Boxer Carini to get award despite loss to Khelif

The International Boxing Association (IBA) will award Italy’s Angela Carini, who lost her welterweight round-of-16 bout against Algerian Imane Khelif at the Paris Olympics on Thursday, $50,000 in prize money, it said Friday.

Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the first round after the Algerian, who is at the heart of a gender argument, pummelled the Italian with a barrage of punches.

The IBA, which was stripped of its international recognition…