General Secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation Tatyana Kiriyenko in a conversation with did not support the idea of competitions for transgender people in boxing.
Earlier, World Boxing Council (WBC) President Mauricio Suleiman announced plans to hold competitions for transgender people in 2023.
– Each organization is free to live according to its program, but our whole boxing community, which is under the aegis of the International Boxing Association (IBA), our federation… We keep our traditional links, we have equality of the sexes. In 2012, women’s competitions were introduced into the boxing program of the Olympic Games, and now girls want to box. They work quietly and achieve the greatest success. We are for traditional values. We take it as follows: “Probably, somewhere on the moon it’s possible, but with us… Neither mind nor heart,” Kirienko told .
Source : MatchTV
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