Olympic women's boxing match involving fighter deemed to have male traits a 'black eye' for sport, HOFer says

Fox News’ Greg Palkot and two-time Olympic gold medalist Claressa Shields on a female boxer quitting in the ring at the Paris Olympics after facing off against an opponent deemed to have male chromosomes.

EXCLUSIVE: An Olympic boxing match between Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini sparked controversy across the sports world on Thursday.

Khelif’s participation in the match in Paris came with condemnation as the Algerian fighter failed a gender eligibility test and was deemed to have male chromosomes during the 2023 World Championships, which was sanctioned by the International Boxing Association.

Carini abandoned the fight 46 seconds in, but boxing legend Jackie Kallen told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview the bout should never have happened in the first place.

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Boxing manager Jackie Kallen says the bout between Algeria’s Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini should never have happened. (Amanda Edwards/Getty Images/File)

Angela Carini of Italy is shown during her fight against Algeria's Imane Khelif (not seen) on Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris. (Fabio Bozzani/Anadolu via Getty Images)

"I just feel like that because it’s been banned everywhere else in contact sports. I’m just disappointed anyone on the Olympic Committee allowed this to happen as the whole world was watching," Kallen said. "It’s just a black mark on the sport of boxing. We have enough problems with people looking at the sport as brutal or finding other things to complain about. But this really doesn’t help us at all."

Kallen is a trailblazer in the male-dominated sport. She weathered through the challenges of being a female manager to some of the sport’s biggest stars as she guided