John Mugabi

Career, Record, Stats

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.

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LEGEND

John Mugabi's Boxing Career

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".

John Mugabi's Boxing Record

Total Fights

Wins

Losses

Draws

KO Wins

KO Losses

Title Fights

Title-Fight Wins

Title Defenses

Title-Fight KOs

Title-Fight Dec.

Undisputed

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
50	Jan 16, 1999	38	Glen Kelly 27 2-0	loss	TKO 8
49	Jul 19, 1998	38	Anthony Bigeni	loss	TKO 8
48	Feb 26, 1998	37	Paul Smallman	win	UD 10
47	Jan 13, 1998	37	William Bo James	loss	UD 10
46	Dec 18, 1997	37	Paul Smallman	draw	TD 2
45	Jun 19, 1997	37	Jamie Wallace	win	UD 12
44	Feb 20, 1997	36	Ambrose Mlilo	win	TKO 10
43	Dec 16, 1996	36	Peter Kinsella	win	PTS 10
42	Nov 20, 1991	31	Gerald McClellan 24 22-2	loss	TKO 1
41	Sep 12, 1991	31	Kevin Whaley-El	win	TKO 4
40	Jul 12, 1991	31	James Williamson	win	TKO 3
39	Mar 31, 1990	30	Terry Norris 22 23-3	loss	KO 1
38	Jan 10, 1990	29	Carlos Antunes	win	KO 1
37	Oct 30, 1989	29	Ricky Stackhouse	win	TKO 1
36	Jul 08, 1989	29	René Jacquot	win	TKO 1
35	Mar 20, 1989	29	Ralph Smiley	win	TKO 2
34	Feb 23, 1989	28	Kenneth Styles	win	TKO 1
33	Feb 04, 1989	28	Francisco Carballo	win	TKO 2
32	Sep 27, 1988	28	Mike Sacchetti	win	TKO 3
31	Jul 07, 1988	28	Kenny Snow	win	TKO 4
30	Jun 04, 1988	28	Gonzalo Montes	win	TKO 3
29	May 05, 1988	28	Knox Brown	win	TKO 3
28	Jan 22, 1988	27	Bryan Grant	win	TKO 2
27	Dec 05, 1986	26	Duane Thomas	loss	TKO 3
26	Mar 10, 1986	26	Marvelous Marvin Hagler 31 61-2-2	loss	KO 11
25	Aug 06, 1985	25	Bill Bradley	win	RTD 4
24	Mar 17, 1985	25	Earl Hargrove	win	KO 1
23	Sep 25, 1984	24	Nino Gonzalez	win	KO 1
22	Aug 05, 1984	24	Frank Fletcher	win	TKO 4
21	May 27, 1984	24	Wilbert Johnson	win	KO 2
20	Feb 19, 1984	23	James Green	win	TKO 10
19	Nov 12, 1983	23	Curtis Parker	win	KO 1
18	Oct 08, 1983	23	Eddie Gazo 33 40-9-2	win	TKO 4
17	Sep 16, 1983	23	Don Morgan	win	KO 1
16	Aug 05, 1983	23	Jeff Nelson	win	TKO 2
15	Jul 03, 1983	23	Gary Guiden	win	TKO 3
14	May 15, 1983	23	Roosevelt Green	win	TKO 1
13	Oct 23, 1982	22	Doug Demmings	win	TKO 5
12	Sep 15, 1982	22	Steve Williams	win	TKO 6
11	May 02, 1982	22	Curtis Ramsey	win	KO 1
10	Mar 26, 1982	22	Curtis Taylor	win	KO 2
9	Dec 26, 1981	21	Sammy Floyd	win	KO 2
8	Nov 16, 1981	21	Darwin Brewster	win	KO 6
7	Oct 31, 1981	21	John Mwansa	win	KO 1
6	Sep 25, 1981	21	Ronnie Ford	win	KO 1
5	May 30, 1981	21	Pedro Guerrero	win	TKO 2
4	May 11, 1981	21	Dennis Pryce	win	KO 1
3	Apr 10, 1981	21	Mauricio Fernandes da Cruz	win	TKO 4
2	Feb 12, 1981	20	Giampaolo Piras	win	TKO 2
1	Dec 05, 1980	20	Oemer Karadenis	win	TKO 1

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