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Sarah Blewden, a 25-year-old hair salon manager and aspiring boxer from England, has been barred from competitive bouts by the Amateur Boxing Association of England because she has breast implants.

“International rules forbid anyone with breast implants continuing to box because of risk of damage to the breast tissue,” said Tony Attwood, chairman of the ABAE…

[Blewden] said that the decision was “ridiculous” and said she would be happy to pay for corrective surgery to repair any damage to her 32C breasts.

“My surgeon said they make me no more vulnerable than any other woman. They are not enormous ones - they are in proportion. They are gel implants and not liquid so they won’t burst.”

Well, ain't this is a moral quandary! If anything, women with breast implants should be allowed to do MORE things than women who haven’t had the courage to get enhancement surgery. But on the other hand, fake boobs aren’t for punching; they’re for touching and photographing. So let’s do this: change the rules so that no fighter is allowed to hit a woman with breast implants. See, fake boobs are supposed to be an advantage for women. Let’s stick to the natural order here...