Amaiya Zafar is a boxer. But to her disappointment, she was disqualified from participating in a championship because of her hijab.

On Sunday, her fight was called off at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships in Kissimmee, in Florida because she wanted to wear her religious headgear under her helmet. A devout Muslim, Zafar also wears a shirt and leggings under her uniform.

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But according to the uniform guidelines set by the International Boxing Association, such apparel was not deemed fit by authorities. Zafar's loss became her opponent, Aliyah Charbonier's gain. However, Charbonier did something so extraordinary that showed the world what champions are really made of.

In an attempt to do something significant and call out the authorities for their disqualification of Zafar, Charbonier shared her win with her.

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"This girl comes up to me then and puts her belt in my lap and says, 'This is yours. They disqualified you. You're the true winner. This is unfair.' Then we started hugging each other, and the owner (of the event) came and got me to make sure I got (a belt)", said Zafar, reports the Washington Post.

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Charbonier added, "It's just not right. It's not really a distraction for me what she's wearing. She still had on gloves and headgear. I felt really bad for her. They didn't give her a chance to fight. We tried to tell them that it was all right, but for safety purposes they say they need to have a visual of your arms. And yet they still have 18-year-olds fighting 20-somethings. It wasn't right."

More power to these girls - one who won't give up her sport because she's a Muslim, and the other who won't accept rules that are unjustified.