BRITISH BOXER DAVID Price believes Kash Ali was “looking for a way out” by biting him during their heavyweight fight in Liverpool on Saturday.
Ali was disqualified in the fifth round after appearing to bite fellow Brit Price at the M&S Bank Arena.
Price slammed his opponent, saying the bite came as a result of Ali being on the verge of defeat.
“Before the fight he was like a lunatic looking across the ring at me. From early on he was throwing the head in and trying to bite me,” he told MTK Global.
“It got a bit scrappy at times, and in the fifth round I give away a few shots to try and let him blow out a bit.
WTF! 😱
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) March 30, 2019
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“I hit him with a left to the body and he winced, then fell on top of me and bit me. He had already bit me earlier in the fight and was looking for a way out.
“I broke his nose in the second or third round and shook him, but let him off the hook a bit. It was a 10-round fight so I didn’t want to do too much too soon. It’s a bit of a disappointing result for me, but it’s done now, and it’s onwards and upwards.”
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Feel bad for price really, he was going well and hit Ali with a good shot just before the bite and was probably on course for a stoppage win.
Price is not an elite fighter but could still pick up a domestic title
Things like this make me sure boxing is rigged…
@The Irish Pain: Would he not have went down after punches if it was rigged. Not try to bite a chunk out of his opponent.
@The Irish Pain: clearly from a person who doesn’t have interest,or intellect in boxing! but the comment before me is what i would have exactly said ,, boxing has corruption to the gills but that was a very unintelligent comment imo!
@The Irish Pain: is this not a direct example how this particular fight was not rigged?