Luca Hamori, the Hungarian set to face gender row fighter Imane Khelif on Saturday, has shared a picture which depicts a female boxer facing a horned beast in a ring.

On a day when the furore continued to dominate the Olympics – with victory for the second boxer who was banned from a previous competition for failing a gender test – the Hungarian Boxing Association protested to Games bosses and its own Olympic committee over the prospect of the bout.

Hamori has said she is ‘not scared’ of her opponent and claimed Italy’s Angela Carini ‘gave up’ when she quit her bout with Khelif after 46 seconds on Thursday.

And the 23-year-old took to Instagram to repost an image which showed an image of a long-haired, slight woman in blue shorts facing off with a muscle-bound creature in red who towers over her underneath the Olympic rings.

‘If she or he is a man, it will be a bigger victory for me if I win,’ Hamori had earlier said of Khelif, who was disqualified from last year’s World Championships after failing a gender test according to the officials from the then governing body IBA.

Imane Khelif’s next opponent Luca Hamori has shared a picture of a horned beast in the ring with a female boxer ahead of their fight

Hamori insisted she is not scared but the Hungarian Boxing Association has raised concerns

Khelif – who failed a gender test for the the 2023 world championships – won her first fight as her opponent quit after 46 seconds