Boxing Betty could have taught men a thing or two
"Boxing Betty" was one of the best fighters Don King ever saw. The promoter met her while she was in jail for manslaughter in the 1960s. "She could have been a world champ," King recalled during his visit to South Africa. He had one particularly amusing tale about Betty, who fought in prison competitions. "Betty, whose pimp was half her size, was once approached in an ungentlemanly manner by a fellow inmate. So Boxing Betty warned him: "Do you want me to slip out of my womanhood and into my [at this point the transgender woman's voice dropped from near-soprano to baritone] manhood and kick your ass?"
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