Matt Brown, Riley Gaines, and others react to USA Boxing's controversial transgender inclusion decision

UFC fighter Matt Brown and former swimmer Riley Gaines, among others, have reacted to USA Boxing's new policy regarding the participation of transgender women in the sport.

According to the policy, athletes under the age of 18 can only compete in their birth gender. However, transgender women can compete in the female category as long as they provide a declaration of their gender identity as a female and have completed gender reassignment surgery.

Moreover, the athlete must provide USA Boxing with the necessary documentation of quarterly hormone testing for a minimum period of four years after the surgery. The boxer's testosterone level in serum must remain below 5nmol/L for at least four years prior to their first bout.

The announcement by USA Boxing has not gone down well with many from the sporting community as they believe that transgender women will have an unfair advantage over their cisgender counterparts in a matchup.

Names like Brown, Gaines, and more have reacted to the news. Take a look at some of them below:

"Stupidest thing I’ve ever heard."

"USA boxing @USABoxing to allow men who merely say they are women to fight against women. Mark my words, it will take a woman getting killed before these misogynistic fools wake up."

"I wonder if these people in USA boxing who agreed to this were women who have sparred a man the same size as them that’s not held back on them and felt the difference in speed and power and punch resistance…. And that’s with big gloves and head gear.. I f***ing doubt it probably a bunch of c**ts who’ve not even boxed lol"

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Matt Brown's advice for people who feel lost

Last month, Matt Brown took to X to share a series of posts regarding his struggles with drug addiction when he was young. Brown spoke about how he overcame a near-death experience to get to where he is right now.

In one of the posts, the UFC welterweight gave advice to people who feel lost and said:

"Life is short, but it’s important to understand this is a marathon, not a sprint. You will get to wherever you want. But you may need to have a longer time horizon."