WBC Remove The Word "Female" From Their Women's Belts In The Name Of Gender Equality

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WBC Remove The Word "Female" From Their Women's Belts In The Name Of Gender Equality

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At the closing of the 58th convention of the World Boxing Council, the president of the organization, Mauricio Sulaiman, announced that as part of the gender equality project, they will deliver the same belts to their champions in the men's and women's branches from this point forward.

The new direction began on Saturday, August 15. The new women's belts have now discarded any details colored in pink, and the word 'female' will be removed from all titles.

The first belt awarded as part of this project, went to Jessica McCaskill, who shocked longtime champion Cecilia Braekhus with a ten round unanimous decision in Tulsa.

“It is the first belt for women that does not have the inscription of 'female'. The women asked for this show of fairness, and now each of our champions will receive this exact belt. Usually the belt for them was smaller, with the design of a flower, details in pink, but we've heard from them and now the belt is exactly the same as that of the male branch," said Sulaimán, according to ESPN Deportes.
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Re: WBC Remove The Word "Female" From Their Women's Belts In The Name Of Gender Equality

Post by gilgamesh »

They can try all they like to make Women's Boxing "equal" but the fact of the matter is there'll never be a Woman Boxer that draws much money.

Mainly due to the fact that even when you have exceptional talents. There's nobody for them to fight.

Take Claressa Shields right now.

She's beaten Christina Hammer...so what's left? She can hope that Braekhus moves up to fight or hope that Laila Ali comes out of retirement to fight her.

Other than that, she's just piling up wins over no hopers that she can't even knock down.

I'm just being real.
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