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The addition of women’s weight classes was a welcome sign of more gender equality in boxing, said American featherweight Yarisel Ramirez, who lost her preliminary to Croatia’s Nikolina Cacic.
“The equality between both male and female has come a long way,” Ramirez said. “More women can compete now and yeah, I’m thankful for whoever went out there and pushed it through and made it happen.”
The 21-year-old, Cuban-born Ramirez came back after losing her first round to win the second and take the bout to a deciding round. But she said she was a “a bit surprised” by the judges’ decision.
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