This has to end. I know a lot of guys dont want to say ANY women's boxing for any number of minutes, but the 2 minute rule is ridiculous. One of the main issues with women's boxing for many people is the lack of KO's. Well if you reduced mens boxing to 2 minutes rounds (and world titles to 10 rounds), you'd see a LOT fewer KOs too, as fighters are constantly much fresher and have less time to develop a rhythm. If female marathon runners have to run 26 miles, then why on earth do sanctioning bodies think that women are too fragile to box for 3 minutes?!
I would rather not see such a pathetic spectacle altogether to be honest. It looks undigified and reminds me of hood rat ghetto trash fighting over the last crack rock or chicken drumstick.
I agree on the 3 minute rounds. Their cardio is fine. Look at how WMMA fighters expend themselves. Women's boxing is vastly inferior to WMMA.
The bone structure of women is different than men, including the neck region, and women have something like a 75% higher likelihood of concussion. The 2 minute round is not a question of sexism, it's safety.
Using that logic, shouldn't women also hit less hard? Judging by the KO rates in mens and women's boxing, its the mens boxing that requires 2 minutes to decrease concussions.
yeah, I've never understood why they limited women's boxing to 2 minutes. Make it the full three. While we're at it we should go back to 15 round fights, in both male and female boxing!
I agree that the women should be allowed to do a 3 minutes round. But I can’t stomach 12 rounds of women boxing.. maybe decrease the championship fight length to 10 rounds or 8 even.
If the boxing authorities and society thinks women’s boxing is an acceptable sport. Then part of that acceptance involves it having the same basic rules as the men’s version. They need to be fighting 3 minute rounds. I think we should also show the women respect that they can compete, under the same conditions as men can. We have the same thing with tennis though. Why are women still only playing best of 3 sets in grand slams when men play best of 5 sets? They get paid the same money these days too in tennis which makes it even more of a joke. You either play it under the men’s rules, or we call the sport a different name to reflect the difference in rules. I support 3 mins rounds for women’s boxing as boxing isn’t over 2 mins rounds for the men.
Fighters go into boxing knowing the risks. No one is putting a gun to your head forcing you to box. They all do it willingly. If women are too fragile to box, then they shouldn’t be allowed to box. I don’t see how a 2 minute round reduces the risks enough to satisfy the guardian reading vegan in any case. They want all boxing banned anyway, so they can shove it.