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Boxing to introduce new transgender category

With the WBC to put out call for trans athletes to come forward, Gareth A Davies describes when he reported on a man fighting a woman

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Fighting for the Transcontinental title?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 09:50 Boxing to introduce new transgender category

With the WBC to put out call for trans athletes to come forward, Gareth A Davies describes when he reported on a man fighting a woman

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‘It is the time to do this’ – Boxing to introduce new transgender category in 2023

Boxing plans to introduce a new category for transgender athletes in 2023.

The World Boxing Council [WBC], one of the sport’s leading governing bodies, will invite transgender athletes to come forward next year to compete in a division or tournament solely for trans fighters.

The proposals, put forward by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman, will ensure trans athletes will not be allowed to complete against non-trans fighters and will adopt the ‘at birth’ rule, meaning trans fighters born a man will only be allowed to compete against other trans fighters born a man.

‘We are going to put out a global call for those who are interested in 2023 and we will set up the protocols, start consultation and most likely create a league and a tournament,’ Sulaiman told the Daily Telegraph.

‘It is the time to do this, and we are doing this because of safety and inclusion.

‘We have been the leaders in rules for women’s boxing – so the dangers of a man fighting a woman will never happen because of what we are going to put in place.

‘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.

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

He added: ‘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.

‘We do not yet know the numbers that there are out there, but we’re opening a universal registration in 2023, so that we can understand the boxers that are out there – and we’ll start from there.’

The British Boxing Board of Control is also considering its transgender policy and would also adopt the ‘at birth’ policy should they move forward with their own plans.

‘At the moment this is hypothetical but we can see it coming and we are looking at our transgender policy,” said BBBofC general secretary Robert Smith.

‘It is what you are born as, as rugby union does. When it does [happen] we intend to be fully prepared. Medical and, perhaps more importantly, legal considerations will have to be taken into account.’

good idea. it will stop women getting needlessly hurt as a few have done in MMA I believe

Maybe Tank is ahead of the curve

Conor Benn's new division and he will have an excuse for his fertility treatment

How many trans boxers in the world are there? Seriously are there enough to even mess with this?

No surprise from the WBC considering they make a belt for every damn occasion there is making the organization absolutely worthless as far as I'm concerned.

I'm reminded of back in the day talking to a friend of mine who now works at top rank as to what it would take to start your own organization and he said it was a $500 fee and make a list of your top 10, and of course a belt to go with it.

Boxing is becoming more and more of a joke if these champions had any credibility at all they would throw their belts right into the trash cans and say that without the fighters the organizations true they are powerless.

What this sport needs is less belts which makes competition all the more exciting and no arguments as to who is the best per organization per division. What boxing doesn't need is these Jerry Springer freak show attractions.

I doubt they will get any takers.
It seems trans athletes only want to compete when the odds are stacked in their favour.

What about breast implants and boxing? Is it safe?
Let 'em at it, if there are any takers.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 14:35
What about breast implants and boxing? Is it safe?
Let 'em at it, if there are any takers.

Ebanie Bridges?

Looking forward to the woke brigade complaining that trans women are real women so should be allowed to fight in the women’s category

What a load of f***ing bulls*it

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 15:07

I hope more and more women champions come out against this cuz that is the only way these women are going to be protected from the so-called businessmen who care only about money and not about the sport at all.

They should order Wilder vs Shields

handsofstone wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:05 They should order Wilder vs Shields

Bomb squad baby !

handsofstone wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:05 They should order Wilder vs Shields

So he can be outboxed by everyone, including a woman?

So how many of you actually read the original post?

Commonwealth have already got the trans belt sewed up, the WBC better think hard

JackSprocket wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:34 So how many of you actually read the original post?

In a nutshell.

Trans woman can only fight trans woman.

Trans man can only fight trans man.

It’ll be their own little sport.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 17:08

JackSprocket wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:34 So how many of you actually read the original post?

In a nutshell.

Trans woman can only fight trans woman.

Trans man can only fight trans man.

It’ll be their own little sport.

There it is. And it's surely a step forward.

JackSprocket wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 16:34 So how many of you actually read the original post?

Let us have our fun, it's Christmas

HomicideHenry wrote: ↑29 Dec 2022, 13:45 No surprise from the WBC considering they make a belt for every damn occasion there is making the organization absolutely worthless as far as I'm concerned.

I'm reminded of back in the day talking to a friend of mine who now works at top rank as to what it would take to start your own organization and he said it was a $500 fee and make a list of your top 10, and of course a belt to go with it.

Boxing is becoming more and more of a joke if these champions had any credibility at all they would throw their belts right into the trash cans and say that without the fighters the organizations true they are powerless.

What this sport needs is less belts which makes competition all the more exciting and no arguments as to who is the best per organization per division. What boxing doesn't need is these Jerry Springer freak show attractions.

so you want trans people to be able to fight women then? did you read what is actually happening?

it's a perfectly sensible decision, trans people should be able to box too, but not born men vs born women