“What about all the other victories women have won in the “Battles of the Sexes?” Aren’t those victories important? Why do they keep having to go back to that one match 40 years ago? /sarc”
I didnt realize that there were a number of different “battles of the sexes in tennis and the women handily lost all of them except for King who was 26 years younger than Riggs. There is also a suspicion that Riggs lost on purpose to pay off gambling debts.
The only other “Battle of the Sexes” was some sort of female karate Black Belt vs. a male boxer (I believe). The woman, IIRC was the world champion Black Belt. The boxer was some shlub. Well, the match began. The man walked over, picked up the woman, and placed here outside the ring (thereby winning). All the while, the woman was flailing around, trying to hit the guy. I saw it broadcast on TV. The whole “battle” took about 10-15 seconds.