Former female boxer sparring with men First fighter to undergo adaptation surgery

After becoming a world champion as a female professional boxer, Shindo Go, who underwent gender reassignment surgery and aspires to become a professional male fighter, will spar with male fighters at the venue of an official fight.
His opponent is expected to be an active professional boxer, and this will be the first case for a fighter who has undergone gender reassignment surgery. This is the first case for an athlete who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.

The 36-year-old Shinmichi is a former WBC = World Boxing Council women's flyweight champion who has undergone gender reassignment surgery and is aiming to become a professional male fighter.

On the 13th, he held a press conference at the gym in Asahi-ku, Osaka, where he belongs, and announced that he would spar with male professional boxers in an official fight to be held in Osaka City on December 12 with the approval of JBC = Japan Boxing Commission.

The match will be played in three rounds without wearing headgear, and JBC referees will judge and score the match before deciding the winner, and the weigh-in and admission the day before will be held in the same way as in a professional match.

His opponent is expected to be an active professional boxer, and this will be the first case for a fighter who has undergone gender reassignment surgery.

In July, JBC refused to allow Shinmichi to take the protest test as a man due to insufficient knowledge of safety management.

However, for athletes who are born as women and then lead a social life as men, a new rule was established that allowed players to spar with male players at the venue of official matches if they cleared the standard value of the male hormone "testosterone" in a blood test.

At the press conference, Shinmichi said, "I couldn't take the protest test and thought about going overseas, but I wanted to try it if I could play under the same rules as professional players."

On top of that, he expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to do my best for two months so that I can play an interesting match and make people feel good to watch."