Zimbabwe: Boxing Control Board Statutes Archaic

The Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Control Board is living in the past with an archaic act that does not recognise females as professional boxers.

The law was enacted in 1956 and has not been amended since then. Chapter 8 section (11) of the Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Act says that the Zimbabwe National Boxing Control Board shall not "register any person as a boxer or a wrestler who is not of the male sex."

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