{"id":1790536,"date":"2022-12-30T09:19:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1790536"},"modified":"2022-12-30T09:19:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T14:19:58","slug":"international-boxing-organization-will-start-a-transgender-league-over-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/international-boxing-organization-will-start-a-transgender-league-over-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"International Boxing Organization will start a Transgender League. \u201cSafety\u201d Be concerned"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finternational-boxing-organization-will-start-a-transgender-league-over-safety-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1790536&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><br \/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The World Boxing Council (WBC) is starting separate categories dedicated to transgender fighters to ensure competitors\u2019 \u201csafety,\u201d Thursday&#8217;s announcement was made by officials.<\/p>\n<p>WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/boxing\/2022\/12\/29\/exclusive-boxing-introduce-new-transgender-category\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> told The Telegraph<\/a> In an interview, Thursday said that the new divisions for next year will ensure that \u201cthe dangers of a man fighting a woman will never happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not allow \u2014 ever \u2014 a transgender born a man to fight a woman, who was born a woman,\u201d He stated it firmly.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, transgender fighters are organized by an \u201cat birth\u201d Rule, which means that a trans woman born to a man cannot box against another trans man born the same way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the time to do this, and we are doing this because of safety and inclusion,\u201d said Sulaiman, the lifelong president of what is one of the sport\u2019s four major organizations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg\" alt=\"WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman in 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-25171541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/Suliman-08.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/a><figcaption>Sulaiman stated that his organization was \u201ccreating a set of rules and structures so that transgender boxing can take place, as they fully deserve to if they want to box.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIn boxing, a man fighting a woman must never be accepted regardless of gender change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no grey area around this, and we want to go into it with transparency and the correct decisions,\u201d He told the UK paper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWoman to man or man to woman transgender change will never be allowed to fight a different gender by birth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The WBC will \u201cput out a global call for those who are interested in 2023,\u201d<br \/>Sulaiman claimed that it was not clear at this time how many wannabe transfighters would be interested.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/wbc-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/wbc-12.jpg\" alt=\"WBC belt.\" class=\"wp-image-25171543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/wbc-12.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/wbc-12.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/wbc-12.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=512 512w\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sulaiman claimed that the WBC would be \u201cput out a global call for those who are interested in 2023.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Future Publishing via Getty Imag<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe 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,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to do so. \u201cset up the protocols, start consultation and most likely create a league and a tournament,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>These new rules are the result of controversy over athletes in other sports, including record-breaking. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/07\/16\/upenn-trans-swimmer-lia-thomas-nominated-for-ncaas-women-of-the-year-award\/\">swimmer Lia Thomas<\/a>. It also focuses on other combat sports like mixed martial arts. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/09\/11\/transgender-fighter-alana-mclaughlin-wins-mma-debut\/\">Alana McLaughlin in September<\/a> As the second openly transgender female to compete in the US cage sport, she choked her opponent.<\/p>\n<p>WBC\u2019s new rules would prevent the trans fighters that have already found success in the ring from ever fighting in the organization\u2019s events, even those born as women now fighting against men.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most prominent is <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/09\/27\/first-transgender-pro-boxer-patricio-manuel-is-the-new-face-of-everlast\/?_ga=2.231497048.695962142.1672139735-225148805.1606918943&#038;_gl=1*2fwqf8*_ga*MjI1MTQ4ODA1LjE2MDY5MTg5NDM.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3MjMzMzQ1MS4yOTguMS4xNjcyMzM1MjI0LjAuMC4w\">Patricio Manuel, who was a five-time women\u2019s US amateur champion<\/a> He won his first fight as an amateur male boxer, in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel would be able to box another transman born as a woman, but not under the WBC proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Natasha Jonas from the UK, the world champion light middleweight boxer, said to The Telegraph that she planned to make the switch \u201cmakes sense\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s dangerous either way. If you are born a woman you should not be fighting a man, and if a man transitioning to a woman fights a born woman there are definitely physiological disadvantages for the female,\u201d She spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe as a female boxer, I have no problem with transgender boxing but if you\u2019ve transitioned to a woman you can\u2019t compete as a woman. You can\u2019t compete against me. Simple as that,\u201d Jonas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m all for people participating in sport \u2014 but fairly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Boxing Council (WBC) is starting separate categories dedicated to transgender fighters to ensure competitors\u2019 \u201csafety,\u201d Thursday&#8217;s announcement was made by officials. 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