On Tuesday, Serrano thanked “my fellow fighters who've stood with me

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Puerto Rican boxer Amanda g2g222 Serrano says that she has vacated her WBC title as a outcome of the governing body continues to prevent ladies from preventing throughout 12 three-minute rounds.

Serrano retained her WBA, IBF g2g222 and WBO featherweight titles by defeating Brazil’s Danila Ramos in October – the primary women’s battle to be contested throughout the longer format since 2007.

Usually, championship fights for feminine boxers could be contested over 10 rounds of two minutes, and the WBC didn't sanction Serrano’s bout in opposition to Ramos.

“Moving ahead g2g222 if a sanctioning physique doesn’t need to give me and my fellow fighters the selection to struggle the identical as the lads, then I won't be preventing for that sanctioning physique,” the 35-year-old Serrano wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.

“The WBC has refused to g2g222 evolve the sport for equality. So I am relinquishing their title. Thank You to the sanctioning our bodies who've developed for Equality!”

Writing on X, previously Twitter, in September, WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán said: “Tennis - women play three units, basketball g2g222 the basket is shorter and the ball smaller and people aren't contact sports activities. We stand by safety and well-being of the fighters.”

On Wednesday, Sulaimán g2g222 reiterated the governing body’s stance about security, telling Sky Sports News: “This isn't discrimination, this is not sexism, this isn't about equality, it's about safety and safety only.”

Last 12 months, g2g222 Serrano turned the first lady to headline a boxing match at Madison Square Garden alongside Ireland’s Katie Taylor.

Serrano misplaced g2g222 that battle in opposition to Taylor in a cut up choice, the second defeat of her professional career. She has otherwise had forty six wins – 30 by knockout – and one draw.

Ahead of Serrano’s battle in opposition to Ramos, a gaggle g2g222 of female boxers argued for their proper to compete in the identical format as their male counterparts, writing in an open letter: “We have earned the CHOICE of three minute rounds, with 12 rounds for championship fights to show our talent and greatness...