>>I got the impression that she was just happy to be getting
>>the fight and was content taking as little damage as
>possible
>
>There's this clip that was floating around recently of her
>talking about how her pay never reflecting the amount of
>tickets she was personally responsible for selling, because
>boxing didn't appreciate women... to the point that she
>crossed over to MMA (and famously took a beating). One can
>only imagine how much better she'd be at boxing if she was
>properly paid and focused on it solely. Reportedly, both her
>and Serrano, who also does MMA, got paid very well for this
>fight (relatively speaking). That was definitely a selling
>point for her in taking this fight, so when you say she was
>just happy to be getting the fight, I'm sure she was. I guess
>at some point it's not even about the title anymore and she's
>gotta feed her daughter and get paid what she's worth.
>Anyway, here's the clip:
>https://twitter.com/SportsJOE_UK/status/1140963119071670272

Hate that it's been that way for her. Just read a little bit of her story and didn't know that she didn't get into boxing until age 28. Up until this fight she was sleeping on her own coach cause she couldn't afford a bed. I'm happy that she got this payday

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