Spread across 10 weight classes, representing over 60 countries, around 500 boxers are currently fighting at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena. They are participating at World Boxing’s inaugural event in England, the biggest ever since the 2012 London Olympics. But the show that began four days ago, on September 4, and will conclude next week, on September 14, will not feature two of the most well-known amateur boxers in recent times: Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting.

The developments occur in line with World Boxing’s mandate that requires gender tests for all the boxers who want to participate in the women’s category. It’s been a huge setback for Imane Khelif . She filed an appeal against the decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Last year, at the 33rd S

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