Many fans thought he should have won it that time, and as a consequence, a large riot followed the fight.
Subsequent to television news broadcasts on July 13 however, new and larger riots took place.
The second larger riot took place between 9 and 11 September 1985.
A large riot occurred in 2010 on 1.
Violence was isolated, they concluded, and there were no large riots like those Nigeria has witnessed in recent years.
Hundreds more were watching them, they knew, and the first sign of mistreatment would likely ignite an even larger riot.
The result was an even larger riot in which over 60 people were killed and more than 150 injured.
"You were the person that was to allow the largest, most expensive riot in the history of the world," he asserted.
One of the final large riots was in July 1972.
After a larger riot in 1974, the school's mascot, a rebel, was subsequently changed to a gator.