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  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Musk Decided To Withdraw Support For World Boxing Organization Unless Imane Khelif's Medal, $25 Million Bonus Are Revoked

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    Did Elon Musk decide to withdraw support for the World Boxing Organization unless Imane Khelif's medal and $25 million bonus are revoked? No, that's not true: The article cited in the comments of a social media post making this claim did not offer any quotes or sources to confirm this. A search on X for an announcement by Musk did…

    • Jan 29, 2025
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Musk Decided To Withdraw Support For World Boxing Organization Unless Imane Khelif's Medal, $25 Million Bonus Are Revoked No Proof
  • Fact Check: World Boxing Organization Did NOT Declare Imane Khelif A Man, Force Her To Return Medals And Prize Money

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    Did the World Boxing Organization say Algerian female boxer Imane Khelif was actually a man, banning her from boxing for life and forcing her to return all her medals and prize money? No, that's not true: An attorney for the organization told Lead Stories that it has not taken any position on Khelif's gender and that she has never even…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: World Boxing Organization Did NOT Declare Imane Khelif A Man, Force Her To Return Medals And Prize Money WBO Denied
  • Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif -- NOT Proof She Is Male

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    Does an image of a shirtless boxer in black briefs show new evidence that the Olympic women's boxing champion from Algeria, Imane Khelif, is really a man? No, that's not true: This photo is fake and was posted on X by an account that publishes only AI-generated images. It has several telltale signs of AI such as strange, glyph-like text…

    • Sep 10, 2024
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Fake AI Image Of Shirtless Boxer Is NOT Imane Khelif -- NOT Proof She Is Male AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude'

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    Did Mike Tyson announce he wants to box against "Olympic Dude," a derogatory reference to female boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria's team? No, that's not true: Tyson's representative told Lead Stories: "This is absolutely false." Lead Stories could find no news reports about Tyson making such a statement. Social media posts about the announcement offered no evidence that Tyson ever…

    • Aug 6, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: Mike Tyson Did NOT Say He's Willing To Box 'Olympic Dude' No Such Quote
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man

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    Is Algerian boxer Imane Khelif a man who transitioned to be a woman? No, that's not true: International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach publicly said that Khelif's case is the case of somebody "being born, raised, competed and having a passport as a woman", which is the Olympic standard for determination of gender. According to the athlete's own words, she…

    • Aug 5, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Female Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Used To Be Man Unsupported
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