Mikaela Mayer has hit out at her upcoming opponent, Natasha Jones, by claiming the Brit boxer has an unfair advantage due to the positioning of her groin guard.
The American will challenge Jones for her IBF welterweight world title fight on Saturday night (shown on ESPN + in the US) but has complained that the guard covers too much of the target area and is giving her an advantage for the fight.
"She's wearing a men's cup," Mayer told Sky Sports.
"She should feel silly, going in the ring with that on. Come on, you shouldn't have to be told that that looks ridiculous and completely unfair.
"I think it's terrible," she continued. "Where's your body? You have to have your body exposed to some degree.
"I'm still going to go and rip that body. Again, will they be getting through as clean as they would? Because some of those body shots, that you dig right to the bottom of the stomach, those hurt."
Despite her complaints, there's nothing that can change before this weekend's showdown, although Mayer believes the regulations should change in the future.
Adding: "Now this is part of the whole evolutionary process of women gaining a place in this sport. They haven't had to face the rule of, oh, should women be wearing just women's cups or are they allowed to wear men's cups?
"Body shots are very significant in boxing. If you can't land them because they have padding then that should be an obvious illegal piece of equipment.
"As of now she's been able to fight in that cup. So I can bring it up and I can mention it. But will it get overturned for this fight? I don't know.
"She's going to get away with that. It's definitely an advantage."
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