Re: Tayla Harris immortalised
Reply #35 –
If you think women's football is a joke.
All these sports in their infancy are highly variable in skill levels due to the very low participation rates, they'll improve if allowed to by the critics. You only have to go and watch a MMA, Taekwondo or Karate tournament to know that is self-evident. Actually women's boxing was stronger a decade ago, MMA and UFC have robbed a lot of talent from the boxing circuit, they can be instantly on a full-time wage and boxing has only just woken up to this fact as they have been a bit stuck up about it for a long time! Mayweather cleaning up McGregor only reinforced many of those prejudices for those looking for confirmation. They are not laughing anymore as money is leeching out of the sport at a great rate of knots! The less wealthy it becomes the less professional it becomes and it's susceptibility to dodgy deals and dodgy operators grows.
Tayla's opponent looked tentative and fearful of her, and Tayla sort of proved her correct, even though the skills were a bit ordinary to watch.
Tayla looked a bit unprofessional, in that she basically didn't defend against counter-punches, so it looked like a slog fest, but she probably didn't have to she was being hit with a feather-duster. But it's a bad habit to get into, you should always assume the opponent has a hidden weapon.