'An all-time backfire': UFC's Daniel Cormier says Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson is a 'lose-lose' that might go horribly wrong

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UFC commentator Daniel Cormier says there is no outcome from Jake Paul's fight against Mike Tyson where Paul will be seen as the winner.

The former two-division UFC champion spoke to fellow UFC alumnus Ben Askren on the "Funky and the Champ" podcast about the upcoming Paul vs. Tyson fight, where the two athletes — who are nearly 30 years apart in age — will box on a Netflix sports special.

Cormier commented on remarks made by fellow UFC commentator Joe Rogan, who said that Tyson could still knock Paul's "head into another dimension" even at his age.

'I think it’s a lose-lose for Jake Paul, because if you beat up Mike Tyson, everybody loves Mike Tyson.'

"58-year-old Mike Tyson is not 50-year-old Mike Jones that lives down the street. It's a different kind of human being, he can still knock your head into another dimension if he can catch you," Rogan said.

Cormier agreed that when he watches Tyson hitting pads, "It looks like there's still something left in there."

"But then I watch Jake Paul fight Mike Perry. I watch Jake Paul get pressed to where he starts to feel uncomfortable, and it looked like Mike Perry had a chance. But then Jake has a reserve tank to go to and get and draw from because he's 28 years old."

Cormier mentioned he was concerned that at 58 years old, Tyson might not have enough reserved energy to draw from to compete with Paul if the fight goes longer than a couple rounds.

"That is my concern. Because what if this looks like a 58-year-old man, fighting a 28-year-old man, where Mike can’t draw [reserve energy]?" Cormier asked.

The former fighter went on to say that no matter what happens, Paul will be seen as a loser after the fight due to Tyson's age and the reverence audiences have for him.

"I think it’s a lose-lose for Jake Paul, because if you beat up Mike Tyson, everybody loves Mike Tyson ... Mike Tyson actually doesn't need the money," Cormier continued. "It's surprising to me that he's fighting ... what if Mike knocks him out though? Then it's over. Everything's done. It would be an all-time backfire. Nothing's ever been done like that in the history of the sport if he gets knocked out."

The November 15, 2024, bout was already pushed back from a July date over health complications on the part of Tyson that caused a flight delay.

"He became nauseous and dizzy due to an ulcer flare-up 30 minutes before landing," one of Tyson's representatives said at the time. "He is appreciative to the medical staff that were there to help him."

Tyson has answered questions about his age numerous times leading up to the fight, stating that it isn't a hinderance on top of the fact that he is the only athlete of his age that could create such anticipation.

"I'm 58 and what? I'm getting billions of views from just talking to somebody about fighting," Tyson said on Fox News. "Everybody, even most of the athletes, they're jealous, that's wack. ... I say 'in your prime you couldn't draw a million people, man. What are you talking about, you couldn't sell out [an] arena.' Who at 58 could sell out an 80,000-seat arena?"

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JK Rowling, Elon Musk named in controversial Olympic boxer's criminal hate speech complaint for 'aggravated cyber harassment'

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The controversial Olympic gold medalist who allegedly failed multiple gender tests has named author J.K. Rowling and entrepreneur Elon Musk in their criminal harassment complaint.

Imane Khelif did not lose a single round fighting against women in the Olympics, easily winning a gold medal in the women's 66 kg division.

However, both the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization found that Khelif was biologically a man, while Spain's Olympic boxing coach also stated the fighter was too strong to box other women during a training camp.

Following strong international condemnation, Khelif filed a criminal complaint asking that French authorities look into online harassment about the fighter's gender and image.

'Trump tweeted, so whether or not he is named in our lawsuit, he will inevitably be looked into.'

The complaint was made to Paris' online hate speech office and claimed Khelif was a victim of cyber harassment.

It has since been revealed that Rowling and Musk were both named in the criminal complaint over "alleged acts of aggravated cyber harassment."

Rowling shared an image of Khelif and opponent Angela Carini, saying Khelif had "the smirk of a male [who] knows he's protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he's just punched in the head."

Musk, on the other hand, simply shared a statement by former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines, who wrote "men don't belong in women's sports," along with a picture of Carini. Musk added "absolutely."

Khelif's attorney, Nabil Boudi, told Variety the complaint was filed against no particular person to "ensure that the prosecution has all the latitude to be able to investigate against all people," including anyone who may have written messages under pseudonyms.

Additionally, the lawyer said that Donald Trump would be part of the investigation:

"Trump tweeted, so whether or not he is named in our lawsuit, he will inevitably be looked into as part of the prosecution," Boudi said.

Trump's apparent offense was positing a message from the fight with Carini with the message, "I will keep men out of women's sports!"

Boudi continued, "What we're asking is that the prosecution investigates not only these people but whoever it feels necessary. If the case goes to court, they will stand trial."

The attorney also reportedly claimed that the lawsuit could "target personalities overseas," citing the French prosecution "possibly [making] requests for mutual legal assistance with other countries."

The threat mirrors comments from U.K. law enforcement who said they would "come after" U.S. citizens for what was deemed to be anti-immigrant hate speech. The officials also threatened to attempt to extradite Musk.

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'We couldn't put her with anyone': Spanish Olympic boxing coach says Imane Khelif 'hurt' several women at training camp

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A former Olympian and current Spanish boxing coach criticized the inclusion of athletes with allegedly male chromosomes participating in the Olympics.

Rafael Lozano, a former boxer and now national coach for Spain, spoke to Spanish outlet Radio Marca about controversial Olympic boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting. Both boxers won gold in female categories at the Olympics but were shrouded in controversy for previously having failed gender tests.

Lozano, who is reportedly the last Spanish boxer to win an Olympic medal, said that he had experience training Khelif at the Blume in Madrid, an athletic training center.

'I don't see it as fair; I don't see it as equitable.'

"They were doing a training camp here at the Blume and we couldn't put [Khelif] with anyone. We put her with Jennifer Fernández and it hurt her. Whoever we put her with, [Khelif] hurt her," Lozano said, as translated by Google as well as Brave browser.

The coach then said it seemed more fair when Khelif was matched up against a man.

"We put her with José Quiles and they were [equal]. From my point of view I don't see it as fair,' the coach admitted.

Quiles is a top Spanish boxer who has won two silver medals in international competitions, one in 2022 and another in 2023.

Lozano added that he didn't think Khelif and Lin being in the women's category at the Olympics was "equitable."

"I don't see it as fair; I don't see it as equitable. Everyone can think what they want, but that's how I see it," he concluded.

Khelif won the gold medal in the women's 66kg weight class in Paris without losing a single round in three dominating victories.

However, since the start of the Olympics, two governing bodies in boxing have claimed that Khelif is actually a man.

The International Boxing Association disqualified the boxer at the 2023 world championships. IBA President Umar Kremlev said at the time that Khelif had "XY chromosomes."

Less than a week after the Olympic controversy began, the European vice president of the World Boxing Organization said that Khelif was among several fighters in the female category who were revealed to be men.

"The problem was not with the level of Khelif’s testosterone, because that can be adjusted nowadays, but with the result of the gender test, which clearly revealed that the Algerian boxer is biologically male," the WBO's István Kovács said, per Reduxx.

Since winning the gold, Khelif has filed a legal complaint in France for alleged online harassment surrounding the alleged gender tests.

The complaint was made to Paris' online hate speech office and claimed Khelif was a victim of ""aggravated cyber-harassment."

Khelif's lawyer, Nabil Boudi, said in a statement that there was a "misogynist, racist, and sexist campaign" against his client, NBC News reported.

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Olympics Boxing Fiasco Is More Proof Men Don’t Belong In Women’s Sports

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Algerian boxer dominates female opponent once again, will now fight for gold medal

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Controversial boxer Imane Khelif advanced to the Olympic finals after another dominating victory over a female opponent at the Paris games.

Khelif has been shrouded in controversy since it was revealed that both the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization said that the fighter is biologically a man.

The IBA disqualified the boxer at the 2023 world championships with IBA President Umar Kremlev saying at the time that Khelif had "XY chromosomes."

Less than a week after the Olympic controversy began, the European vice president of the WBO said that Khelif was among several fighters in the female category that were revealed to be men.

'Shame on anyone who celebrates this.'

"The problem was not with the level of Khelif’s testosterone, because that can be adjusted nowadays, but with the result of the gender test, which clearly revealed that the Algerian boxer is biologically male," the WBO's István Kovács said, per Reduxx.

Five boxers examined by the WBO "were indeed men," he added.

Khelif scored another controversial victory in the women's 66 kg semifinal on Tuesday en route to Friday's gold medal bout.

The Algerian celebrated the victory and was seen on video reacting with high knees and finger guns to the truly surreal sounds of a raucous live audience. Online viewers were not so pleased.

"Shame on anyone who celebrates this. Shame on the Olympics. Boycott," said Paul Szypula.

Shame on anyone who celebrates this.

Shame on the Olympics.

Boycott.
— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) August 6, 2024


Another reader called the match "a disgrace," while multiple other X users reacted by saying the Olympics are "dead."

Outkick's Alejandro Avila described seeing noticeable physical differences between Khelif and opponent Janjaem Suwannapheng of the Philippines. He noted that the crowds at Stade Roland Garros cheered, but the broadcast declined to mention Khelif's controversies.

Khelif is yet to lose a round in three matches so far at the Olympics, which includes Italy's Angela Carini abandoning their match in the first round.

Carini was widely celebrated for her adversity but later apologized to Khelif and said that she respects the decision of the IOC to let the Algerian fight against women.

The Italian also said she would "embrace her" if they met again.

Khelif will face China's Yang Liu on Friday for the gold medal.

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Algerian boxer accused of being a man calls for end to 'bullying' after crushing second female competitor

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Algeria's Imane Khelif, one of two boxers participating in the Paris Olympics disqualified last year from the 2023 Women's Boxing World Championships for failing gender eligibility tests, crushed yet another female competitor over the weekend. After the beating, Khelif assumed the mantle of victim.

Criticism has mounted in recent days over the recently reinforced allegations that Khelif, like Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, is an individual possessing male sex chromosomes thrashing his way through a women's sporting competition.

International outrage reached fever pitch when Khelif hammered Italy's Angela Carini hard enough Thursday to prompt the 25-year-old Italian to abandon the fight after 46 seconds.

'Refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects.'

The Hungarian Boxing Association reportedly sent letters of protest to the International Olympic Committee and to Hungary's Olympic committee ahead of Khelif's Saturday match in the women's 66 kg welterweight quarterfinal with Hungarian boxer Anna Luca Hamori.

The Hungarians evidently failed to sway the relevant authorities, as Khelif ultimately entered the ring with Hamori and beat her 5-0. Khelif is now guaranteed to take home a medal and will now fight Thailand's Janjaem Suwannapheng in the semifinals.

After beating the female Hungarian boxer, Khelif fought to reshape the narrative surrounding the Olympics gender controversy.

According to the Associated Press, Khelif said in an Arabic interview, "I send a message to all the people of the world to uphold the Olympic principles and the Olympic Charter, to refrain from bullying all athletes, because this has effects, massive effects."

"It can destroy people, it can kill people's thoughts, spirit, and mind," continued Khelif. "It can divide people. And because of that, I ask them to refrain from bullying."

Khelif also thanked the IOC and its president, Thomas Bach, stating, "I know that the Olympic Committee has done me justice, and I am happy with this remedy because it shows the truth."

At a press conference Saturday, Bach defended Khelif and Yu-ting, saying, "We have two boxers who are born as a woman, who have been raised as a woman, who have a passport as a woman, and who have competed for many years as women. And this is the clear definition of a woman. There was never any doubt about them being a woman."

"We will not take part in a sometimes politically motivated cultural war," said Bach.

In addition to suggesting that criticism of the allegedly male boxers amounted to "hate speech," Bach alleged that the International Boxing Association, which expelled Khelif and Yu-ting last year and was itself banished by the IOC over a long-standing dispute, was waging a "defamation campaign against France, against the games, against the IOC."

'They are impostors promoting gender parity while deliberately deceiving the public and athletes about the true sex of competitors.'

Reuters indicated that Khelif's coach, Mohamed Chaoua, similarly attempted to paint his fighter as a victim.

"It is hard, she has suffered a lot — as a child and now as a champion, she has suffered so much during these games," said Chaoua. "Where is the humanity? Where are the associations for women's rights? She is a victim."

Associations for women's rights are speaking up, but not expressing the sentiment Chaoua likely wants to hear.

Marshi Smith, co-founder of the Independent Council on Women's Sports, recently told the feminist publication Reduxx, "The cover-up and championing of male athletes in women's Olympic sports is the greatest sports scandal of our lifetime."

"The IOC MUST reinstate sex verification testing TODAY to begin to prove their commitment to the rights of female athletes," continued Smith. "They are impostors promoting gender parity while deliberately deceiving the public and athletes about the true sex of competitors in the world's most elite and dangerous competition."

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'Women should fight against women': 2-time gold-medal boxer calls Olympics gender controversy 'unfair'

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Two-time Olympic boxing champion Claressa Shields called out the International Olympic Committee for allowing boxers who previously failed gender eligibility tests to box against women.

Shields won the gold medal at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and remains undefeated in professional boxing. At 15-0, Shields had a TKO victory to win multiple titles just days before the boxing controversy at the 2024 games unfolded.

'I just can't believe that it's being done, and I just couldn't imagine it happening to me.'

The Olympics has been critiqued worldwide for allowing two boxers to compete against women despite their previously failing gender eligibility tests from the International Boxing Association. Imane Khelif of Algeria and Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) both were disqualified at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi after event organizers from the IBA determined them to be ineligible.

The IOC has acknowledged that Khelif was "disqualified just hours before her gold medal showdown against Yang Liu at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, India, after her elevated ­levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria," the Guardian reported. The IOC also noted that Lin was "stripped of her bronze medal after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test."

So far at the Olympics, Lin had a dominating victory in the round of 16 of the women's 57kg category while Khelif made international headlines in the 66kg round of 16 by forcing opponent Angela Carini to forfeit in less than a minute.

"I don't even see how the Olympics [could do] something like this," Shields told Fox News. "It's just unfair. I just can't believe that it's being done, and I just couldn't imagine it happening to me," she continued.

The IOC has since stood firmly in its position to let the boxers fight women, saying that it was "saddened by the abuse that the two athletes are currently receiving."

"Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination," the IOC continued, per ESPN.

The IOC went on to call the IBA's 2023 testing "arbitrary" and said the two fighters were "suddenly disqualified without any due process."

Italian press agency ANSA cited a gay-centric Italian communications company that claimed Khelif actually is "intersex" and not transgender.

"In contrast to the reports that have been circulating, the Algerian athlete Imane Khelif is not a trans woman," said Rosario Coco of Gaynet Communications. "From the information we have about her, she is an intersex person who has always socialized as a woman and has a sporting history in women's competitions."

IBA president Umar Kremlev told Fox News, "Based on DNA tests, we identified a number of athletes who tried to trick their colleagues into posing as women. According to the results of the tests, it was proved that they have XY chromosomes. Such athletes were excluded from competition."

Shields told Fox News she could understand the "devastation" the Italian female boxer was feeling after her loss: "It shouldn't be ruined due to a man. And I think that the Olympics definitely dropped the ball."

"[At] my first Olympics, I was 17 years old, so I hadn't even fully developed as a woman, so I couldn't imagine getting inside the ring with a biological man," Shields continued to Fox News. "All I'm saying is men should fight against men, women should fight against women, and transgenders should fight against transgenders."

Shields wasn't the only boxer to voice an opinion on the Olympic gender controversy. Boxer Jake Paul offered Carini — who forfeited to Khelif after just 46 seconds — a spot on one of his own promotions.

"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 [Most Valuable Promotions] undercard, to show the world your talents on a fair platform and not against a man. Internet help this find her," Paul wrote on X.

— (@)

Khelif will now fight Hungary's Anna Luca Hamori on Saturday. Lin will match up against Bulgaria's Svetlana Kamenova Staneva on Sunday.

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Vox: If You Oppose Men Beating Up Women, You’re A Nazi

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Second Olympic boxer who failed gender test dominates female fighter in Paris

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Another Olympic boxer surrounded by gender controversy just had a dominating victory.

Lin Yu‑ting of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) beat Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova in a unanimous decision Friday in the 57 kg round of 16.

'Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination.'

Lin dominated Turdibekova and displayed a clear and obvious athletic advantage, often pushing around Turdibekova with ease. The Uzbekistan fighter was dejected by the loss, while Lin's corner and fans in the French audience were raucous.

The International Boxing Association disqualified Lin at the March 2023 world championships over failure to meet gender eligibility requirements. Lin, Taiwan's double world champion, reportedly was denied a bronze medal at the event. Algeria's Imane Khelif also was disqualified at the event for the same reason.

According to Reuters, IBA President Umar Kremlev told Russian outlet TASS at the time that the boxers had "XY chromosomes." Males have XY chromosomes; females have XX chromosomes.

But the International Olympic Committee dropped the IBA as a governing body in June 2023 and put the IOC's Paris 2024 Boxing Unit in charge. The Paris Boxing Unit's rules have been described as more relaxed.

According to the Guardian, the IOC acknowledged in its internal system that Lin was “stripped of her bronze medal after failing to meet eligibility requirements based on the results of a biochemical test" and that Khelif was “disqualified just hours before her gold medal showdown against Yang Liu at the 2023 world championships in New Delhi, India, after her elevated ­levels of testosterone failed to meet the eligibility criteria."

Still, Lin and Khelif were allowed to box against women at the Paris Olympics.

Indeed, the Olympic women's boxing category has dominated the headlines this week, particularly after Italy's Angela Carini forfeited her Thursday bout against Khelif after just 46 seconds. Carini walked away after one big punch from the Algerian boxer.

The IOC has answered questions surrounding the issue, stating that "all athletes participating in the boxing tournament of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 comply with the competition's eligibility and entry regulations."

Even after the shocking end to the fight between Khelif and Carini, the IOC expressed sadness but stood firmly in their decision to allow Khelif and Lin in the women's category.

"The IOC is saddened by the abuse that the two athletes are currently receiving," the IOC said in a statement Thursday, per ESPN. "Every person has the right to practice sport without discrimination."

Khelif will fight in the 66kg quarterfinals Saturday against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary. Lin will fight in the 57kg quarterfinals Sunday against Svetlana Kamenova Staneva of Bulgaria.

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Female athlete partially paralyzed by transvestite volleyball player speaks out about Olympics controversy

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The 2024 Olympics initially sparked outrage for its ceremonial attack on Christianity but has attracted additional criticism over the perception that it is now facilitating attacks on women.

The controversy follows two fighters in particular: Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting and Algeria's hulking Imane Khelif — both of whom Blaze News previously reported were disqualified last year from the 2023 Women's Boxing World Championships by the International Boxing Association for allegedly having XY chromosomes. Despite their apparent male sex chromosomes, the International Olympic Committee Paris 2024 Boxing Unit cleared Khelif and Yu-ting to fight women.

On Thursday, Khelif — who some have suggested is actually a hermaphrodite — hammered Italy's Angela Carini hard enough to prompt the 25-year-old Italian to abandon the fight after 46 seconds, break into tears, and fall to her knees.

Among the critics convinced this week they were once again witnessing male transvestites exploit their biological advantage at the expense of female athletes' safety was a young woman who was herself severely injured by a transvestite.

'This is morally wrong and evil.'

Payton McNabb was a member of Hiwassee Dam High School's girls' volleyball team in Cherokee County, North Carolina, until a transvestite player playing for Highlands High School cut her dreams down in September 2022.

During the fateful matchup, the male Highlands player, who towered over the girls at 5 feet, 11 inches tall, spiked the ball, smashing McNabb in the face and leaving the then-17-year-old unconscious on the court for 30 seconds with a concussion, a brain bleed, and whiplash.

According to the Daily Mail, McNabb, now 19, was left with brain damage, vision issues, and paralysis on her right side, preventing her from pursuing her dream of securing a volleyball college scholarship.

'It used to be illegal for men to beat up women.'

After parents, student athletes, school board members, and the athletic director at McNabb's school expressed concerns about safety and fairness, the Cherokee County Board of Education forfeited all remaining games in the season against the Highlands team.

School board member Arnold Mathews told WLOS-TV at the time the decision was based on "safety concerns."

McNabb told the Daily Mail that it is "disgusting" that two boxers who failed gender tests are allowed to thrash women at the Paris Olympics.

"There is a biological difference between the two [trans women and women], there is a difference in sports because of this in the first place," said McNabb. "It's dangerous to have the two [sexes] competing together and just not OK. I am disgusted by this, personally. This is morally wrong and evil."

"These women have worked so hard and trained tirelessly to get all the way to the Olympics, all so they can get punched in the face by a dude," continued McNabb. "It used to be illegal for men to beat up women, and now people are putting it on TV and watching it. It's such a weird reality we are living in now."

McNabb, now a spokeswoman for the Independent Women's Forum, routinely blasts Democrats and other radicals, particularly those like Rep. Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) who claim that the inclusion of transvestic athletes is harmless.

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