The British Boxing Board of Control has announced that Kash Ali’s boxing license has been suspended pending a hearing. Ali was disqualified for biting David Price during Saturday’s heavyweight bout and has additionally had his purse, envisioned to be around £20,000, withheld minus fees.
The incident occurred in spherical five while Price, 35, landed a fierce blow on the formerly undefeated Ali. He reacted by forcing his opponent to the canvas, where between to biting Liverpudlian, leaving a visible mark on his torso. The referee, Mark Lyson, who had in advance docked Ali a point for hitting the return of Price’s head, disqualified him and awarded the victory to Price, who was ahead at the scorecards.
Ali left the M&S Bank Arena underneath a barrage of liquids thrown by way of spectators and admitted shortly after the combat that he had been “stupid”. Price claimed he had been bitten more than as soon and said Ali had asked for a rematch. “I don’t want to share the hoop again with an animal like that,” he stated. “He did a pair early on, and I thought he had misplaced his head. I harm him to the frame just earlier than the final chunk he took.”
In one of Britain’s few precedents, middleweight Adrian Dodson became banned for 18 months in 1999 after being discovered guilty of biting opponent Alain Bonnie. (CNN)British heavyweight boxing in shape ended in chaos after a fighter bit his opponent and turned disqualified on Saturday. The 10-round about between David Price and Kash Ali at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena ended abruptly in the fifth. After taking a punch from Liverpudlian Price, the 27-year-old Ali grabbed hold of his opponent before falling on top of him. He then bit Price close to his rib cage. Pictures from the photo organization Getty showed a seen mark on Price’s frame.
Fans at the venue throw beverages at Ali as he escapes from the ring.
“He should not be allowed returned in a boxing ring once more,” former returner Tony Bellew advised Sky Sports. In 1997, US heavyweight Mike Tyson famously lost to Evander Holyfield after being disqualified for biting his opponent’s ear. Tyson was three million, and his Newaslicenew license. “He gave a press conference that he would lose his head,” Price advised Sky Sports. “He was within the fight; he ruined it for himself! I’m now not too thrilled with my performance.”
