In addition to playing Boxing high at Olympic level, IMane Khelif (Algeria) recently competed in the professional arena. The professional stage was in November in November 2002, and had an overwhelming victory against a female opponent in the match that time.
The opponent of IMane Khelif in the match took place at the end of last year was Suwanun Antanai, Thai boxer. This match was originally expected to last 6 rounds. But by the 38th second of the third half, when witnessing Suwanun Antanai could not stand anymore because he had to constantly receive the opponent's blow, the referee decided to stop the match.
There is another interesting thing about the first professional stage of Imane Khelif. In that match, one of the three scoring assessors was Vietnamese. That is Ms. Bui Thi Nhat Le, who is in charge of the head of the Ho Chi Minh City Boxing Federation, General Secretary of the MMA Federation of Ho Chi Minh City.
Despite the opposition of the international community about the true gender of IMane Khelif, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) still confirmed that this boxer was allowed to compete. She will face Anna Luca Hamori (Hungary) in the quarterfinal match. Hamori before the match did not hesitate to announce that they would win all opponents, whether it was male or female.
A year ago, IMane Khelif was banned by the International Boxing Association (IBA) for being concluded as a male. However, she later attended the Olympic qualifying round, and had tickets to this Olympics. The Algerian boxer was even ranked as one of the first group seeds in the tournament.