GB News host Martin Daubney has delivered an impassioned response after activist Joanne Lockwood defended Olympic boxer Imane Khelif during a heated television debate.

His outburst came after Lockwood insisted that Khelif should be referred to as a woman throughout their discussion, despite leaked medical reports suggesting the Algerian boxer has male XY chromosomes.

Martin questioned why sporting authorities would "take the risk" when there are doubts about an athlete's biological sex, particularly given the physical nature of boxing competition.

Speaking on GB News Founder and CEO of SEE Change Happen, Joanne Lockwood said: "First of all, standard respect and dignity apply. This person is a woman.

Joanne Lockwood fumes at the host for referring to Imane Khelif as a male

"I appreciate that doesn’t necessarily align with your belief system, but in society, we should be referring to her as a woman.

"It’s the biological evidence, not a belief system. It’s the difference between truth and fantasy. The truth is how it is. Your belief system doesn’t allow you to willy-nilly misgender people and treat them with that respect.

"So could I just ask, can we refer to Imane as a woman, as she plays for this interview? But anyway, going back to the point at hand, the test results we’re talking about here are the ones that were produced by the discredited test that’s already been discussed and discredited.

"These were leaked. I don’t know whether these test results were accurate they were discredited. But what I do know is this person, this woman, was born a woman, raised as a woman, and has lived as a woman all her life.

"What we’re now doing is judging her based on how she looks, how she sounds, and how we perceive her. I think that sets a worrying precedent.

"We’re going to be seeing more and more women who don’t conform to the gender stereotype of 'normal,' whatever that may be, being sex tested by having a mouth swabbed. I think it’s regressive.

"We’re going back in time to an era when this was abhorrent, and we moved past this. It just shows that the world’s gone crazy."

Martin Daubney responded: "Can I just interject? She was absolutely battering their opponents at the Olympics.

"My children watched this, Joanne. They were almost in tears. It was so abundantly cruel and unfair, the physical punishment being doled out.

"In what world if you’re not sure about the biological reality of a man why take the risk?"

Imane Khelif won the gold medal at the last Olympics

His comments appeared to reference Khelif's controversial first bout against Italy's Angela Carini, where the Italian boxer abandoned the fight in under 60 seconds, visibly shaken and leaving the ring in tears.

Carini later told media she had feared for her safety during the encounter.

World Boxing has now mandated that Khelif must pass chromosome testing before competing in any future female events.

The 26-year-old Olympic champion, who was permitted to compete in Paris based on her female passport status, has not provided evidence to confirm female chromosomes.