“There is a documentary being prepared about my success story and it will be shown on international platforms. I will soon enter the world of professional boxing, I have many offers. Currently, I have not made up my mind about where I will enter professional boxing. But very soon I will take this step, we as Algerians would like to see our level in the field of professionalism.”

Following a wave of unfounded rumors earlier this month that Khelif had lost her Olympic honors, the World Boxing Organization made a strong statement clarifying the facts. Online rumors claimed that the 25-year-old had been disqualified and would be banned from the WBO for life.

Such sanctions, however, would be well outside the purview of the regulating organization given her amateur status.

“The World Boxing Organisation has informed that it had not tested, nor has it banned female boxer Imane Khelif, who won a gold medal during the boxing tournament of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France,” the organization’s official statement stated.

WBO legal counsel Gustavo Olivieri, Esq. clarified: “The report claiming that the WBO had banned Khelif are obviously false. We have had no communication with Khelif. We congratulate her and wish her luck in all her future endeavours.”

He emphasized further: “Any report stating otherwise is obviously fake and ill-intentioned.”