On the way to a historic step.
The president of the major boxing organization WBC, Mauricio Suleiman, confirmed in an interview with "Telegraph" that the organization will open a new transgender category, which will be launched in 2023.
"We are going to put out a global call for those who are interested in participating in this category in 2023 and we will define the protocols, start consulting and probably create a league and a tournament," Suleiman said.
"This is the time to do it."
According to the president of the organization, this category will be separated from the rest, so that no woman born as a man will compete against a biological woman, and of course vice versa.
‼️ WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman has declared that transgender boxing will be allowed by the WBC in a new separate category in 2023: "We will never allow a transgender born a man to fight a woman, but are creating rules so trans boxing can take place. "
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Suleiman added: "We are creating a system of rules and structures so that transgender boxing can exist, as they absolutely deserve if they want to box. We don't know the numbers yet, but we will open a universal registry, so we can understand the amount of boxers there are - and we will start from there." .
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