Blast from the past: Dark day for SA soccer as 43 fans die in crush at Ellis Park
Today in SA sport history: April 11
1969 — In one of the most bizarre evenings in South African boxing, two fighters bite their opponents on the ear on the same card in Durban. First Mike Robertson chomped down on the ear of Spider Kelly in the main undercard bout, and then Herby Clarke bit the shoulder of Arnold Taylor before moving north to the ear. Both bites caused bleeding, but Robertson was allowed to carry on fighting, getting stopped by Kelly in the eighth. Clarke, the SA lightweight champion, was disqualified. Taylor, the South African featherweight champion, relieved Clarke of the lightweight belt at the same venue a month later...
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