John Mugabi (The Beast) is a 64-year-old retired Ugandan professional boxer. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. In a career spanning 18 years, 1 month, and 11 days, Mugabi amassed a record of 42-7-1, which includes 39 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
John Mugabi was born in Kampala, Uganda on March 4, 1960. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on December 5, 1980 against Oemer Karadenis. Mugabi defeated Karadenis via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Mugabi got his first world-title fight at the age of 26 after 25 professional fights. On March 10, 1986 Mugabi challenged Marvelous Marvin Hagler's WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles but lost via 11th round KO.
He became a world champion on July 8, 1989 at the age of 29 years, after by defeating René Jacquot, the then-reining WBC super-welterweight champion, via 1st round TKO. This was his 36th fight as a professional.
Mugabi's last fight was an 8th-round TKO loss to Glen Kelly at age 38, on January 16, 1999.
Some of John Mugabi's best fights have been against Eddie Gazo. For a complete list of Mugabi's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of John Mugabi".
Mugabi has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "John Mugabi Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50 | Jan 16, 1999 | 38 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
49 | Jul 19, 1998 | 38 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
48 | Feb 26, 1998 | 37 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
47 | Jan 13, 1998 | 37 | ![]() | loss | UD 10 |
46 | Dec 18, 1997 | 37 | ![]() | draw | TD 2 |
45 | Jun 19, 1997 | 37 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
44 | Feb 20, 1997 | 36 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
43 | Dec 16, 1996 | 36 | ![]() | win | PTS 10 |
42 | Nov 20, 1991 | 31 | ![]() | loss | TKO 1 |
41 | Sep 12, 1991 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
40 | Jul 12, 1991 | 31 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
39 | Mar 31, 1990 | 30 | ![]() | loss | KO 1 |
38 | Jan 10, 1990 | 29 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
37 | Oct 30, 1989 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
36 | Jul 08, 1989 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
35 | Mar 20, 1989 | 29 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
34 | Feb 23, 1989 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
33 | Feb 04, 1989 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
32 | Sep 27, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
31 | Jul 07, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
30 | Jun 04, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
29 | May 05, 1988 | 28 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
28 | Jan 22, 1988 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
27 | Dec 05, 1986 | 26 | ![]() | loss | TKO 3 |
26 | Mar 10, 1986 | 26 | ![]() | loss | KO 11 |
25 | Aug 06, 1985 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 4 |
24 | Mar 17, 1985 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
23 | Sep 25, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
22 | Aug 05, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
21 | May 27, 1984 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
20 | Feb 19, 1984 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
19 | Nov 12, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
18 | Oct 08, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
17 | Sep 16, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
16 | Aug 05, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
15 | Jul 03, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 3 |
14 | May 15, 1983 | 23 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |
13 | Oct 23, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
12 | Sep 15, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 6 |
11 | May 02, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
10 | Mar 26, 1982 | 22 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
9 | Dec 26, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
8 | Nov 16, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
7 | Oct 31, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
6 | Sep 25, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
5 | May 30, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
4 | May 11, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
3 | Apr 10, 1981 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 4 |
2 | Feb 12, 1981 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 2 |
1 | Dec 05, 1980 | 20 | ![]() | win | TKO 1 |