USA Boxing announced it will begin accepting transgender athletes to the sport at the beginning of 2024.
Transgender boxers will have to meet certain requirements before they’re allowed to compete, which will require consistent testing. For example, a biological man who identifies as a transgender woman must have undergone gender reassignment surgery and have a testosterone reading of fewer than five nanomoles per liter for two years prior and through competitions. A biological woman who identifies as a transgender man must also be post-op and have a testosterone level of higher than ten nmol/L for two years prior and through competitions.
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Typical testosterone levels in females typically max out at about 2.4 nmol/L and about 35 nmol/L for men. There have been instances of female athletes testing at higher natural testosterone levels than five nanomoles.
These regulations are based on the November 2021 International Olympic Committee Framework on Fairness, Inclusion and Non-Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Sex Variations. USA Boxing updates its rule book at least every two years, and has included this transgender policy in its latest edition.
“The purpose of this policy is to provide fairness and safety for all boxers,” the rule book reads.
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Any transgender boxer who is found in violation of the policy will be suspended from competition for one year.
This comes after the World Athletics Council, the governing body for the Olympic event of track, barred men who went through puberty from high-level female competition earlier this year. As a result, transgender New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard cannot compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics despite competing in the Tokyo Games before it.
