Former female boxer says USA Boxing is 'letting a man fight a woman' with new trans policy

Former boxer Christy Martin explains how USA Boxing’s new transgender rules could lead to physical ramifications and stunt the growth of women’s boxing.

A former female boxer sounded the alarm about USA Boxing's decision to allow trans women to compete against women. 

USA Boxing is the latest sports organization to make allowances for transgender competitors to compete in the gendered divisions they identify with. After the regulations were first drafted in August 2022, the policy went officially into effect January 1, 2024.

"I can't believe that USA boxing would allow transgender [individuals] to compete. I mean, basically, you're letting a man fight a woman," Christy Martin, one of the most prominent former female boxers to compete, told Fox News Digital.

Martin was the first woman to get inducted into the Nevada Boxing Hall of fame in 2016, and has been inducted into 6 other Halls of Fame, including the International Boxing Hall Of Fame. By the time she retired in 2012, Martin had completed her career with 49 wins and 7 losses, with 31 of those wins by knockout.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 04: Christy Martin connects to the body of Dakota Stone as referee David Mendoza looks on during their welterweight bout at Staples Center on June 4, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.  ((Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images))

"Your body, your bone structure, the density, it's just different. And I think someone's going to get seriously injured," Martin said. 

She also cautioned how there could be a possibility of lethal effects as a result of the new allowances.

The new USA Boxing policy states that both transgender men and women are