Against the Ropes
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:20:01
What are you doing for dinner tonight?
My HBO thing's coming on.

:20:05
l'd appreciate it
if you watched it with me.

:20:08
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, l'll watch it with you.

:20:12
lt's a cliché, but l'm living proof
dreams do come true.

:20:16
Just one step away from
champion of the world.

:20:19
Jackie Kallen.
Even if you don't follow boxing,

:20:22
chances are you still
recognize the name.

:20:24
Kallen didn't just claw her way
inside the boxing arena,

:20:27
she captured center ring.
:20:29
Kallen's a snake-in-the-grass
charmer. l gave her a start

:20:32
and took a lot of heat for it.
:20:34
She thought she was something
special. l didn't. Still don't.

:20:38
- Back off, fool.
- No comment.

:20:40
That's all, so get the camera
out of my face.

:20:43
Why do you think
you've done well in,

:20:45
for lack of a better term,
a boys' club?

:20:48
Where women are notoriously
non grata.

:20:52
Well, l didn't ingratiate myself, Doug.
l went toe-to-toe with the guys.

:20:56
l made them deal with me.
:20:58
They never saw ferocious
in high heels before.

:21:01
ln dealing with you, some of the guys
seem to have got pretty prickly.

:21:06
Oh, prickly.
:21:11
lnteresting choice of words, Doug.
:21:13
Look, l'm really good at what l do.
l'm not gonna disappear

:21:17
just because l make some people
uncomfortable. lt's not gonna happen.

:21:21
Just ask her, and she'll quickly
remind you that Luther Shaw,

:21:26
her middleweight wannabe of
the world, wouldn't be where he is

:21:29
if she weren't where she is,
which is all over the place,

:21:33
talking about herself.
:21:35
Her impact on boxing is irrefutable,
but it's still a man's world.

:21:39
A heartless, egocentric,
self-centered boys' club.

:21:44
And Jackie Kallen
is its newest member.

:21:49
Funny thing is, she'll probably think
that was a compliment.

:21:53
l'm Doug Doherty for HBO Sports.
Thanks for watching.


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