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World Boxing will require sex testing for fighters before championships
World Boxing's policy mandates DNA sex verification to prevent males competing in female divisions, affecting 161 national federations and ensuring fairness in upcoming championships.
- On Wednesday, World Boxing announced mandatory sex testing using PCR or equivalent genetic screening to establish biological sex, effective immediately and applied first to the female category at next month's World Boxing Championships.
- After last year's Paris controversy involving Imane Khelif, Paris Olympic champion , and Lin Yu-ting, Paris Olympic champion , World Boxing framed new gender testing rules as a response to safety and fairness concerns in women's events.
- National federations must conduct tests using polymerase chain reaction or equivalent genetic screening and submit chromosomal certification, with sanctions for noncompliance, while World Boxing offers evaluations and appeals for athletes with differences in sex development .
- Athletes who fail to provide certification will be barred, and national teams under World Boxing's purview could face sanctions; Imane Khelif skipped a tournament after the announcement, with Boris van der Vorst apologizing for naming her.
- This decision arrives as World Boxing, founded two years ago and IOC-recognized, will lead Olympic qualification, echoing World Athletics' return to chromosome testing earlier this year and President Donald Trump's promise of `strong testing` for Los Angeles 2028.
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Fighters will undergo screening to determine sex before women's World Boxing Championships
All boxers, including Algeria's Imane Khelif, who won Olympic gold last summer amid scrutiny over a disputed failed gender eligibility test conducted by a different body, will be unable to compete without a test which reveals their biological sex.
The governing body of Olympic-style boxing will require gender testing for all boxers wishing to compete in the women's division at its world championships next month.
World Boxing announced the obligation to perform gene tests for men and women who want to participate in the events organized by the new world for the box, informs the German press agency DPA. The announcement comes with...
The boxing association World Boxing has confirmed the introduction of gender tests just two weeks before the World Cup. All female boxers who want to start in the women's category from 4 to 14 September in Liverpool have to complete the mandatory test. "The directive is intended to ensure the safety of all participants and create a level playing field for men and women", World Boxing explained in a press release. All female athletes over the age…
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