The one and only Iranian female fighter/boxer Sadaf Khadem (25-year-old) became the first official woman fighter in the Iran after her first official boxing match on April 14, 2019 where she defeated Anne Chauvin from France.
In Iran, boxing is seen as a men’s sport. Women are not allowed to enter training rooms and are certainly not expected to participate in a boxing match. So what Sadaf did is historical.
Thus, Sadaf Khadem shows the road to other Iran' s women wannabe fighters of Iran and for sure she is their martial arts' symbol!
Her Boxing Licence And Official Match!
Sadaf Khadem after has been awarded a boxing licence in France, she has successfully defeated her French opponent Anne Chauvin in a three-round amateur match on April 13 in the city of Royan in western France.
Khadem lost the first round to her more experienced French opponent, but fought back and took the next two rounds to win the match.
From the streets of Tehran to the rings of France and Europe
Khadem began her athletic career at the age of 9 in basketball.Though she was accepted to college to pursue a sports engineering degree, she eventually dropped out to put full time focus on boxing.
She was training for 4 years privately in Iran because public boxing facilities are mostly reserved for men.
Khadem traveled to France and in 2008 Mahyar Monshipour Kermani world champion became her boxing trainer.
In 2014 she accepted an official boxing match invitation from France despite opposition from the Ministry of Sports of Iran.
What An Inspirational Pioneer!
After many decades or centuries we will say that she was the first Iranian woman in the boxing field!
Under Iranian Law
Women and girls of Iran as young as nine years old who are seen in public without a headscarf can be punished with a prison sentence of between 10 days and two months, or a cash fine.
Iranian sportswomen are required to cover their hair, neck, arms and legs when competing.
Until recently, Khadem would not have been permitted to take part in an official boxing match wearing a hijab or a full body form fitting uniform for religious regions. But the International Boxing Association (AIBA), amateur boxing's governing body, changed its uniform rules at the end of February 25, 2019.
United Arab Emirates’ developing boxing nation will be represented by two women for the very first time in the history of the tournament after the hijab rule.
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