Rousey thinks differently. She’s been going after Mayweather, notoriously slamming him fresh off her win of the ESPY award, “I wonder how Floyd feels being beaten by a woman for once.”Posted on 08/15/2015 7:55:27 PM PDT by markomalley
Emily Shire at The Daily Beast thinks it’s a terrible idea for UFC champion Ronda Rousey to go head to head in the ring with boxing champion Floyd Mayweather. Why? Because Mayweather has a history of domestic abuse (he’s been convicted of violence against women five times, though only served one sentence) and, as Shire writes:
“A future fight between Rousey and Mayweather wouldn’t strike a blow for equality—but would likely underscore how appalling violence between men and women really is.”
Rousey thinks differently. She’s been going after Mayweather, notoriously slamming him fresh off her win of the ESPY award, “I wonder how Floyd feels being beaten by a woman for once.”
After defending her title by knocking out Beth Correia in 34 seconds almost two weeks ago, Rousey recently commented, “in a no rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet…” and that includes Mayweather.
Shire writes that, “such a fantasy matchup satiates our desire to see an abusive man beaten by a woman, while also proving a modern-day goal that men and women can be equals in all spheres of life—including the ring… but what exactly would be accomplished? Nothing…”
Of course it wouldn’t accomplish anything! As Shire claims later in her article – when she made light of tennis star Billie Jean King’s “Battle of the Sexes” win over fellow tennis star Bobby Riggs:
“King’s victory was emotionally satisfying and inspired many women…However, her win also didn’t fix the wage gap, improve access to birth control, or rectify many of the other challenges facing women.”
Wow. So, in order to be called a “true victor” over a man, a woman’s “victory” should also in effect fix the wage gap, improve access to birth control and/or solve other challenges women face? Spoken like a true feminist!
Although The Daily Beast has issues with a Rousey/Mayweather fight, ironically they have no issues if she were pitted against transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox. Though Shire was quick to point out Rousey’s “transphobic” comments from 2013:
“Supporting Rousey as any kind of feminist pioneer, as King was, isn’t easy when she has a history of making transphobic comments.”
Rousey said (of Fox), “She can try hormones, chop her pecker off, but it’s still the same bone structure a man has…”
Shire continued, even scoffing at Rousey’s skepticism:
“While Rousey has somewhat tried to distance herself from her attack on Fox, she still is remarkably skeptical about the place for trans-athletes, telling HuffPost just a few months ago they should be evaluated and permitted to fight on a “case-by-case basis.”
Oh, but let’s not forget – Fallon not only won her last two fights, but she beat her last opponent so badly that she “suffered a concussion, a broken orbital bone and required seven staples in her head.”
The Daily Beast can’t have it both ways. They can’t argue against a Rousey/Mayweather fight and make claims of sexism and male violence towards women, yet find it ok to fight a transgender MMA fighter who has a completely different genetic makeup and literally left her last opponent in stitches (not to say that Rousey wouldn’t do the same, if not more to Fox…I have no doubt).
In reality, there’s no difference between either match for Rousey. Mayweather and Fox are both men who fight women -- but only one gets paid to do it.
As for Fallon Fox... HE has already lost to a woman. Enjoy the end of the second round, where Ashlee doesn't stop punching him in the face repeatedly, even after the bell. (watch starting around the 10 minute mark of the 17 minute video below) The final win, also by repeated and uncontested punches to his face, which happens at the end of Round 3, and at the end of the video. It is satisfying to watch, as is the crowd openly rooting for anyone who hits Fallon. Ashlee clearly won all 3 rounds. Ronda would destroy him, and I'll pay for the PPV (my first ever) just to watch him get beaten bloody and abused for the 3 minutes that he might last until he submits with tears in his eyes.
Fallon Fox is 39 years old, by the way, and will turn 40 before the end of the year. He STARTED fighting women, with legal authority, when he was 36, long after most people retire from professional sports. I'm thinking the 144 pound guy has some issues in getting beaten up by girls in the past, and is doing this as a way to get back at them. If Ronda destroys him, he will likely retire and enjoy the "bravery" accolades from the LGBT community for the rest of his life... for removing his penis so that he can try to beat up on women as his mid-life crisis.
There’s no need to go fiddling with weight classes and ages. Look at what she said: “in a no rules fight, I believe I can beat anyone on this planet…”
So? Let’s get this going. Give her a heavyweight MMA champ for starters and work up from there. See how she does.
I'm probably an old fogey on this issue but I hate the thought of women fighting. I like the thought of men fighting women even less. I'd love to see Mayweather get his butt kicked, though, and it doesn't matter to me by whom.
Yes, for Mayweather to fight Rousey would be like agreeing to fight an old man, regardless of the outcome, Mayweather loses. The worst part is that, assuming he is smart enough to have no part of this, there will be idiots claiming he is afraid to fight her.
Maybe so but Mayweather is far from being an average man. I have seen women who were bigger and stronger than Rousey and could bodyslam the average man without difficulty but they would not have been crazy enough to challenge a male professional boxer, not even a featherweight and certainly not one in the 150 pound range. If Rousey really thinks she can beat anyone on the planet in a no rules fight she is exceptionally delusional. There are women who can beat her, they just don’t fight professionally. At least she hasn’t met a professional who can, YET.
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