WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has revealed that his sanctioning body intend to create a new transgender boxing category in 2023
.over the fairness of allowing transgender women, who were born male, to compete against cisgender women, who were born female.In boxing, this issue is yet to come to the fore on a major public scale, however the WBC are anticipating that this could happen soon.
He plans for the WBC to use the ‘at birth’ rule, which would ensure that a transgender boxer who was born male will only be able to compete against another transgender boxer who was born male.: “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.
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