Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., urged USA Boxing in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital on Friday to reverse its decision to allow transgender athletes to compete against women in the ring.
USA Boxing says that a fighter who transitioned from male to female can compete in the women's category under several conditions detailed in the rule book: “The boxer identifies as female and has completed gender reassignment surgery. The fighter has undergone quarterly hormone testing and provides organization documentation of hormone levels for a minimum of four years. The fighter's testosterone levels have been below 5 nanomoles per liter 48 months before his first fight, the total level “The wrestler's testosterone must remain below 5 nmol/L throughout his eligibility to compete against women. and conditions will be monitored and tested at the wrestler's expense with a 12-month suspension for failure to meet standards.”
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is urging USA Boxing to reverse its decision to allow transgender athletes to compete against women in the ring. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images)
Rubio urged USA Boxing CEO and CEO Mike McAtee to reverse the decision, saying the policy “denies the scientific reality of sex, endangers women, disrupts fairness in athletics and diminishes femininity by pretending it's just a matter of surgery and hormone levels. “
“Furthermore, your policy encourages athletes who suffer from gender dysphoria to castrate themselves in order to compete. I am writing to urge you to reverse this dangerous decision,” the letter reads.
Rubio pointed to the results of transgender wrestler Fallon Fox's matches. Rubio said Fox's matches resulted in three knockouts in the ring, including serious injuries to female opponents. He also pointed to World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaimán, who said men should not fight women.
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., highlighted transgender wrestler Fallon Fox's match results, which Rubio said resulted in three knockouts in the ring, including serious injuries to female opponents. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call Inc. via Getty Images)
“Allowing men to hit women is reprehensible, even under the guise of athletic competition. It is behavior that no civilized country would tolerate, much less encourage,” Rubio wrote. “Civilized countries impose special prohibitions on violence against women because there are differences between men and women that make men more capable of violence. Men have more muscle mass, larger hearts and lung capacity, and skeletal structures. denser and larger, among other advantages.
“These advantages allow men to dominate and endanger women beyond the point of fair competition. Hormonal injections and control cannot eliminate these innate biological advantages. Even if they could, that would not change the fundamental principle that is It's bad that men hit women.”
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Rubio added that pressure from pro-transgender activists “is no excuse to ignore and endanger athletes in the process.”
USA Boxing did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
The organization's decision was announced at the end of last month.
Boxing champions Ebanie Bridges, left, and Amanda Serrano, right, spoke on the topic, as did Olympic medalist Claressa Shields, center. (Getty Images)
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Boxing champions Ebanie Bridges and Amanda Serrano spoke out on the issue, as did Olympic medalist Claressa Shields.
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