Posted on 01/04/2023 1:10:53 PM PST by nickcarraway
Already used to making history in a career that has taken her from becoming Somalia's first boxer to compete at an Olympic Games, a British Vogue cover model and UNICEF Ambassador, Ramla Ali will mark another major first in Jeddah on Saturday
Ali will feature on the undercard of the Oleksandr Usyk versus Anthony Joshua fight in the first professional female bout to take place in Saudi Arabia.
She'll face Crystal Garcia Nova of the Dominican Republic.
The event is not without controversy - critics of Saudi Arabia's Human Rights record and the nation's treatment of women in Saudi society have accused organisers of 'sportswashing'.
Saudi Arabia has also launched a military operation in Yemen that has caused a humanitarian crisis, attracting further criticism.
However, Ali defended her decision to go ahead with the fight.
"It's a huge honour," she said. "We'll be the first women to have competed here professionally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia."
"I feel like the way the media portrays Saudi Arabia is not entirely accurate," Ali continued. "They are pushing female sport and the fact that they've allowed two girls to compete here for the first time shows how progressive the country is becoming."
I have zero desire to watch subpar women fighting.
I’m quite surprised it’s occurring in Saudi Arabia.
I don’t want to see women being punched.
Exactly. I’ve seen it in the UFC and didn’t care for it.
If I want to see two women fighting, I will go to Waffle House on MLK boulevard at 2AM
The Saudis are becoming as degenerate as we are.
They have a long, long way to go.
They, of course, have different serious issues.
Samuel Johnson said he went to see a female preacher for the same reason he went to see a dancing bear; not for the beauty of it but in both cases, to see if the creature could perform at all.
Sam was often more than a bit harsh but I can’t see myself enjoying the sight of any woman being hit by anyone.
“I don’t want to see women being punched.”
YEAH? HOWZABOUT PELOSI, WARREN, CHANEY, HILLARY, COLLINS, MURKOWSKI, WATERS, BEHAR, GOLDBERG, ABRAMS, ON AND ON AND ON?
NOT EVEN ONE “BANG ZOOM...YER GOIN’ TO THE MOON!”?
THINK ABOUT IT.
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