Boxer Abdul - grandson of Idi Amin - disqualified for headbutt

What the report says

Nile Post, carrying a BBC Sport report, said Ugandan super-heavyweight boxer Aziz Abdul was disqualified at the Commonwealth Games after an incident in his bout with England’s Damar Thomas. Abdul, identified in the report as a grandson of former Ugandan ruler Idi Amin, was penalized early in the third round after appearing to move his head into Thomas’ chin while the fighters were tied up in a grapple.

The report said Abdul had already received warnings in the first two rounds and was behind on all judges’ scorecards when the disqualification came. A win would have guaranteed him at least a bronze medal and would have made him Uganda’s first Commonwealth boxing medallist since Auckland 1990. Instead, Thomas advanced and is assured of at least bronze, though he said the outcome was not the way he wanted to win.

After the fight, Abdul disputed the decision and said the head movement was not intentional. He also alleged unfair treatment, saying officials favoured the English boxer and linking the decision to his identity as a “black African.” BBC Sport said it had contacted Commonwealth Games organisers and World Boxing for a response to those remarks.

The story drew wider attention because of Abdul’s family background. Before the bout, he told the BBC he wanted to become the new “King of Scotland,” a reference to Amin’s self-styled title from 1976. The report noted Amin’s brutal rule after taking power in 1971 and his long-publicised fascination with Scotland.