Ugandan boxer Aziz Abdul, the grandchild of the country’s former dictator Idi Amin, suggested he was the victim of a racial conspiracy at the Commonwealth Games after being thrown out of the competition for headbutting his opponent.Abdul, 25, was disqualified from his super-heavyweight quarter-final against Damar Thomas after appearing to twice thrust his head towards the Englishman in the third round of the bout in Glasgow.Aziz Abdul thrusts his head towards Damar Thomas… (TNT Sports)… before doing so again seconds later (TNT Sports) It denied Abdul the chance of a medal at the Commonwealths — a quadrennial event involving nations drawn from member states of the Commonwealth of Nations and their territories — and prompted a tirade to reporters after the fight, in which he claimed the officiating was biased against him.“This referee’s decision is not right and I am not happy,” he said. “Of course it’s unfair. When you watch the previous fights of England, their boxers create a lot of fouls and they play a lot of bulls—. I am a black African, I know. I don’t why the officials are scared about this fight.
“How can I headbutt someone? I would not headbutt someone. He (Thomas) is the real person they wanted to win. He was the winner before. I knew if I could not get a knockout then I would not win the fight because he’s at home. It’s an away match for me here. All I say is it’s God’s plan and I wish him good luck for his next fight.”
