{"id":718130,"date":"2026-07-29T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718130\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:54:10","slug":"idi-amins-grandson-disqualified-from-commonwealth-games-boxing-for-head-butt-commonwealth-games-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/718130\/","title":{"rendered":"Idi Amin\u2019s grandson disqualified from Commonwealth Games boxing for head-butt | Commonwealth Games 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Commonwealth Games<\/a> debut of Idi Amin\u2019s grandson ended in ignominy and disgrace as the boxer was disqualified in the third round for head-butting his English opponent \u2013 and then launched a bitter verbal assault on the referee.<\/p>\n

Things then took an even more bizarre turn as Aziz Abdul, a 25-year-old from Uganda, refused to speak to a journalist afterwards because of what he had written about the tyrannical dictator<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not you,\u201d Abdul told the man from the Press Association. \u201cI don\u2019t like you.\u201d A Ugandan team official quickly clarified: \u201cIt is because of the things you said about his grandad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Amin is estimated to have killed half a million people in Uganda after coming to power in a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in 1971, and also forced the expulsion of 80,000 people of Asian descent.<\/p>\n

However, Abdul insisted before his super-heavyweight fight with the 21-year-old Damar Thomas from Kilburn that his grandfather\u2019s achievements \u201chad inspired me\u201d and \u201cI am so proud of him\u201d.<\/p>\n

Abdul, who is also known as Aziz Ringo<\/a> after his self-titled signature punch, also promised he would be \u201cthe new king of Scotland\u201d \u2013 after his grandfather had offered to liberate the Scots from England. However, the most Scottish thing about Abdul proved to be the Glasgow kiss he planted on Thomas when he was 20-16 down on the scorecards. Afterwards he complained, without foundation, that the decision was unfair.<\/p>\n

Afterwards Abdul complained that the decision was unfair. \u201cThere were a lot of fouls,\u201d he said. \u201cHolding, elbowing, a lot of bullshit. The officials cannot judge them. When other countries do this they are disqualified. All I can say about this is the referee\u2019s decision is not right and I am not happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aziz \u2018Ringo\u2019 was critical of the referee\u2019s ruling in his contest. Photograph: Tom Jenkins\/The Guardian<\/p>\n

Abdul also criticised the referee for ruling that he had been knocked down in the first round, after taking a punch. \u201cHe took a light punch and they counted,\u201d he said. \u201cI landed a heavy punch on him and they deducted my points and warned me. I\u2019m a black African, I know. It\u2019s God\u2019s plan. I don\u2019t know why the officials are scared about this fight. Why can\u2019t they let this fight continue?\u201d<\/p>\n

He also insisted he had not deliberately head-butted his opponent. \u201cHe got me with the elbow,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was not intentional because I was trying to come back. How can I head-butt someone? I would not head-butt someone.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen I was still in Uganda, I said I must win by knockout. It\u2019s an away match for me here. Next time I must end the fight in the first minute.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNext time, I will get him,\u201d he added. \u201cAnytime in the future. Two years, five years, 10 years. I will show him that Aziz Ringo is a real warrior. It\u2019s so painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thomas, meanwhile, is now guaranteed a medal after a wild fight with plenty of haymakers and very little quality work. \u201cI got the job done, not how I wanted to, but the job is done,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was running at me with his head. There was a bit of ring rust from me but it is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Commonwealth Games debut of Idi Amin\u2019s grandson ended in ignominy and disgrace as the boxer was disqualified…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-718130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}