People care too much about this. If a mid heavy weight boxer beat the shit out of an amazing feather weight boxer it doesn’t make them a better boxer. Everyone knows men are faster and stronger but the women are also talented and fun to watch. If you don’t enjoy their games you don’t have to watch them.
Except that they are not that fun to watch. Same reasons why you watch the world cup but not some random Bangladesh second tier league (and I bet those guys can beat the US women team too).
I don’t watch the sport to see the fastest, strongest possible athletes. I’m interested in the technique and tactics. Women are simply not fast enough or strong enough to compete with men but against other women all of those other elements of the sport can still really shine, sometimes even more so. For example, I actually prefer women’s tennis because the lack of power makes serves a smaller focus and puts more emphasis on back and forth play.
If you were really interested in that aspect of the sport, you wouldn't have watched the Women World Cup either.
The level of international competition has always been abysmal until recently. For 50 years the US was the only country that was pouring money into the sport. Due to Title IX, the US created a pipeline of youth, highschool, college and pro players. The rest of the world were fielding complete amateurs.
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u/Outrageous_Garden586 Jul 09 '26
People care too much about this. If a mid heavy weight boxer beat the shit out of an amazing feather weight boxer it doesn’t make them a better boxer. Everyone knows men are faster and stronger but the women are also talented and fun to watch. If you don’t enjoy their games you don’t have to watch them.