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“I m pretty sore just at the moment, but give me a couple more days, and I ll be 100 per cent.” Nyika, the no 4 seed, faced Gadzhimagomedov in the amateur world championships in 2019 but was beaten on points. “I can tell you it s going to be a barn burner,” Nyika told
Sky Sport. “We ve met in the ring before. He edged me out in a close one. The ball is in my court.
Steve McArthur/PHOTOSPORT “I ve got everything to prove.” Nyika is the first Kiwi men’s boxer at an Olympics since 2004. David Tua was the last New Zealander to collect an Olympic boxing medal with bronze in Barcelona in 1992.
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Tatjana Schoenmaker and Bianca Buitendag both won silver on day four of the Olympics to claim South Africa’s first medals of Tokyo 2020. Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla was at the centre of controversy in the boxing ring as he attempted to bite his opponent from New Zealand. In the women’s football Zambia’s Copper Queens lost 1-0 to Brazil in their final group to crash out of the tournament. There was real disappointment for Tunisia’s 400m freestyle Olympic champion Ahmed Hafnaoui as he failed to reach the final of his preferred event the 800m freestyle. In rugby, Kenya lost all three of their Pool C matches as they were beaten 12-7 by Ireland on Tuesday. The Kenyans then beat hosts Japan 21-7 in the play-offs for 9th to 12th places. As the taekwondo ended in Tokyo Ivory Coast’s Aminata Traore missed out on a bronze in the women’s +67kg category as she lost to France’s Althea Laurin. Nigeria wom
Juegos Olímpicos Tokyo 2020: el boxeador que intentó ganar en el último minuto mordiendo la oreja de su oponente
Se trató del marroquí Youness, y aún se desconoce si le puede caer una sanción
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27 de julio de 2021 a las 20:48 Una vez me habían mordido en los juegos Gold Coast Commonwealth, pero por favor, estas son las Olimpíadas .
El que no sale del asombro es el boxeador neozelandés David Nyika. El que intentó morderlo fue el púgil marroquí Youness Baalla.
Y el nombre que les vino a la mente a todos los que presenciaron la pelea en el mediodía de Tokio por la categoría de pesos pesados, y a los que no han dejado de ver el video en redes sociales, es el de
“Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla brought back flashbacks of Mike Tyson s infamous 1997 ‘Bite Fight’ with Holyfield during a heavyweight bout against New Zealand s David Nyika. “In the final round, Baalla engaged Nyika in a hold and went for Nyika s right ear. The two were separated and finished out the fight without any punishment assessed.” In Australia, the
Cairns Post took a similar line, it’s opening paragraph asking: “Who invited Mike Tyson to the Olympics?” The report continued: “Youness Baalla channelled his inner Baddest Man on the Planet as he became desperate during a loss to New Zealand’s David Nyika in Tokyo.”