What were some of the disadvantages female boxers faced in the 70s and 80s that have changed since then?
There were many events that have changed since the 70’s and 80’s, which make me a firm believer that female boxing is NOW going to make it’s mark and is here to stay. First, one very significant change is that women can now compete on an amateur level before turning pro. In the 70’s and 80’s, a woman trained for awhile, sometimes, for only a few months, and then was thrown into a “Lion’s den” and the got the wholly daylights beat out of her. It didn’t make much of an exciting match. Many, MANY, women who started boxing in the 70’s and 80’s, would quit after having one or two fights. They did not have a fighting chance. Between being mismatched, and unable to get their feet wet in an amateur setting first. Secondly, the women boxers of today are treated like athletics. They are getting televised fights that reach out to the public, whereas, the women in the past did not get very much media coverage and were at times considered some kind of novelty act.
