World Boxing to require mandatory sex testing

World Boxing volition present mandatory enactment investigating for each boxers successful its competitions, the assemblage said connected Friday, adding that Paris Olympics women's welterweight champion Imane Khelif volition not beryllium allowed to vie until she undergoes specified a test.

The governing body, which volition tally the boxing competitions successful the 2028 Olympics aft being granted provisional designation by the IOC, said it aims to present a competitory level playing tract for men and women.

"Imane Khelif whitethorn not enactment successful the pistillate class astatine the Eindhoven Box Cup, 5-10 June 2025 and immoderate World Boxing lawsuit until Imane Khelif undergoes familial enactment screening successful accordance with World Boxing's rules and investigating procedures," World Boxing said successful a statement.

All athletes implicit the property of 18 volition person to undertake a PCR (polymerase concatenation reaction) familial test, which tin beryllium conducted by a nasal oregon rima swab, saliva oregon blood, World Boxing said.

"The PCR trial is simply a laboratory method utilized to observe circumstantial familial material, successful this lawsuit the SRY gene, that reveals the beingness of the Y chromosome, which is an indicator of biologic sex," the connection added.