‘We will never allow a transgender born a man to fight a woman’
WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has confirmed plans for his sanctioning body to introduce a transgender category for boxing from 2023.
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The ongoing debate around transgender athletes competing in sports has dominated news in recent times, with allowing transgender women, who were born male, to compete against cisgender (not transgender) women, who were born female to go against each other.
While the debate hasn’t been at the centre of the boxing world, the WBC are anticipating that this could happen so want to take action early.
The WBC want to set up an independent category of leagues and tournaments and will issue a “global call” to transgender boxers willing to compete.
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