OLYMPIC welterweight champion Imane Khelif misses out on the amateur World Boxing Championships due to her World Boxing ban.
The takes place from September 4 to 15 but will not be participating.
Olympic welterweight champion Imane Khelif misses out on the amateur World Boxing Championships due to her World Boxing ban
She cannot compete until she completes a sex test
She has not fought in a bout since winning gold in Paris
She also missed out on this year’s World Cup and has not competed since the summer games.
Liverpool plays host to the World Boxing Championships in what is being hyped as the biggest Olympic-style boxing event to take place in Great Britain since the .
The competition becomes the first hosted by World Boxing, a fresh start for the amateur code after years of corruption allegations against their AIBA predecessors.
Why is Imane Khelif not allowed to fight in the World Boxing Championships?
The gold medallist has been stopped from competing in the women’s competition .
This ban was issued after a claimed Khelif is a “biological male”.
The medical report in question was an unspecified gender test administered by the International Boxing Association in 2023.
Khelif appealed the decision at Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS], fighting for her eligibility to participate in the 2025 World Boxing Championships.
However CAS revealed that the hearing will be scheduled on the agreement of the parties.
This has delayed the process by weeks, meaning the Olympic champion could not be registered in time for the competition.
Her ban was issued by the IBA in 2023 after an unspecified gender test claimed she was a “biological male”
Khelif has appealed the decision but it has been delayed meaning she will miss the World Boxing Championships
Who is Imane Khelif?
Khelif is an Algerian boxer who made her debut in 2018.
She has an impressive boxing record of 48-9 despite losing five of her first six professional fights.
In her last bout, she made herself by defeating at the .
The previous year, Khelif was disqualified from the World Championships in New Delhi just hours before her gold medal bout.
This was because she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria.
Because of her female passport status, she was allowed to box in the Paris Olympics 2024.
She won gold, picking up an online pile-on from , and millions of others along the way.
