On Tuesday, Serrano thanked “my fellow fighters who have stood with me
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Puerto Rican boxer Amanda g2g222 Serrano says that she has vacated her WBC title because the governing physique continues to stop girls from preventing throughout 12 three-minute rounds.
Serrano retained her WBA, IBF g2g222 and WBO featherweight titles by defeating Brazil’s Danila Ramos in October – the primary women’s fight to be contested across the longer format since 2007.
Usually, championship fights for female boxers can be contested over 10 rounds of two minutes, and the WBC didn't sanction Serrano’s bout against Ramos.
“Moving ahead g2g222 if a sanctioning physique doesn’t want to give me and my fellow fighters the choice to battle the same as the men, then I won't be combating for that sanctioning body,” the 35-year-old Serrano wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.
“The WBC has refused to g2g222 evolve the sport for equality. So I am relinquishing their title. Thank You to the sanctioning our bodies who have evolved for Equality!”
Writing on X, previously Twitter, in September, WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán mentioned: “Tennis - women play 3 units, basketball g2g222 the basket is shorter and the ball smaller and people are not contact sports. We stand by safety and well-being of the fighters.”
On Wednesday, Sulaimán g2g222 reiterated the governing body’s stance about security, telling Sky Sports News: “This just isn't discrimination, this isn't sexism, this isn't about equality, it is about safety and safety only.”
Last yr, g2g222 Serrano turned the primary girl to headline a boxing match at Madison Square Garden alongside Ireland’s Katie Taylor.
Serrano misplaced g2g222 that battle against Taylor in a split decision, the second defeat of her professional career. She has in another case had forty six wins – 30 by knockout – and one draw.
Ahead of Serrano’s struggle towards Ramos, a gaggle g2g222 of feminine boxers argued for his or her proper to compete in the identical format as their male counterparts, writing in an open letter: “We have earned the CHOICE of 3 minute rounds, with 12 rounds for championship fights to show our talent and greatness...