Former boxing champion Carl Froch spoke out against transgender participation in women’s sports in a recent interview, echoing what Ebanie Bridges said last month on the subject.
Froch, a former super middleweight champion, said in an interview with SafeBettingSites.com on Monday that he thinks it is “ridiculous” and “shameful” for a transgender woman to participate in combat sports.
“And it should never happen under anyone’s watch,” Froch said. “He’s a man, basically, beating up a woman. It doesn’t matter if they’ve become a woman, and now they think they’re a woman and are taking drugs to reduce their testosterone consumption. They’re stronger.” They are more powerful. Not all of them. You have some masculine women, that’s okay. You have some girly men, that’s okay.
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Boxer Carl Froch is introduced to the Center Court crowd at Wimbledon 2019 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 6, 2019 in London. (Rob Newell/CameraSport via Getty Images)
“But we’re talking about trans women. A man born as a man with the XY chromosome fighting a woman, who is a woman with a uterus. It should never happen. It should be banned and banned. It should never, ever happen.”
Tony Bellew, right, and Carl Froch await the fights at the Manchester Arena on March 25, 2017 in Manchester, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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“Transgender women, women born male, should not be competing in women’s sports. Period. Period.”
Froch is a two-time WBC super middleweight title holder and has held the IBF and WBA championships.
Last month, Bridges was asked if he would ever fight a trans woman and said transgender athletes should have their own category.
George Groves in action with Carl Froch in their IBF/WBA World Super Middleweight fight at Wembley Stadium on May 31, 2014 in London. (Scott Heavey/Getty Images)
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“The reality is that, biologically, they remain what they are,” he said. bitcoin casinos. “And it just takes away from women, from women’s sports.”
