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submitted 1 week ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/world@lemmy.world

In light of plans to introduce this policy and the particular circumstances surrounding some boxers that competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, World Boxing has written to the Algerian Boxing Federation to inform it that Imane Khelif will not be allowed to participate in the female category at the Eindhoven Box Cup or any World Boxing event until Imane Khelif undergoes sex testing.

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[-] doc3vil@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Your feelings aside this is insane. Tate was a 4x world kickboxing champion at light heavyweight. He’d demolish you with one hand tied behind his back

[-] iamtrashman1312@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Tate's record was heavily inflated and after he got one that looked good he stopped fighting because it had served its purpose, and he wasn't a world champion of anything certified by an organization that actually means anything

I'm not saying you're wrong necessarily, but one of these people just came off winning an Olympic medal and the other basically won one title and retired

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

He might -- I doubt with one hand, but in any case the point is not that I'd be keen on fighting either, the point is that Tate would be an easier fight than Khelif. Tate does have the capacity, in principle, to be a good fighter (e.g. you can see is kinaesthetic sense in action when he's dancing, and he does have grit), he could have achieved titles that mean anything to anyone instead of being world champion of beating up complete amateurs and then promptly retiring. Alas, his neuroses are in the way. Lots of show, lots of bluster, dangerous in the sense that a rabid dog is dangerous because, as said, he knows how to be angry. Khelef? Calm, clean, methodical, keeps her centre, actually thinks in the ring. Whole different league, and nothing to do with raw strength. Strength doesn't do shit when you suck at the rest.

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