Go Shindo Announces Boxing Retirement
Go Shindo announced his retirement on Dec. 17, 2024, at a press conference at his gym in Osaka. Shindo is a transgender man and a former WBC female flyweight champion. Daily Sports reported that he had sought a path to compete professionally as a man after undergoing gender-affirming surgery.
Since 2022, Shindo had asked the Japan Boxing Commission to let him take its professional test as a male boxer. The commission did not approve the request. In December 2023, he took part in a special three-round semi-official bout against a male professional and lost by decision after being knocked down, according to the same report.
At the retirement press conference, Shindo said he hoped he may have created a starting point for people like him and said he had no regrets. The announcement came after years of trying to continue in the sport under the men’s professional rules. It was a retirement announcement; the surgery and his transition were not new developments in 2024.
Sources: Daily Sports, Dec. 18, 2024; Fightnews.com, Dec. 11, 2023.
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Tags: Boxing, Combat Sports
