'It's violence and it's wrong' Critical policy researcher FUMES after 'unfair' Olympic boxing match

'It's violence and it's wrong' Critical policy researcher FUMES after 'unfair' Olympic boxing match
Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 02/08/2024

- 16:47

Two boxers who were disqualified from last year's boxing World Champion­ships for failing gender eligibility tests are competing in the Paris Olympics

A furious debate broke out on GB News today between Critical policy researcher Lottie Moore and LGBT liberation campaigner Peter Tatchell as they discussed whether a boxing match at the Olympics was "unfair" after a boxer with "high levels of testosterone" fought Italy's Angela Carini yesterday.

Carini's Olympic fight with her Algerian opponent Imane Khelif took just 46 seconds, with the Italian throwing her helmet onto the floor as the clash was abandoned, yelling: "This is unjust."

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