The First Pro Trans Boxer is the New Face of Everlast
September 27, 2019
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Patricio Manuel is taking the boxing world by storm. First, back in December he became the first transgender boxer to win a professional bout and now he is the new face of the brand that outfits pro boxers: Everlast.
CNBC said: “Everlast, which launched in 1910, is the world’s leading manufacturer and licensor of boxing, mixed martial arts and fitness equipment. The company says Manuel is part of its ‘new crop of trailblazers,’ which also includes an amputee fighter and a family of immigrants from Mexico who are amateur boxers.”
“Manuel” the story continues, “started his boxing career as a female competitor in the early 2000s. He won five national amateur championships and even competed in the 2012 Olympic trials as a woman. But Manuel was eliminated from those trials after suffering a shoulder injury.”
While he was recovering, he did a lot of reflecting and finally came to the realization that he was living a lie.
“Once I realized that I was trans, I knew that I needed to live my life being seen as a man,” Manuel tells CNBC Make It.
