John Mugabi

Uganda Boxer

ジョン・ムガビ

Born

4 March 1960, Kampala

Citizenship

Uganda

Sport

boxing

Discipline

light heavyweight, super middleweight, middleweight, light middleweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

175 cm (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

67 kg (148 lb)

Nickname

The Beast

John Mugabi (born March 4, 1960) is a Ugandan former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1999. He held the WBC super-welterweight title from 1989 to 1990, and challenged twice for world titles at middleweight, including the undisputed championship.

Mugabi was part of a talented group of light-middleweights and middleweights during a "golden era" of the 1980s which included Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benítez and Roberto Durán. As an amateur, Mugabi won a silver medal in the welterweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and was the only medallist for Uganda at the event. He is listed #38 on Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time

Competitions

Awards and honours

• The Ring magazine Progress of the Year 1983
• WBC World Super Welterweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q1701158 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.