As the Paris Olympics continue to make headlines, one incident involving a biological male athlete competing in women’s boxing ignited a firestorm of contention. The match on Wednesday saw Italian boxer Angela Carini face off against Algerian athlete Imane Khelif, ending abruptly when Carini was knocked out within the first minute.

The fight lasted just 46 seconds and ended after Carini was overpowered by Khelif, who had previously failed a gender test but was still allowed to compete in the women’s division. This led to calls for a boycott of the Olympic Games, with many citing it as a clear example of the unfair advantages that can occur when biological men are permitted to compete in women’s sports.

Among the most vocal critics of this policy were several NFL superstars, who took to social media to express their dismay over the direction in which competitive sports are heading. Former all-pro Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant gave his blunt reaction on social media.

“God made you a woman for a reason. God made you a man for a reason. God didn’t put you in a foreign body. Also, men shouldn’t be able to compete in women divisions. My opinion,” Bryant said on X.

His sentiments were echoed by Sauce Gardner, another NFL standout for the New York Jets, who responded to a tweet questioning the fairness of biologically born men boxing women with a gif from the movie Shrek, depicting Donkey shaking his head in disapproval.

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The match also prompted outcries from prominent swimmer and women’s sports activist Riley Gaines, among many others. “Men don’t belong in women’s sports #IStandWithAngelaCarini” wrote the former University of Kentucky swimmer.

After absorbing several powerful punches from the Algerian fighter, Carini retreated to her corner where she informed her coach that her nose hurt too much to continue. A ref waved the fight over and the Italian boxer kneeled down in the ring in defeat. “She’s too strong,” Renzini recalled Carini telling him, according to Yahoo! Sports. In a heartbreaking scrum with reporters 20 minutes after the fight, Carini apologized to her nation for failing to last more than a minute. “I had entered the ring to fight,” Carini said in Italian after. “I didn’t give up, but a punch hurt too much and so I said enough. I go out with my head held high.”

Even pro-trans sports activists were shocked at the outcome, criticizing the Olympics for allowing the match to go forward. “Once again I will start with the disclaimer that I have compassion for anyone who is transitioning, is trans or is suffering from gender dysphoria,” wrote entrepreneur Jason Calacanis on X. “What we are seeing at the Olympics is insane. They should restart this competition and remove the biological males. This is profoundly unfair and extremely dangerous. Someone will be killed.”

“And to the person who is a biological male and insists on competing with this massive advantage, I question your ethics and morality.”

Former boxer Ryan Garcia wrote, “Now men who turned themselves into woman. Can fight woman in the Olympics. Boycott the Olympics this trans s*** is getting way outta fucking hand. Ain’t no way a man should be beating up on a woman.”

Best-selling author John LeFevre tied Vice President Kamala Harris to the melee and suggested she would support overhauls of Title IX laws to allow biological men to compete in women’s sports at all levels. Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) raged as well, writing, “The consequence of the insane trans ideology is on full display at the Olympics: biological men pretending to be women beating up female boxers, with full IOC approval. In the name of equality, they are putting actual women in danger.”

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