Yang Liu is a Chinese Boxer who earned Welterweight World Champion in 2023.
Liu rose to prominence after winning a medal at the 2019 AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships.
Highlights
- Yang Liu is a Chinese boxer born in Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region of China.
- Liu is a female competitor in the Welterweight category of Women’s Championship. Internationally.
- She won a silver medal in the Paris Olympics 2024 in the final match with ALgerian boxer Imane Khelif.
The boxer represented China at the 2024 Summer Olympics and made it through the final, defeating three participants consecutively.
However, she lost to Imane Khelif in the finals and secured a silver medal for the country under her name.
Chinese Boxer Yang Liu Is A Female Competitor In The Welterweight Category
Yang Liu was born in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, on May 20, 1992. It is an autonomous region of China.
Liu shows a strong presence in the ring and creates a dominant power against her opponent.
However, in the Paris Olympics 2024, Yang Liu’s power became subservient in front of the Algerian boxer Khelif.
The 32 years old silver medalist is biologically female, and her sexuality is represented as cis-gender female
The women’s welterweight boxing final reached its inevitable conclusion with gold for the male boxer.
— Women's Rights Network – WRN (@WomensRightsNet) August 9, 2024
We pay tribute to Yang Liu from China who fought bravely for the Silver medal.
Shame on the audience who booed the Chinese woman as she entered the ring. #SaveWomensSport… pic.twitter.com/w2NGvo6en8
The curiosity about the gender identification of the boxer rose among fans after her final match was scheduled with an Algerian boxer who is a transgender female.
Moreover, the fans’ and Olympic critics’ questions are now answered: “Yang Liu is a female.”
After her defeat with Imane, netizens on X swarm with supportive statements.
One of the X user writes,
“Yang Liu is the true women’s champion for the Women Category Boxing Champion in Olympics.”
X user
Amid the curiosity and questions regarding Yang Liu’s sexuality, there occurred confusion about identifying the athlete with the same name.
A male artistic gymnast, Liu Yang, represented China in the Paris Olympics 2024.
People state that boxer Yang Liu is biologically male, but they have continuously mistook her for gymnast Liu Yang. The similar resonance of the name created confusion.
One of the X netizen tweets,
A question for the sports betting community and Olympic followers: Which man should I bet on to win the gold medal in the women’s boxing competition?
X user
Correcting the question, another X netizen states,
The supposed man, Liu Yang, is not the same person as Yang Liu, a woman. Why do Rightoids insist on being stupid for no reason?
X user
Additional Information
- As of [2024], Yang Liu’s estimated net worth is about $1 million. Her major sources of income are competition prize money and endorsements.
- Yang Liu lost to Imane Khelif after the judges scored unanimously in all three rounds in Khelif’s favor with a 5-0 score.
- Yang started her professional boxing career on April 25, 2015, with her debut match against USA Boxer Samantha Worthington.
