Moroccan boxers failed to shine at the Tokyo Olympics. After the elimination of Mohamed Hammout, Rabab Cheddar, Abdelhaq Nadir and Mohammed Assaghir, it is the turn of Youness Baalla and Oumaima Bel Habib to leave the competition.
In the boxing competition, Mohamed Hammout (less 57 kg) lost in the round of 16 against Iranian Daniyal Shahbakhsh (0-5).
The noble Moroccan art thus came out empty-handed from the Tokyo edition, also since the defeat of Mohammed Assaghir (75-81 kg), Abdelhaq Nadir (57-63 kg) and Rabab Cheddar (51 kg).
The aforementioned boxers were followed by Oumaima Bel Habib and Youness Baalla. The first ‘bowed to the Ukrainian Anna Lysenko (0-5).
For his part, Youness Baalla, 22, lost (0-5) to New Zealander David Nyika, double gold medalist of the Commonwealth Games.
Separately, Baalla lost his temper and tried to bite his opponent’s ear during a take in the third round, but a shocked Nyika managed to pull out in time.
The fight continued and Nyika, who was one of New Zealand’s standard bearers at the Games opening ceremony, recorded a 5-0 victory to secure a place in the quarter-finals against Uladzislau Smiahlikau from Belarus.
Nyika subsequently expressed her surprise that the referee missed the incident. ” Have you seen this? I don’t think the referee saw it. She was the closest ”, said the 25-year-old, adding that his opponent has probably tasted a lot of sweat.
The incident, which was rebroadcast on television, recalled the infamous Mike Tyson fight where the former world champion tore a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear during a fight in 1997.
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