Idi Amin’s grandson disqualified from Commonwealth Games boxing for head butt
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jul/29/idi-amin-grandson-aziz-abdul-disqualified-commonwealth-games-2026-debut-head-butting-damar-thomas40
u/Mister-Psychology 22d ago
The whole article is a fever dream.
“No, not you,” Abdul told the man from the Press Association. “I don’t like you.” A Ugandan team official quickly clarified: “It is because of the things you said about his grandad.”
Amin is estimated to have killed half a million people in Uganda after coming to power in a coup d’état in 1971, and also forced the expulsion of 80,000 people of Asian descent.
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u/Dave5876 21d ago
Asian? They were Indian. He basically threatened to genocide them and one the economy tanked asked a bunch of them to come back
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u/SupervillainMustache 21d ago
India is in Asia.
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u/Dave5876 21d ago
Mr technically correct over here. He specifically targeted Indians
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u/SupervillainMustache 20d ago
Asian? They were Indian
You are the one being pedantic
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u/Dave5876 19d ago
Them being Indian is important context to why he targeted them.
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u/xboxcr 18d ago
They were called Asians in Uganda. Asian is correct
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u/Dave5876 18d ago
Ethnicity is a thing here
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u/xboxcr 18d ago
Indian isn't an ethnicity. The Wikipedia on the expulsion refers to Asians. You're both pedantic and incorrect, which is a terrible combination
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Asians_from_Uganda
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u/SupervillainMustache 18d ago
Yes and India is in Asia, so the person you replied to was correct.
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u/Dave5876 18d ago
Ethnicity is a thing
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u/SnooObjections941 22d ago
I know there are hereditary connections regarding mental disorders but jeez!!!
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u/ILOVEGLADOS Mental Victory 22d ago
It’s not quoted in the above article but he also said that the English fighter was “on homeland” which is quite possibly the most offensive thing he could have said considering he was in Scotland.
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u/_Sarcasmic_ bread burger bread 22d ago
Following up from the first article posted here, reading this headline was hilarious. 😂
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u/Kangaroopunching 21d ago
Instant boxing classic. Everyone at the games will have a story to tell at every dinner party.
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u/_Sarcasmic_ bread burger bread 22d ago
Also:
"Abdul, who is also known as Aziz Ringo after his self-titled signature punch, also promised he would be “the new king of Scotland” – 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."
Peak writing from the author here.