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First transgender pro boxer in US history scores win in debut
First transgender pro boxer in US history scores win in debut
The first transgender boxer to compete at the pro level in the U.S. made history Saturday night in Southern California – defeating a male opponent in his debut.
Patricio Manuel, 33, from the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, won a unanimous decision over Mexican super-featherweight Hugo Aguilar at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, Calif., the Los Angeles Times reported.
“I wouldn’t trade any of it. It was worth everything I went through to get to this point,” Manuel told the Times. “I’m a professional boxer now.”
Manuel had competed as a woman in the 2012 trials for the U.S. Olympic team, then embarked on a long transition to become a male, the newspaper reported.