"...punch it in da boobies"
Posted on 12/09/2018 4:26:30 PM PST by SMGFan
An emotional six-year journey proved worth every step for Patricio Manuel on Saturday when he climbed into the ring at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio to become the first transgender male boxer in U.S. history.
Twelve minutes later he climbed out with a win in his professional debut, pounding out a unanimous decision over Mexican super-featherweight Hugo Aguilar.
“I wouldn’t trade any of it. It was worth everything I went through to get to this point,” Manuel said. “I’m a professional boxer now.”
He added: “The best part of tonight — once I got to the arena and starting getting ready, get the adrenaline rushing, step through those ropes, [greet] my opponent — I loved it all.”
Manuel, 33, fought in the 2012 Olympic trials as a female, then months later began the long transition to male. It was a trip that involved surgery and hormone treatments, an endless trail of red tape to get licensed and the loss of a coach and a training facility when neither proved willing to work with Manuel after she became a he.
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Hugo got beat by a Giiiiiirl...
That dude’s gonna kill himself from the shame.
he is a super featherweight. 126 lbs to 130. damn.
There are two different types of transgenders: Mit swanze stucker und eier; und ohne swanze stucker un eier. We have to consider them separately.
No different than anyone else doping
Steroids are illegal unless you’re transgender.
So, this person who was born as a woman is able to take hormones to improve her strength, and then enter a super featherweight boxing competition. Seems fair.
Is her male competitor allowed to take muscle-boosting hormones as well?
She’s still a female, mutilated and pumped full of hormones.
Depends on what he got paid. To go down. On her.
Aren’t hormone injections supposed to be illegal in sports?
If not, could a straight male boxer declare himself a transgender and begin testosterone supplements?
BwaHaHa!
I'm only half tongue-in-cheek here.
If women are good enough at basketball to join the NBA, let them. If they are good enough at baseball to make the major leagues, let them.
Of course, this negates any need for "women's leagues" of any sport. I mean if a man can put on a dress and join them, what purpose does a "women's league" serve? And vice versa.
Just co-mingle the sexes in every sport and whoever is the best makes the team, regardless of gender.
"...punch it in da boobies"
You are missing the irony. Reverse the genders in your argument and you have it.
Lucia Rijker
Lucia Frederica Rijker (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛikər]; born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch professional female boxer, kickboxer, and actress.
Rijker was sometimes dubbed by the press "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World".
The Most Dangerous Woman in the World is actually Herself the Cold and Joyless.
Time for Hugo to hang up his gloves
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