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We've seen it in tennis (Renee Richards) and then in quite a few other sports. A trans male participates in women's sports, and women wonder if it's unfair.
Now it's boxing's turn, and it's a former female now male. A woman becoming a male has no advantage, unlike a burly male moving into female sports. Interesting:
Patricio Manuel, the world’s first transgender professional boxer, is the new face of leading boxing and martial arts equipment company Everlast.
Manuel had a promising boxing career before transitioning, as a USA National Amateur Boxing Champion invited to compete in the 2012 Olympics trials
On December 8 of last year, Manuel had his first fight since transitioning, winning a match against Hugo Aguilar at the Fantasy Spring Resort Casino in Indio, California.
“I’m incredibly honored to have been selected to tell my story in Everlast’s ’Be First’ campaign,” Manuel told CNN. “Everlast is such a fixture in the sport and to have such an iconic athletic company recognize me as I am—as a professional boxer who is transgender—is a dream come true.”
Now it's boxing's turn, and it's a former female now male. A woman becoming a male has no advantage, unlike a burly male moving into female sports. Interesting:
Patricio Manuel, the world’s first transgender professional boxer, is the new face of leading boxing and martial arts equipment company Everlast.
Manuel had a promising boxing career before transitioning, as a USA National Amateur Boxing Champion invited to compete in the 2012 Olympics trials
On December 8 of last year, Manuel had his first fight since transitioning, winning a match against Hugo Aguilar at the Fantasy Spring Resort Casino in Indio, California.
“I’m incredibly honored to have been selected to tell my story in Everlast’s ’Be First’ campaign,” Manuel told CNN. “Everlast is such a fixture in the sport and to have such an iconic athletic company recognize me as I am—as a professional boxer who is transgender—is a dream come true.”
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