International Boxing Organization will start a Transgender League. “Safety” Be concerned

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is starting separate categories dedicated to transgender fighters to ensure competitors’ “safety,” Thursday’s announcement was made by officials.

WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman told The Telegraph In an interview, Thursday said that the new divisions for next year will ensure that “the dangers of a man fighting a woman will never happen.”

“We will not allow — ever — a transgender born a man to fight a woman, who was born a woman,” He stated it firmly.

Instead, transgender fighters are organized by an “at birth” Rule, which means that a trans woman born to a man cannot box against another trans man born the same way.

“It is the time to do this, and we are doing this because of safety and inclusion,” said Sulaiman, the lifelong president of what is one of the sport’s four major organizations.

“In boxing, a man fighting a woman must never be accepted regardless of gender change.

“There should be no grey area around this, and we want to go into it with transparency and the correct decisions,” He told the UK paper.

“Woman to man or man to woman transgender change will never be allowed to fight a different gender by birth.”

The WBC will “put out a global call for those who are interested in 2023,”
Sulaiman claimed that it was not clear at this time how many wannabe transfighters would be interested.

“We are creating a set of rules and structures so that transgender boxing can take place, as they fully deserve to if they want to box,” He stated.

It is important to do so. “set up the protocols, start consultation and most likely create a league and a tournament,” He stated.

These new rules are the result of controversy over athletes in other sports, including record-breaking. swimmer Lia Thomas. It also focuses on other combat sports like mixed martial arts. Alana McLaughlin in September As the second openly transgender female to compete in the US cage sport, she choked her opponent.

WBC’s new rules would prevent the trans fighters that have already found success in the ring from ever fighting in the organization’s events, even those born as women now fighting against men.

One of the most prominent is Patricio Manuel, who was a five-time women’s US amateur champion He won his first fight as an amateur male boxer, in 2018.

Manuel would be able to box another transman born as a woman, but not under the WBC proposal.

Natasha Jonas from the UK, the world champion light middleweight boxer, said to The Telegraph that she planned to make the switch “makes sense”

“It’s dangerous either way. If you are born a woman you should not be fighting a man, and if a man transitioning to a woman fights a born woman there are definitely physiological disadvantages for the female,” She spoke.

“Me as a female boxer, I have no problem with transgender boxing but if you’ve transitioned to a woman you can’t compete as a woman. You can’t compete against me. Simple as that,” Jonas said.

“I’m all for people participating in sport — but fairly.”

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