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LOS ANGELES -- Many of the 40 men leaving Rio de Janeiro with Olympic boxing medals around their necks in three weeks will have their pick of professional promoters eager to reward them with riches and fame.For the 12 women who claim medals in the second Olympic womens boxing tournament, the pro options still arent glittery.Several years after the International Boxing Association (AIBA) won its fight to get womens boxing into the Olympics, the games still represent the apex of the sport. While womens boxing has grown in prestige and popularity since the inaugural London tournament, female pros still languish behind their male counterparts in money, exposure and opportunities.Claressa Shields and Katie Taylor could be in position to change that if the two biggest Western names in the amateur game can claim a second gold.Whichever promoter takes on womens boxing is going to be a very wealthy man, especially if he takes up me, said Shields, the 21-year-old American middleweight. If he wants some money, he knows what to do.Shields dominated in London as a teenager, and she is favored to win again in Rio. But when she hears about the opportunities available to hot-prospect bantamweight Shakur Stevenson and her other American teammates, she wonders whether shell ever be able to cash in.Its like that because nobody actually goes pro from the womens (sport) yet, Shields said. We have to see what opportunities await after my Olympic gold medal run. Im just weighing my options right now. I dont know.Taylor, the 2012 lightweight gold medalist and a five-time world champion, is arguably the most accomplished female athlete in her native Irelands history. Taylor also has spoken about her interest in going pro, and its not tough to imagine her fame translating into professional riches.But Shields and Taylor are still waiting for a promoter or a television network to step up with enough of a commitment to make them bankable stars. Many promoters have tried with fighters from Laila Ali to Christy Martin, but the titular payday of Hilary Swanks character in Clint Eastwoods Oscar-winning 2004 film, Million Dollar Baby, remains fiction.Ive never been able to make womens boxing pay, said Top Rank boss Bob Arum, who promoted former WBC champion Mia St. John. I tried to take it on. I might still do it again, but I wasnt successful. Its always been that you start them, you pay them small amounts, and then they read their press clippings and they want a lot of money, but they dont bring it in. I dont know how to make it work yet.But womens combat sports have evolved dramatically in the past four years. Shields and Arum both point to mixed martial arts as a reason for optimism: The UFC has turned womens MMA into a vibrant, money-making sport, and Ronda Rousey -- who signed with the UFC in November 2012 -- became the sports most prominent fighter of any gender.Yeah, and Ronda is a bronze medalist, not a gold medalist, know what I mean? Shields said of Rousey, who won bronze in judo in Beijing.Womens UFC title fights headlined two consecutive fight cards in Las Vegas earlier this month. Last weekend, longtime pro boxer Holly Holms headlining non-title bout against Valentina Shevchenko was one of the highest-rated UFC shows in Foxs history.You have to notice what UFC did, Arum said. Theyve built their female fighters into stars. They made Rousey into the big superstar of that sport. I dont know whether that could happen in boxing. I dont see why not, but its never happened.Holm won multiple world titles while boxing mostly in casinos in her native New Mexico. She clearly makes more money from the UFC than she ever did on the pro boxing circuit, but money wasnt Holms motivation for the change.I definitely think it can happen for womens boxing, Holm said. Right now is hard, because its not really mainstream. But look how quickly womens MMA blew up. It could be the same. Women who are passionate about boxing should follow it. Stay passionate about it. People arent going to give you the opportunities before you show something.The right promoter for womens boxing could be the organization that put women into the Olympics in the first place.AIBA has two professional boxing ventures for men as it seeks a larger role in the pro game, and President Wu Ching-Kuo has been a vocal advocate for womens boxing throughout his tenure. AIBAs World Series of Boxing doesnt include women yet, but executive director Karim Bouzidi has said he expects female fighters to be included by next year.U.S. lightweight Olympian Mikaela Mayer has already fought on a WSB card as a special attraction, and while she hasnt decided to turn pro, she is intrigued by a prizefighting future after her first Olympics in Rio.The pros havent been big for women because there hasnt been a platform for us, Mayer said. Now that were allowed into the Olympics, it also gives us credibility. We can go to the pros and say, `Look, Im an Olympian. Im a gold medalist. Theyre going to want to sign us. Its just evolution and time. Nacho Monreal Jersey . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. Granit Xhaka Arsenal Jersey . Cote was eligible to become a free agent Feb. 15. 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England Women 158 for 5 (Sciver 58*, Beaumont 34) beat West Indies Women 155 (Taylor 57, Hartley 4-24) by five wicketsScorecard Left-arm spinner Alex Hartleys career-best 4 for 24 subdued a powerful West Indies Womens batting line-up to 155, paving the way for England Womens series-clinching five-wicket victory in the fifth ODI in Kingston on Thursday. Natalie Scivers unbeaten 58 eased the side home in the 39th over.The result took Englands points tally in the ICC Womens Championship to 23, leaving them one win away from confirming their direct qualification in next years Womens World Cup, a target they will look to achieve on the tour of Sri Lanka next month.Hartley accounted for West Indies senior batsmen in her haul, dismissing Deandra Dottin, Merissa Aguilleira, captain Stafanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle. Dottin fell in the 23rd over, bringing an end to a promising third-wicket partnership of 37 with Taylor after West Indies got off to a slow start. Aguillera fell four overs later.Hartley then went on to sap any momentum West Indies could have garnered in the slog overs by dismissing Campbelle and Taylor in the 41st and 43rd overs.dddddddddddd Taylor fell for 57 off 101 balls, with three fours and a six, having steered the side to 137 with little support from the other batsmen, and the innings lasted only five more overs after her wicket. Hartley took her second four-for in the series and finished as the highest overall wicket-taker with 13 dismissals in five matches.While West Indies batsmen had failed to put together a half-century stand, England built their chase around the 56-run partnership for the third wicket between captain Heather Knight and Sciver. England were 56 for 2 in the 17th over when the pair came together and by the time the stand was broken, at 112 in the 29th over, they were firmly in control of the chase. Scivers 58*, her sixth ODI fifty and second in the series, came off 74 balls and included six fours. 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