Aziz Abdul Disqualified After Fouling in African Boxing Championships Final

Aziz Abdul, grandson of Idi Amin Dada, was disqualified from the African Boxing Championships in Nairobi for fouling his opponent on Friday, October 23. The disqualification followed a knock-out of Egypt’s Mohamed Hossen, after which Abdul turned away following the bell to end their finals bout.

Tournament officials stripped Abdul of the silver medal he had earned with victories over Nigeria’s Kenneth Anigboro in the quarterfinals and Mbangi Mukewa of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the semifinals.

Aziz Abdul is a 25-year-old Ugandan amateur boxer. He was previously disqualified in the third round of his opening-round bout at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The disqualification followed a second warning for headbutting during the fight against England’s Damar Thomas.

Before the Commonwealth Games, Abdul asserted that a victory in the tournament would anoint him “the new king of Scotland.”

Abdul is also known by the nickname “Ringo.” He never met his grandfather, Idi Amin Dada, who died when Abdul was a toddler.

Idi Amin Dada seized control of Uganda’s government via a military coup. He served as the country’s third president starting in 1971 and remained in power until being overthrown in 1979.

Some human rights groups estimate that between 100,000 and 500,000 people were killed under Amin’s regime. Amin held the Ugandan light-heavyweight title for nine years in the 1950s.

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