January 2002 - March 2004 - The Jerry Quarry Foundation

themselves out) for generations. Now that some women are crossing the
line/breaking the barrier so to speak, more of them will sign on. Many women
take up boxing training for the physical conditioning, then actually spar out of
curiousity. If the bug bites them, they're into it just like men act on their
interest in the sport. Seeing "pretty" women punch eachother in the bouts
doesn't have any more of an affect on me than when the men mix it up. And if
any of them are seriously injured, it'll be just as tragic as when the guys go
down. As for their ability, I'm sure Christy Martin and the better women boxers
can take most inexperienced/non boxing men on this board, myself included.|
|9/15/03 05:16:00
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Oscar said on Leno
that if he lost to Mosley, he'd probably hang them up. He's rich beyone
imagination, has a nice home, wife, still has his senses, and he's smart enough
to know that all fighters finally hit that one bout that shows them that their
fights are forever more going to be harder. They're going to hate training more,
miss more punches, get hit more, more of their fights are going to go the
distance (against increasingly lesser opponents), and the losses are going to
begin dribbling in. At this point, the reasons they tell themselves for why
"this fight" wasn't brilliant may be ~more~ brilliant than their performance
ever will be again. Stay long enough, and they could wind up in a high school
gym somewhere, going the slow, hard distance with the local barroom brawler.|
|9/15/03 06:53:08
PM|Roadscholarette|Chicago||roadscholarette@hotmail.com||||10|Many women take up
boxing training for the physical
conditioning, then actually spar out of curiousity.>That's true. The
training in boxing has it all. Jogging, situps, rope jumping, shadow boxing, the
heavy and speed bags - cardio, flexibility, strength, speed/coordination,
practicing all-body involving skills, and it doesn't take long either, compared
to the amazing benefits. Burns calories like a furnace too. We do a lot of
different things to stay fit, but I've always said that taking all forms of
conditioning out there, if I could just do ~one~ that'd do it all, I'd punch the
heavy bag. Everyone's got to be curious about sparring. Initial sessions aren't
always revealing either - stories abound about future champions who felt foolish
in their first experiences with sparring. It isn't as condition enhancing, but
it's a lot harder - like they say, the bag doesn't hit back!
And if any of them are seriously injured, it'll be just as tragic as
when the guys go down.>That's true, but I think that with the man-
woman double standard, busted up women will be generally viewed differently,
don't you? Some of them are real feisty toughies, but still women. Some try to
be like men in their demeanor, acting real tough, dropping g's when they talk,
spitting, and swearing a blue streak, but most do not. As for their
ability, I'm sure Christy
Martin and the better women boxers can take most
inexperienced/non boxing men on this board, myself included.>The thing
is that most people never face anyone else at all period, or if they have,
neither have been in shape, neither know how to fight, or have any experience.
Just those factors alone would put the average man at a disadvantage against a
conditioned woman who knew how to throw punches, threw them in bunches, didn't
tire, could stay away from a guy, and knew what to look for in the man's
attempts. A genetically gifted, in shape, trained, and experienced woman would
be the equal of Muhammad Ali at a similar stage. It's just that she wouldn't be
as effective, because, well, she's a grrrl! My husband used to freak people out
at parties when he'd say that he knew as much about shooting a basket as Michael
Jordan, and how to throw a punch as Ali, Frazier, or Foreman. People looked at
him like he was nuts, even when he offered the crucial qualifier that they
simply did it better than he did, and he's right.|
|9/16/03 03:25:35 PM|Angelo|Washington, DC||funktron@yahoo.com||||10|R.S.---I