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Is Boxing for shaved people only?

WABA infringes on a person’s faith. A religious boxer is forbidden to wear a beard in the ring.

arab man discriminated in sports because of religion
via bbc.co.uk


“Amerpreet Singh, a prominent figure within the Sikh community in Cardiff, agrees with Mr. Singh and said: “To me, it’s 100% discriminatory. By saying you cannot fight in Wales as an amateur boxer because you have a beard is heartbreaking.”

“Sikhs fought in the first and second world war. When we fought in those wars, they didn’t fight with a trimmed beard. They fought with their turbans and their full beards.”

“It hurts that they’re trying to tell us that we can’t do amateur boxing in Wales because we have a beard, but yet we were fine to fight for freedom in those wars.”

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