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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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[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A was talking about how they fight, not how they spar... In an edited video. An edited video of a notoriously vain man, for consumption by his fans. Commented by another man with enough of a martial arts beard to declare a clear win a draw and who knows exactly how to keep armchair blackbelts clicking on his videos. No shade though I mean if just one Tate bro now watches Johnson instead of Tate that's a good thing.

He's got talent, yes, I already acknowledged that. He's got some training, that combination is how he beat up complete amateurs (seriously -- look at the fight record of the people he fought). He's probably hitting bags regularly, but, and here comes the kicker: Bags don't win Olympic medals. Bags don't study their opponent. Bags don't evade. Bags don't out-focus and out-strategise. There's a reason he quit kickboxing and that's because he realised he doesn't have the mind for it (Obligatory Bruce Lee) and quitting early allowed him to grift better.

Watch the Raab vs. Halmich fights one day if you get the chance. Raab is certainly not even a proper amateur when it comes to skill (those are meme fights), but just to get an impression of how 30kg weight difference don't mean shit in the face of a skill gap. Their height difference is 20cm, Khelif/Tate would be more around 10.

[–] doc3vil@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago

I’m hardly a Tate bro. Just saying female gold medalist boxer is not beating a larger, faster, and sure slightly less skilled male. The gap in physiologies is too great