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Puerto Rican boxer Amanda g2g222 Serrano says that she has vacated her WBC title because the governing body continues to forestall women from combating across 12 three-minute rounds.

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

Usually, championship fights for female boxers could be contested over 10 rounds of two minutes, and the WBC did not sanction Serrano’s bout towards Ramos.

“Moving forward g2g222 if a sanctioning body doesn’t wish to give me and my fellow fighters the selection to fight the same as the boys, then I will not be preventing for that sanctioning physique,” the 35-year-old Serrano wrote on Instagram on Tuesday.

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

Writing on X, formerly Twitter, in September, WBC president Mauricio Sulaimán stated: “Tennis - ladies play three units, basketball g2g222 the basket is shorter and the ball smaller and those are not contact sports. We stand by security and well-being of the fighters.”

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

Last yr, g2g222 Serrano grew to become the primary girl to headline a boxing match at Madison Square Garden alongside Ireland’s Katie Taylor.

Serrano lost g2g222 that struggle in opposition to Taylor in a break up decision, the second defeat of her professional career. She has in another case had forty six wins – 30 by knockout – and one draw.

Ahead of Serrano’s struggle towards Ramos, a gaggle g2g222 of feminine boxers argued for his or her proper to compete in the identical format as their male counterparts, writing in an open letter: “We have earned the CHOICE of 3 minute rounds, with 12 rounds for championship fights to show our talent and greatness...