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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified from Commonwealth Games boxing for head-butt

Aziz Abdul leans into Damar Thomas during their fight
Aziz Abdul (left) was disqualified for head-butting Damar Thomas. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

The Commonwealth Games debut of Idi Amin’s grandson ended in ignominy and disgrace as the boxer was disqualified in the third round for head-butting his English opponent – and then launched a bitter verbal assault on the referee.

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.

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