Male, female and transgender boxing. If the preference of World Boxing Council (WBC) all three divisions are present in boxing. The first two are already a reality and the third will not last long. “The time has come to make a move. We were the first to apply the rules of women’s boxing and now what we want is to prevent a transgender man from boxing against a woman who was born a woman. It will never happen thank you in the new division we will create,” said President of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Mauricio Sulaiman in ‘Telegraph Sports’.
As MD learned, the issue of the possible creation of a transgender division started gaining momentum in August, due to an issue of favoring integration and fear that a boxer born a man could be boxed in the female category. In fact, until this new transgender division is a reality, there is a chance that a transgender boxer will go to a judge to be allowed to box as a woman.
Today, the other three bodies that govern the fate of boxing -el World Boxing Organization (WBO), the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the International Boxing Federation (IBF)– They did not decide the matter and MD’s question Spanish Boxing Federation (FEB) he assured that “this is something that we need to study in order to respond to a situation that may happen. In Spain this issue is hardly discussed, but it is still a possibility for the future and should be considered “.
When looking for transgender precedents in boxing, the one with the greatest impact is the case of American from Santa Monica Patricio ‘Pat’ Manuel. In 2018, he became the first transgender boxer in American history to enjoy professional combat. Before her gender transition, she was a five-time American amateur boxing national champion fighting in the women’s division, fighting her last fight as a woman in 2012.
After his gender reassignment -which he did after being eliminated from the Trials for the 2012 Olympics as a woman and after retiring due to a shoulder injury in battle-, spoke to California Boxing Commission to approve the license so that he can be boxed as a person, in an unprecedented decision.
He first did some amateur bouts before making his professional debut in 2018, against the Mexican Hugo Aguilar, in a four-round fight that he won by unanimous decision. After the fight ‘pat’ He responded to the fans who had not liked seeing him above the ring: “I heard that some fans are not happy. It’s correct. I’ll come back and I’ll make them happy then”, but the truth is that ‘Pat ‘ never played again no more professional fights, although he added “I’m not here just to show off. I love boxing”, becoming a brand image Infinite.
Source: La Verdad
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