Worapoj Petchkoom, a popular Thai boxer and the national team flag holder at the Beijing Olympics, may miss out on the medals in London, after appearing in his underwear in a photoshoot for gay magazine, Stage.
Officials from the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand (ABAT) have warned Petchkoom that he may serve a one year ban from boxing, after concerns were raised that his actions were inappropriate.
General Thaweep Jantharoj, the President of the ABAT, said: "We will question him. After we listen to him, we will mete out punishment," reports Inside the Games.
Petchkoom claims that he did not realise that he was posing for a gay magazine and denies being homosexual.
Petchkoom, 28, told the Joh Jai TV programme: "I thought it was an honour to be invited to grace the cover of a magazine on its third anniversary.
"I became sceptical when I was told to wear just underpants.
"They said everything was going to be okay because it would show my abdomen muscles."
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