Boxer Edgar Berlanga defeated Roamer Alexis Angulo by 10-round unanimous decision on Saturday night, but not before controversy arose during the seventh round.
Berlanga, who retained his super middleweight title at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden, appeared to try and bite Angulo with the fight in the balance.
The referee missed the attempted bite in real-time, but the video was clear that Berlanga tried to bite Angulo’s neck and shoulder area.
“It was because he was throwing elbows,” Berlanga said after the fight. “I was about to do a Mike Tyson on him.