Moroccan heavyweight boxer Youness Baalla attempted to bite David Nyika’s ear during his defeat to the New Zealander at the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday. Baalla, 22, was subsequently disqualified for unsportsmanlike behaviour, although he was already out of the Games anyway following his unanimous-points loss in the Round-of-16 bout. 

A Tokyo 2020 statement called Baalla’s actions intolerable, saying that he very clearly intended to bite the ear/face of his opponent in the third round of 
the bout”.