Angela Carini stopped her fight with Algeria’s Imane Khelif after just 46 seconds.
Algeria’s Imane Khelif was disqualified hours before her gold medal bout at the women’s World Championships in New Delhi last year after she failed to meet the International Boxing Association’s (IBA) eligibility criteria.
Her inclusion in the Olympics games has been roundly criticised by the boxing fraternity.
And all it took was a couple of punches before Carini felt ‘strong pain’ in her nose.
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Khelif is one of two fighters along with Lin Yu‑ting of Taiwan who had failed eligibility tests but both were cleared by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to compete in women’s boxing in Paris.
Angela Carini has now explained exactly why she quit in the fight.
She said: “I put an end to the match because after the second blow, after years of experience in the ring and a life of fighting, I felt a strong pain in my nose. I said ‘that’s enough’ because… I could not bring the match to an end. So I thought, maybe it’s better to put an end to the match.”
It’s been reported by Mike Keegan of the Daily Mail that the Italian fighter had ‘never felt punches’ like those before today’s fight.
