What you need to know about transgender boxing

WBC Transgender: According to Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), the organization will establish a new transgender category. …

WBC Transgender: According to Mauricio Sulaiman, president of the World Boxing Council (WBC), the organization will establish a new transgender category. Interested athletes will be invited to submit applications in 2023. Trans fighters assigned as male at birth will only be allowed to compete with other trans fighters who are also classified as male under the adoption of the “at birth” requirement for the proposed category. Follow boxing news updates on InsideSport.IN

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!! ️ WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has declared that transgender boxing will be allowed by the WBC under a new separate category in 2023. ” [@TelegraphSport]

— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) December 29, 2022

Statement by President Mauricio Sulaiman WBC Transgender Division

Sulaiman said Telegraph, “We will make a global call to those interested in 2023. We will set protocols, start consultations and possibly develop leagues and tournaments.” We have pioneered women’s boxing regulations, so men are never at risk of fighting women thanks to what we have put in place.”

“A man should never be allowed to fight a woman in boxing, regardless of gender transition.Isery. Transgender people, whether male or female, are never allowed to challenge their gender identity. “

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Sulaiman argues that the system he proposed is the best way to make the sport more inclusive. “We have a set of rules and institutions in place to allow trans people to box because if they want to box, they should.” Sulaiman continued“I don’t know how many boxers there are, but in 2023 the Universal Registry will open so we can learn more about boxers and work backwards from there.“

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