sycasey said:Sure, obviously she's a top boxer in her class. That's why she's in the Olympics. I'm just saying that citing her record doesn't automatically prove she's on an uneven playing field. Other female boxers (presumably with XX chromosomes) have compiled similar records and are also at the Olympics. You need to make a different argument to prove Khelif doesn't belong.oski003 said:sycasey said:Her record on Wikipedia shows 43 wins and 9 losses. Where did you get your numbers?oski003 said:dimitrig said:oski003 said:
Added the word unfair. Fyi, an 8 ft tall 1200 pound Hulk sounds dangerous (and also unfair).
I think it would be dangerous and unfair to have her compete against men. Don't you? She doesn't have the same testosterone or strength as a man and likely has female sexual characteristics. She may even be on female HRT.
I mean you can just exclude people like her from competing at all but that's not really cool. She looks like a woman and competes on a level playing field with women. What exactly is the problem?
As you touched upon above, she doesn't have to compete against men. It is her choice. She doesn't appear to compete on an even playing field with women. She is one of the world's top "female" boxers and has lost 5 official matches ever, to go along with 50+ victories. She just had an opponent quit her match because she punched too hard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imane_Khelif
I'm no expert on boxing, but at a glance that seems like a pretty normal record for a boxer who can qualify for the Olympics.
Which puts her in the top of the entire world and competing in the Olympics. As a matter of fact, she just made it to the semifinals. If she wins tomorrow, she goes to the gold medal match. She played soccer growing up and then switched to boxing. Perhaps she now has enough skill and technique to win gold.
She has xy chromosomes and a boxer just quit instead of continuing to fight her saying she was being punched harder than she has ever been hit when professionally boxing.
The Y chromosome is present in males, who have one X and one Y chromosome, while females have two X chromosomes.
