What is with men in boxing?!

Okay, I am seriously going to get into way to much trouble writing this, but I have had enough.  I know people are gonna single me out as a feminist bitch (which I am) or a total dumb blond (which I am not), or even a ranting, raving lunatic (which is quite possible), but this is a subject that I just HAVE to cover:

What is with MEN in boxing?  When did men afford to become such babies in a sport that screams manliness!  In my 4 years involved in this sport I’ve met more women who have more balls then any of the guy.

Okay so there are women who are babies in boxing, who turn away during a match, or even worse, quit, who cry after a loss and stop if it’s to hard; but I’m not talking about the powder puff, has two fights and then calls it a day then goes around for the rest of their lives saying “I’m a boxer” (Oh and there are just as many – actually more if you look at the numbers – of men who do the SAME thing).  I’m talking about women who have committed to the sport, who are constantly looking for fights, getting up at 6am to run every day, working till 6pm then going to the gym to work even more.  I’m talking about the women who spar with the guys and who push them!  I’m talking about the women who aren’t afraid to lose because they will learn from it and work even harder the next time and when they win they are gracious and learn from that too.

In the last year I have seen more guys quit.  I’ve heard more guys tell me how scared they are to lose their fights.  Their life will be over, they wont be able to handle the loss and just don’t know how they will go on.  And if they lose (and they have a 50% chance, even more depending what province their fighting in) their spirit is broken!  They’ve learned nothing, they are scared to fight again, boxing has ruined their life!

WHAT!  Whatever happened to get back on the horse?

Okay, okay, maybe I’m being a little harsh, maybe this applies to people in general.  Maybe the reason I’m hearing this stuff out of so many guys’ mouths is because there are more men in boxing… but I’ve never had a woman tell me boxing has ruined their life.  Maybe I just associate myself with the strong women in the sport… But really the sport can’t afford weak women, so why can it afford weak men?

So grow some balls boys, because eventually there will be as many weight categories in the Olympics for women as men, they will allow us to apply for government scholarship, and women in Canada will overcome men in world rankings… Oh wait, we already do that.

On a final note, please don’t take me to seriously, after all I am a woman, and I wouldn’t be so if I couldn’t bitch.  But hey, at least I got balls (figuratively speaking, of course)!