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Female fight fans
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Afternoon all,
I couldn't help but notice that this boxing board and other similar forums on the net are dominated by male posters.
Most other sports, it would seem, have a considerable female supporting contingent.
Tennis has a huge female following. From my experience I would say at that at least 30% of the fan support in tennis is female. Players such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are hugely popular on Facebook and (particularly in the case of Nadal) a lot of their support is drawn from females. Of course it helps that tennis has a whole tour dedicated to female athletes.
Likewise, football has more recently garnered a lot of support from female fans. Women can be seen in abundance at football matches.
Darts and snooker also seem to attract a fair share of female fans.
The same can be said of track and field athletics, equestrian sports, swimming etc.
Boxing seems to be one of the few sports which draws it's fanbase almost exclusively from males (motorsport may be another).
I haven't been to a live boxing event, so my assumptions about lack of female interest may be incorrect.
However, assuming they are correct, I have a few questions to consider:
1) What do you think are the reasons for this?
2) Would boxing benefit from attracting support from the fairer sex? Bearing in mind a potential market of half the world's population.
3) How could boxing draw more support from females?
4) Are there any current or have there been any past boxers who bucked this trend? What were the reasons for this?
Your thoughts are welcome.
Afternoon all,
I couldn't help but notice that this boxing board and other similar forums on the net are dominated by male posters.
Most other sports, it would seem, have a considerable female supporting contingent.
Tennis has a huge female following. From my experience I would say at that at least 30% of the fan support in tennis is female. Players such as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are hugely popular on Facebook and (particularly in the case of Nadal) a lot of their support is drawn from females. Of course it helps that tennis has a whole tour dedicated to female athletes.
Likewise, football has more recently garnered a lot of support from female fans. Women can be seen in abundance at football matches.
Darts and snooker also seem to attract a fair share of female fans.
The same can be said of track and field athletics, equestrian sports, swimming etc.
Boxing seems to be one of the few sports which draws it's fanbase almost exclusively from males (motorsport may be another).
I haven't been to a live boxing event, so my assumptions about lack of female interest may be incorrect.
However, assuming they are correct, I have a few questions to consider:
1) What do you think are the reasons for this?
2) Would boxing benefit from attracting support from the fairer sex? Bearing in mind a potential market of half the world's population.
3) How could boxing draw more support from females?
4) Are there any current or have there been any past boxers who bucked this trend? What were the reasons for this?
Your thoughts are welcome.
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