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 as a outcome of the governing body continues to prevent girls from preventing across 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 struggle to be contested across the longer format since 2007.
Usually, championship fights for feminine boxers could be contested over 10 rounds of two minutes, and the WBC didn't sanction Serrano’s bout in opposition to Ramos.
“Moving ahead g2g222 if a sanctioning physique doesn’t want to give me and my fellow fighters the selection to battle the same as the boys, then I is not going to be fighting for that sanctioning body,” the 35-year-old Serrano wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.
“The WBC has refused to g2g222 evolve the game for equality. So I am relinquishing their title. Thank You to the sanctioning bodies who have developed for Equality!”
Writing on X, formerly Twitter, in September, WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán stated: “Tennis - ladies play three sets, basketball g2g222 the basket is shorter and the ball smaller and people aren't contact sports. We stand by security 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 is not sexism, this is not about equality, it's about security and security only.”
Last 12 months, g2g222 Serrano turned the first girl to headline a boxing match at Madison Square Garden alongside Ireland’s Katie Taylor.
Serrano misplaced g2g222 that fight in opposition to Taylor in a cut up determination, the second defeat of her skilled career. She has in another case had 46 wins – 30 by knockout – and one draw.
Ahead of Serrano’s struggle against Ramos, a gaggle g2g222 of feminine boxers argued for his or her right to compete in the identical format as their male counterparts, writing in an open letter: “We have earned the CHOICE of three minute rounds, with 12 rounds for championship fights to reveal our talent and greatness...