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Youness Baalla (born 25 April 1999) is a Moroccan boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Baalla won the silver medal at the 2019 All-African Games in Rabat in the heavyweight category. He qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics via the African Olympic Qualification Tournament in Dakar in March 2020.

Baalla was disqualified at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo after trying to bite his opponent David Nyika's ear in round 16 of the -91 kg event.

References

1. ^ "Boxing: BAALLA Youness". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
2. "Youness Baalla". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
3. "Boxing: Men's Heavy (81-91kg)" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. "Arryadia - Jeux Africains 2019/Boxe: Baalla Youness se contente de la médaille d'argent de la catégorie lourd (91 kg)". arryadia.snrt.ma. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
5. "Le marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire lors des JO de Tokyo". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.
6. à 06h06, Par Victor Cousin Le 28 juillet 2021 (28 July 2021). "JO de Tokyo : le boxeur marocain Youness Baalla se prend pour Mike Tyson et essaie de mordre son adversaire". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
7. "JO : Un boxeur marocain imite Mike Tyson et tente de mordre son adversaire en plein combat". LEFIGARO (in French). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

External links

• Boxing record for Youness Baalla from BoxRec (registration required)
• Youness Baalla at Olympedia (archive)
• Youness Baalla at Olympics.com
• Youness Baalla at the Comité National Olympique Marocain (in French)

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