WASHINGTON (TND) — YouTube star and boxer Jake Paul on Thursday offered to host Italian Olympian Angela Carini for an undercard fight after her bout with a fighter facing gender scrutiny.
Carini on Thursday faced Imane Khelif of Alegria in a boxing match at the Paris Olympics. The fight lasted just 46 seconds before Carini abandoned it. The fighter later explained she pulled out because she felt something was off about the match.
Khelif of Algeria qualified to compete in the Paris Olympic Games after being disqualified from the 2023 International Boxing Association (IBA) finals for not meeting the organization’s eligibility requirements. IBA president Umar Kremlev told a Russian news agency at the time that Khelif has "XY chromosomes," Reuters reports.
Video of the fight shows Khelif landing numerous blows on Italy’s Carini, causing her headgear to come loose. Carini later returned to her corner where her coach signaled she was abandoning the match.
Paul took to X to share his reaction to the fight, condemning it as “sickening”
“This is sickening,” he wrote. “This is a travesty. Doesn’t matter what you believe. This is wrong and dangerous."
In a follow up post, Paul offered Carini the chance to showcase her talents at a different venue.
“To Angela Carini although your dreams couldn’t come true today because of the crazy agendas that are at play in our world at the moment, I would love to offer you to fight on an MVP undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform and not against a man,” he wrote.
The move follows an outpouring of support for Carini from major U.S. figures. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Thursday announced she has created a fundraiser to support the Italian boxer, which raised over $57,000 as of Friday morning.
“Italy pays their Olympic athletes $196,000 for a gold medal,” she wrote. “While the IOC is the only organization that can truly right this wrong, I believe we can do our part. Every dollar contributed will go directly to Angela Carini.”
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