Morocco’s Youness Baalla tried to attack the ear of his competitor, New Zealand’s David Nyika, throughout their heavyweight round of 16 boxing round at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday, reported Reuters
Video clip reveals Nyika swerving to prevent Baalla’s chomp:
The case, similar to Tyson’s well known 1997 attacking off of Evander Holyfield’s ear, showed up to go undetected by authorities.
” He really did not obtain a complete mouthful. The good news is he had his mouthguard in as well as I was a little bit perspiring,” Nyika claimed after the round.
Twitter individuals condemned the bad deed.
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