. It's too much. The ring girls are now effectively wearing potato sacks and might as well not even be there.
Case-in-point: Stephanie Ann Cook and Janira Kremets are arguably two of the most beautiful women walking the planet. Yes, Janira is a bit "enhanced", but regardless, even her personality is beautiful.
Here's Cook, over time. Second photo is Crawford/Khan and she looks so damn plain in that outfit it looks like some mic worker got lost and ended up behind the fighters.
Kremets is even more strange. All you need to do is follow Canelo's fight history to see this. She went from a bombshell of an outfit, to a still-okay tight fitting number, to a potato sack where she looked like someone's girlfriend trying to get a selfie.
Look, I get it. Put attention on the fighters. There's better ways to do that. How about instead of having the ring girls standing right beside fighter, they stand in the further back? How about you adjust lighting to where they're in dimmer lighting than the fighters (this is a concert performance trick)? How about you not put them in colors that completely clash with everyone on stage?
But potato sacks don't work for me. As far as I can tell, UFC and Matchroom are still 'bout that life. Who knows for how long.
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