02/28/2021 10:35 AM
Clarín.com
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Updated 02/28/2021 10:36
It was such an iconic moment in the history of the sport that it is most likely known to both seasoned boxing fans and sporadic witnesses and even those who are not followers of the activity.
Among the many deeds on the ring of Mike Tyson, one of the dark side also stands out: the bite that he gave
Evander Holyfield on
the night of June 28, 1997, when
he ripped a piece of his ear
.
With considerably less lineup and undoubtedly with less "surgical precision", an Argentine boxer
embodied the worst
of
Iron Mike
on Saturday night, during an evening valid for the
Miguel Ángel Castellini Cup
, a tournament designed to film several of the best super welterweight in the country.
It was the Santa Fe
Gabriel Díaz
, who faced the missionary
Alejandro Silva
, current national monarch of that category, and averaging the third round of the combat, played at the Roberto De Vicenzo Activity Center in the Buenos Aires town of Berazategui,
bit his arm.
When he came out of a struggle over one of the corners of the ring,
Cuervo
Silva emitted an "Ay!", Began to make gestures of pain and showed the referee Mario González his wound on his forearm, the product of his opponent's bite.
"He bit me!" I explained, almost incredulous.
The cameras clearly captured how in the classic "hug" between boxers, Diaz
brought his mouth to the arm of his rival
.
Firmly, the referee of the fight, after verifying what was eloquent in light of the injury, approached the jurors and communicated his decision to
disqualify Díaz
, who received the news with surprise in his corner.
Silva, 27, born in Posadas and based in Avellaneda, province of Buenos Aires, extended his record to 14 wins (10 KO) and 1 draw;
While Diaz, 23, from Santa Fe, had a record of 10 wins (3 KOs) and 2 losses.
The tournament aims to promote competition among several of the best men of this weight and, since it
has the endorsement of the World Boxing Council (WBC)
, it will also allow participants to enter or climb positions in the world ranking of the entity chaired by the Mexican Mauricio Sulaimán.
In the other matches of the night,
Jonathan Wilson Sánchez
beat
Nahuel Alberto Galesi
by unanimous decision
, while
Diego Ramírez
and
Nicolás Luques Palacios
tied by split decision but the first of them went to the next round for having a better position in the ranking. of the Argentine Boxing Federation.
It is a format that has already had its editions in the medium and rooster categories although, clearly, it already left more fabric to cut ...
