47 Years Ago today - the Battle of the Sexes

I don’t see how she won. Dude is a stud.

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I would love to know how much money Riggs got for throwing the match.

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Almost enough to see a dentist

Can someone who was around back then tell me why this match was a big deal and watched by so many people? Bobby Riggs was 55 years old and had been retired for more than two decades at the time it occurred.

Let's say Johnny Mac and Serena played five years ago. I think that is about a similar age/intrigue matchup, although tennis isn't nearly as popular now here.

I could beat Austin Powers in tennis also

I don’t think he got anything himself, or if he did, very little.

He made enough to have the people he owed walk away pleased though.

Riggs threw the match

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It was the 1970s. I know a lot of people think there's a lot of pandering today...but there was a lot of pandering then too.

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...Also, it was the 1970s, and people only had 4 channels (NBC, ABC, CBS, and PBS), so you pretty much had to watch whatever was programmed on those networks or watch nothing at all.


...And, it was the 1970s, and people were prone to doing irrational things like owning pet rocks and doing The Hustle.

Man vs Man? How is that the Battle of Sexes?

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They both wore glasses...and they both liked the ladies...

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yeah Roger that, but Billie Jean K was an attractive looking lady, and not like Navratilova. I know she was into the ladies, but I still would have put the heat on her to knock her down. Lol