- France’s Mourad Aliev disqualified for butt in super-heavy clash
- ‘There were a couple of heads going in,’ says Briton
There were controversial, bloody, but ultimately glorious scenes for British boxing at the Kokugikan Arena as Frazer Clarke secured a spot in the Olympic super-heavyweight semi-final by way of a disqualification, after being cut on both eyes during his bout with Mourad Aliev of France.
As the fight was stopped at the end of the second round, Aliev shoved a cameraman’s lens, stomped around the ring and then, in an extraordinary turn, ended up sitting against the ropes for more than an hour in protest at his disqualification.