The incident was not spotted by the refereeMorocco’s Youness Baalla brought back memories of Mike Tyson’s infamous ear bite on Evander Holyfield 24 years ago by attempting something similar during a boxing match at the Tokyo Olympics. Losing in the third and final round of his last-16 heavyweight clash with New Zealand’s David Nyika, Baalla moved with his mouth open to his opponent’s ear and appeared to attempt to bite it. SponsoredThe incident was not spotted by the referee but Nyika went on to seal a 5-0 win to progress. “Luckily he had his mouthguard in and I was a bit sweaty. “I don’t remember what I said to him but I gave him a little bit of cheek.

Source: The Times July 27, 2021 23:03 UTC