A lip-reader has revealed what Imane Khelif’s opponent said after withdrawing from their boxing match on Thursday afternoon, according to reports.

Khelif is one of two boxers cleared to compete in the Olympics despite being banned from last year’s World Championships due to being deemed biologically male.

Amid the eligibility row, the Algerian has now won her first bout at the Games after Italian opponent Angela Carini abandoned their bout after 46 seconds.

Carini was punched twice by Khelif in the opening round of their women’s welterweight belt in Paris, before withdrawing.

According to Gazzetta dello Sport, a lip-reader has claimed that Carini told her corner ‘it hurt like hell’ when getting hit by Khelif.

Imane Khelif - one of the two boxers involved in an eligibility row at the Olympics - won her first boxing match of the Games after her opponent withdrew in the opening round on Thursday

Imane Khelif – one of the two boxers involved in an eligibility row at the Olympics – won her first boxing match of the Games after her opponent withdrew in the opening round on Thursday

Khelif landed two brutal shots onto Angela Carini before the bout was called off

Khelif landed two brutal shots onto Angela Carini before the bout was called off

A lip-reader has now revealed what Carini told her corner after the fight was abandoned

A lip-reader has now revealed what Carini told her corner after the fight was abandoned