Overview

• World Boxing will require all athletes over 18 to undergo a PCR-based screening for the SRY gene before competing in its events.
• The federation says the new rule responds to safety and fairness concerns raised during Imane Khelif’s Paris 2024 gold-medal campaign.
• Imane Khelif is barred from the Eindhoven Box Cup (June 5-10) until she submits proof of her chromosomal sex via the genetic test.
• National boxing federations must administer the tests and provide certificates confirming athletes’ chromosomal sex upon event registration.
• Launched after the IOC split with the IBA, World Boxing will stage its first world championships in Liverpool in September 2025 and manage boxing at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.