Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Boxing - Men's Heavyweight - Last 16 - Kokugikan Arena - Tokyo, Japan - July 27, 2021. Youness Baalla of Morocco in action against David Nyika of New Zealand REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
TOKYO (Reuters) - New Zealand boxer David Nyika did not face much trouble on his way to a 5-0 victory against Youness Baalla in his Olympics heavyweight debut on Tuesday other than having to contend with an attempted bite from his Moroccan opponent.
Nyika, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had won the first two rounds with ease and constantly troubled Baalla with his pinpoint jabs during the contest at the Kokugikan Arena - considered the spiritual home of Japan's sumo wrestling.
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