Women Have Been Boxing in the Shadows for Too Long.
'There’s a scene in “T-Rex” — a documentary that follows the middleweight phenom Claressa Shields from her hometown of Flint, Mich., to the 2012 Olympic Games in London and back again — that perfectly illustrates the biggest problem faced by women’s boxing. Shields is sitting with two Team U.S.A. representatives and her coach, Jason Crutchfield, in a nondescript lobby after glory and fanfare have receded into a post-Olympic haze. She has returned home after four decisive victories, having won the first American gold medal in women’s boxing. She’s 17. The reps from Team U.S.A. are discussing her sponsorship opportunities. Names like Ryan Lochte and Gabby Douglas are tossed out as the sort of Olympians to whom sponsors flock. Team U.S.A.’s public-relations consultant, a woman named Julie Goldsticker, goes into an incomprehensible description of why sponsors are attracted to certain people. Then she looks at Shields and says: “I would love for you to stop saying that you like beating people up and making them cry.”
Shields’s brow creases. She looks completely befuddled. “I box,” she says.'>>>
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/magazine/women-have-been-boxing-in-the-shadows-for-too-long.html?
See the PBS documentary if you can.
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