John Mugabi
John "The Beast" Mugabi (born March 4, 1960) is a former boxer and world light middleweight champion. He was part of an early 1980s' junior middleweight and middleweight division scene that included Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Wilfred Benítez, Davey Moore, and Roberto Durán - an era which many boxing fans rank as one of the most exciting times ever in those weight classes. His nickname was The Beast.
Mugabi was born in Kampala, Uganda, where he started to box. He won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
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