Pat McAfee says men have 'clear advantage' in sports amid Imane Khelif Olympics controversy

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Day 6 of the Paris Olympics had the world watch Imane Khelif box Angela Carini in a bout that lasted just 46 seconds. 

Khelif, of Algeria, controversially qualified for women's boxing despite being disqualified from the 2023 world championships after failing an unspecified gender eligibility test. Meanwhile, Carini, of Italy, was boxing to pay tribute to her late father.

ESPN host Pat McAfee gave his take on the bout during his Thursday show on the network's air. 

"There is no reason why we should be seeing a potential male [physically] body punching a [woman]," he said. 

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Algeria's Imane Khelif, left, punches Italy's Angela Carini during their bout at the Summer Olympics at North Paris Arena in Villepinte, France, on Aug. 1, 2024. (MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images)

McAfee cited a statistical table that compared average swimming times between men's and women's competitors at the Olympics this year. The men's averages were better in every event.

"I know that it's not every woman and not every male physical body. We're not talking about souls, we're talking about physical bodies, but at those high level of competition, there is a clear advantage," McAfee said. "There always has been, and I assume there always will be, and I hope we get to a point that we can all agree on this. I think we all feel the same way about this."

ESPN previously explored the subject of transgender athletes playing in women's sports in a segment of "Sports Science." The episode featured several experts, including physiologist Tommy Lundberg, who concluded that male bodies will "undoubtedly" retain physical