IBA

He also won a silver medal at the IBA World Junior Championships representing Albania in 2023.

The gender eligibility tests on Khelif that led to her disqualification from the 2023 World Championships were conducted by the Russian-led IBA.

In February 2025, the IBA launched a legal case against the IOC or allowing Khelif to compete citing safety concerns over gender eligibility.

Enter World Boxing, a Switzerland-based body founded in 2023 by an international collection of boxing officials that included many former IBA members.

The Russian-led IBA was then stripped of its status in June 2023 over a failure to implement reforms.