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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 42 |
Losses | 7 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 0 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 39 |
KO Losses | 6 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and one month, John Mugabi fought 50 times with 42 wins, 7 losses, and 1 draw.
Mugabi retired from professional boxing with a record of 42-7-1, which included one super-welterweight world-title win. He had a 78% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 39 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Mugabi suffered six knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 8th round TKO defeat to Glen Kelly on January 16, 1999.
Some of Mugabi's best fights and notable victories include wins over René Jacquot, Ricky Stackhouse, Carlos Antunes, Eddie Gazo, James Williamson, Kevin Whaley-El, and Bill Bradley.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Jan 16, 1999 | 38 | Glen Kelly | Loss | TKO8 |
49 | Jul 19, 1998 | 38 | Anthony Bigeni | Loss | TKO8 |
48 | Feb 26, 1998 | 37 | Paul Smallman | Win | UD |
47 | Jan 13, 1998 | 37 | William Bo James | Loss | UD |
46 | Dec 18, 1997 | 37 | Paul Smallman | Draw | TD |
45 | Jun 19, 1997 | 37 | Jamie Wallace | Win | UD |
44 | Feb 20, 1997 | 36 | Ambrose Mlilo | Win | TKO10 |
43 | Dec 16, 1996 | 36 | Peter Kinsella | Win | PTS |
42 | Nov 20, 1991 | 31 | Gerald McClellan | Loss * | TKO1 |
41 | Sep 12, 1991 | 31 | Kevin Whaley-El | Win | TKO4 |
40 | Jul 12, 1991 | 31 | James Williamson | Win | TKO3 |
39 | Mar 31, 1990 | 30 | Terry Norris | Loss * | KO1 |
38 | Jan 10, 1990 | 29 | Carlos Antunes | Win | KO1 |
37 | Oct 30, 1989 | 29 | Ricky Stackhouse | Win | TKO1 |
36 | Jul 8, 1989 | 29 | René Jacquot | Win * | TKO1 |
35 | Mar 20, 1989 | 29 | Ralph Smiley | Win | TKO2 |
34 | Feb 23, 1989 | 28 | Kenneth Styles | Win | TKO1 |
33 | Feb 4, 1989 | 28 | Francisco Carballo | Win | TKO2 |
32 | Sep 27, 1988 | 28 | Mike Sacchetti | Win | TKO3 |
31 | Jul 7, 1988 | 28 | Kenny Snow | Win | TKO4 |
30 | Jun 4, 1988 | 28 | Gonzalo Montes | Win | TKO3 |
29 | May 5, 1988 | 28 | Knox Brown | Win | TKO3 |
28 | Jan 22, 1988 | 27 | Bryan Grant | Win | TKO2 |
27 | Dec 5, 1986 | 26 | Duane Thomas | Loss * | TKO3 |
26 | Mar 10, 1986 | 26 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | Loss * | KO11 |
25 | Aug 6, 1985 | 25 | Bill Bradley | Win | RTD4 |
24 | Mar 17, 1985 | 25 | Earl Hargrove | Win | KO1 |
23 | Sep 25, 1984 | 24 | Nino Gonzalez | Win | KO1 |
22 | Aug 5, 1984 | 24 | Frank Fletcher | Win | TKO4 |
21 | May 27, 1984 | 24 | Wilbert Johnson | Win | KO2 |
20 | Feb 19, 1984 | 23 | James Green | Win | TKO10 |
19 | Nov 12, 1983 | 23 | Curtis Parker | Win | KO1 |
18 | Oct 8, 1983 | 23 | Eddie Gazo | Win | TKO4 |
17 | Sep 16, 1983 | 23 | Don Morgan | Win | KO1 |
16 | Aug 5, 1983 | 23 | Jeff Nelson | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Jul 3, 1983 | 23 | Gary Guiden | Win | TKO3 |
14 | May 15, 1983 | 23 | Roosevelt Green | Win | TKO1 |
13 | Oct 23, 1982 | 22 | Doug Demmings | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Sep 15, 1982 | 22 | Steve Williams | Win | TKO6 |
11 | May 2, 1982 | 22 | Curtis Ramsey | Win | KO1 |
10 | Mar 26, 1982 | 22 | Curtis Taylor | Win | KO2 |
9 | Dec 26, 1981 | 21 | Sammy Floyd | Win | KO2 |
8 | Nov 16, 1981 | 21 | Darwin Brewster | Win | KO6 |
7 | Oct 31, 1981 | 21 | John Mwansa | Win | KO1 |
6 | Sep 25, 1981 | 21 | Ronnie Ford | Win | KO1 |
5 | May 30, 1981 | 21 | Pedro Guerrero | Win | TKO2 |
4 | May 11, 1981 | 21 | Dennis Pryce | Win | KO1 |
3 | Apr 10, 1981 | 21 | Mauricio Fernandes da Cruz | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Feb 12, 1981 | 20 | Giampaolo Piras | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Dec 5, 1980 | 20 | Oemer Karadenis | Win | TKO1 |
* World-title fight
John Mugabi (The Beast) is a 64-year old retired Ugandan professional boxer. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on March 4, 1960. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1980 to 1999.
Mugabi made his professional boxing debut against Oemer Karadenis at the age of 20 on December 5, 1980, defeating Karadenis via 1st round TKO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 24 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on March 10, 1986 after 25 professional fights, against Marvelous Marvin Hagler for the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring titles. He lost to Hagler via 11th round KO.
Mugabi has won one world title at super-welterweight. For all the details about Mugabi's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Mugabi had a total of seven losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Australian boxer Glen Kelly on January 16, 1999. Mugabi lost the fight via 8th round TKO. It's been 25 years, 2 months, and 12 days since this fight.
Mugabi had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and zero successful title defenses. He won one of these fights and lost four.
John Mugabi fought for a super-welterweight world title in four fights and won once, which came via way of stoppage. He won one super-welterweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 8, 1989 | René Jacquot | Super-welterweight | WBC | TKO |
John Mugabi lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 31, 1990 | Terry Norris | Super-welterweight | WBC | KO |
Mugabi fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at two weight divisions. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
October 8, 1983: John Mugabi puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Eddie Gazo via 4th round TKO.
March 10, 1986: In his first world-title fight, John Mugabi loses to Marvelous Marvin Hagler via 11th round KO. He was fighting for the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight titles.
July 8, 1989: Mugabi wins the WBC super-welterweight title from René Jacquot, by beating Jacquot via 1st round TKO.
Mugabi knocked out 39 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 78%. Of his total 42 wins, 39 of them were via KO (92.9%).
Mugabi's first world-title win was the WBC belt at super-welterweight. He defeated René Jacquot via 1 round TKO to win the title.
Mugabi won one world title at super-welterweight.
Mugabi had one title defense fight, which he lost.