Updates to the USA Boxing rulebook have drawn criticism for the federation’s position on transgender athletes. (NewsNation)
The union’s code now includes the scheme, which was written in 2022. The International Committee Framework on Fairness, Inclusion, and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Gender Variations, which was adopted in November 2021, serves as its foundation. With the help of this model, the worldwide federation for each sport can assess the eligibility of transgender athletes.
USA Boxing’s underlying goal is the protection of all boxers and fair competition between all boxers, according to a statement made by the organization in an August 2022 release. This is because the IF has no determined transgender enrollment and boxing is regarded as a combat sport.
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Minors must compete in accordance with the federation’s policy as the sex assigned to them at birth.
According to the policy, a normal testosterone range for adult boxers is between 10 and 10 nanomoles per liter (nmol/L) for male athletes and less than 3.1 nmol/L for female athletes. These numbers are partially based on research from the Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital and the Boston Children’s Hospital Sports Medicine Division.
According to the plan, a boxer who switches from being male to female is eligible to compete if she has “declared that her gender identity is female” and undergone gender reassignment surgery. Male-to-female athletes are also required to submit USA Boxing documents detailing their testosterone levels for at least four years following surgery and to have monthly hormone tests.
Additionally, they must demonstrate that for at least 48 weeks prior to their first competition and the entire time they compete in the adult class, their hormone levels were below 5 nmol/L.
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Testing at the player’s expense will be used to monitor compliance. An improper athlete’s eligibility for female competition will be suspended by the federation for a full year. After that time, the athlete’s hormones may be tested once more.
Athletes who switch from being female to male must meet the exact requirements, with the exception that their hormone levels must be at least 10 nmol/L.
One of the people who criticized the plan as cruel was boxer Mikaela Mayer.
On X, Mayer wrote, “Hormone treatment is prohibited.” “By definition, this should render trans athletes unsuitable for competition.” Regardless of how you feel about the situation, the truth remains that it is illegal and severely disrupts the level playing field that sport has worked so hard to create.
Some feared that the policy had unfairly favored transgender female athletes and endangered boxers.
NewsNation sent an email asking for comment, but USA Boxing didn’t respond right away. The league has stated in the past that the regulations were made to “provide justice and protection for all boxers.”
