Disgraces in boxing come in different shapes and sizes, but surely building a young fighter a fanciful record, giving him the false hope that he can fight and then matching him in a real fight is also a disgrace. The cult of the mismatch in modern British boxing is now an epidemic and that is the main reason Big Kash was thrown out on Saturday night.
He discovered that he was simply not good enough when he finally had a real fight; he had no answers, no idea what to do when the man in front of him refused to fall over and he took the easiest route he bit out in shame.
Kash Ali has had his boxing licence suspended pending a hearing after his disqualification for biting David Price in their all-British heavyweight bout in Liverpool on Saturday.
A date for his appearance in front of the British Boxing Board of Control’s central area council has yet to be set.
Ali appeared to bite Price near his rib cage in a grapple on the canvas in round five.Possible sanctions the 27-year-old could face range from a fine to a ban.
A British Boxing Board of Control spokesperson told BBC Sport it would depend on “what Ali has to say”.
He was officially disqualified for biting on the night and left Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena beneath a barrage of drinks thrown by fans, and was later stripped off his fight purse.
Price, 35, said Ali had asked for a rematch but added: “I don’t want to share the ring with an animal like that.”
Saturday’s victory greeted by confusion and a chorus of boos at the arena – extended Price’s record to 24 wins and six defeats and was a first loss of Ali’s 16-fight career.
Kash Ali’s crime was discovering that he is not the fighter he thought he was. His shame is, I hate to say, also boxing’s shame for allowing men like Kash to remain unbeaten and untested. It is a sport that kills and making false monsters is a dangerous game.
