I am all for equal rights. If a woman wants to fight, she should be able to fight. I'm not so sure Ruth actually wanted to start boxing, but I feel like it gave her self-worth in the convent. If she wasn't a fighter, she would have absolutely no respect. In her world, she either needed to be beautiful or have strength. When she fought Dora for the first time, she proved how strong she was.
I don't really follow contemporary boxing, but I did watch the last Ronda Rousey fight in November 2015. Talk about having something to prove! I'm not a big fan of watching fights, but I happened to see this one while I was out with a friend. It was super difficult for me to watch. It's amazing to me how when she lost she was feeling so depressed that she said she thought about killing herself. It's crazy how with this sport, you are either number one or nobody. I mean does anyone even remember the name of the chick who defeated Ronda back in November? Holly something? Yeah. The fans pick their favorite and go with it and when they lose they are nothing. Hopefully Ronda can make a comeback to prove herself again, but being a woman that's what she has to do: prove herself. If it were a man who had lost when being favored so highly, he would not have fallen as far as Ronda Rousey did.