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“I want to do my best to help increase the number of competitors, too,” she said. Notably, the Japanese samurai practiced many forms of archery, the most colourful. Irie said at the meeting, “It is a good thing that I have made all my efforts if my medal gets a little child or a housewife interested in women’s boxing, if only a little. Besides Irie, Tsukimi Namiki, 22, won a bronze medal in the women's flyweight division. Japan won a record three medals in boxing at the Tokyo Olympics, with two coming in the women's competition. “Our federation has taken a proactive stance to promote women in boxing and appoint women to our executive board,” Uchida said, urging people to treat female boxers “with a little more understanding.” 11 that the organization decided to lodge the protest with the broadcasting company to “prevent any misconceptions against female boxers as well as those who love boxing.” Sadanobu Uchida, chair of the federation, said at a meeting on Aug. The letter said that “the sport of boxing is not a mere and violent exchange of punches” and Harimoto’s remarks “denied diversity” in the sport by saying that “women should not compete in such sport because they are women.” 10, the federation described Harimoto’s comments as “contemptuous of women and the sport of boxing.” The federation took issue with the remarks. Some people like a sport like this?!” he said using a belittling term. “A girl before marriage is trading punches in the face. “What do you get out of watching it?” he continued. Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to provide commentary from ringside Saturday for an exhibition boxing card headlined by 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. “There is actually a woman who likes to fistfight?” Harimoto said in the segment. The 20-year-old captured the female’s featherweight boxing final at the Tokyo Olympics on Aug. 8, its regular commentator, Isao Harimoto, an 81-year-old Japanese baseball Hall of Famer, talked about Irie. 11 said that it has submitted a letter of protest to Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc.ĭuring the station’s weekly program “Sunday Morning,” aired an Aug.

#Boxing commentator those japans tv#

Boxing officials are fighting over sexist comments made by a male TV sports commentator in reference to Sena Irie, Japan’s first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal.