NSW opens ring for women's boxing

[Sharla]

To be honest I'd never actually advocate a woman competing against a man.
Testing each other out in sparring in the gym perhaps but when you think about it in today's society ther is no way a guy could do anything but loose.

If he won he'd be seen as a woman basher and hated for that.

If he lost he'd be seen as a pussy and dissed and it would probably end his boxing opportunities right there.

Plus I'm not ashamed to admit men do have some physical advantages.

• They have a lower fat percentage and higher muscle percentage per kg bodyweight = more strength for a given weight class.

• They have more haemoglobin.

• They have a higher percentage of fast twitch muscle fibres.

• They have slightly bigger hearts and therefore a larger stroke volume.

• Testosterone will make it easier for them to gain and maintain muscle.

• Women will be afflicted with knee injuries more often than men since they have a higher Q angle and tend to recruit the quadricep muscles more than the hamstrings.

In most cases if you pit a man and a woman against each other with the same weight and experience the guy has to be unfit or lazy either technically or physically to loose really.

In many cases a more experienced woman or harder working woman may show up a guy - no denying that.

I believe women have just as high if not higher pain thresholds - particularly those who have had children and are attracted to a sport like boxing.

However, winning by enduring the most physical pain before you crumble is a dangerous way to win and I think most people prefer to win due to outperforming someone with other attributes.

I'd say having a high pain threshold which is high can help to make may women harder workers in the gym so that they will come into contact with men they can out spar but i can't say it's a rule for all women either.

I think lazy women are less likely to last in boxing than lazy men because it takes so much effort to look like you're serious rather than just trying to loose weight etc and many female show ponies will get frustrated by having to pove themselves more and quit early.

I think there are a few male freaks out there with high pain thresholds beyond the average of their gender (Donny! ).

I don't see any reason why women given the opportunity, time, patience etc can't also be just as good technically - although at the top pro level you'll see more guys who've been boxing for decades than women which will take a few decades to change.

I wouldn't want to argue that time in a sport has some influence on how good you can become technically otherwise its' like saying you don't improve with time which I find depressing!

To me it's more about being able to push yourself - not beat everyone out there. I mean flyweight men would be thrashed by the heavier divisions but they usually pit themselves against guys the same weight and are still respected for it.

They are not only able to compete but they are able to find opponents to match themselves against peers rather than not having the chance to be challenged. ........ Where boxing is good -

There are no flyweight men in SA or bantams and i think only juniors in featherweight which just brings me back to the same problems holding back women in Australian boxing often hold back the men also.

The small guys don't have the matches, don't get the bouts, don't have the support etc etc etc.