John Mugabi held the WBC super-welterweight title from 1989 to 1990, and challenged twice for world titles at middleweight, including the undisputed championship.
24 Facts About John Mugabi
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John Mugabi was a silver medallist at the 1976 Junior World Championships, losing to Herol Graham in the final.
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Additionally, John Mugabi won a bronze medal at the 1978 All-Africa Games in the light-welterweight division.
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John Mugabi started as a professional on December 5,1980, by knocking out Oemer Karadenis in round one in Cologne.
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John Mugabi was able to knock out every opponent he faced to that point of his career.
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In that year he took on Gary Guiden, who had just come off of a world championship fight against Davey Moore; John Mugabi stopped him in three.
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The fact John Mugabi easily made the weight at both divisions made him more intriguing than most prospects.
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John Mugabi was simply stronger and faster tactically overwhelming the busier Gazo.
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John Mugabi slowly took control of the fight until it was stopped in the 10th round, with John Mugabi declared the winner by technical knockout.
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On his way to becoming the number one contender for the middleweight title of each of the three major sanctioning bodies, John Mugabi ran roughshod over the division and finished each of his opponents inside the distance.
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John Mugabi possessed incredible knockout power and provided the boxing world with an epic encounter.
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John Mugabi landed his share of blows to Hagler's head during the early rounds.
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John Mugabi fought back gamely but his early knockout wins left him ill-prepared for a long, tough fight.
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John Mugabi went down in weight and was given an opportunity by the WBC to win their world light middleweight title, vacated by Hearns.
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However, John Mugabi suffered a broken eye socket, the consequence of a punch in round three and the fight had to be stopped.
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John Mugabi underwent optical surgery the next day to repair his injury.
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John Mugabi won by quick knockout and set off on another knockout winning streak.
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John Mugabi became number one contender for the WBC 154 lb title in August 1988 but could not land a fight with then-champion Donald Curry.
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When Norris downed the champion for the count with a right to the jaw, John Mugabi received the dubious distinction as the second fighter, after Al Singer, to both win and lose a world title by the first-round knockout when he was defeated by Norris.
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John Mugabi looked a shadow of his former self by this time, and came out on the losing end, again by a first-round knockout.
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John Mugabi took a five-year layoff in which he moved to Australia.
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John Mugabi went on to claim the Australian middleweight championship by way of a 12th-round decision over Jamie Wallace.
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When John Mugabi finally retired, he had a record of 42 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw, 39 wins by knockout.
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John Mugabi's 25 fight knockout win streak stands as one of the longest knockout streaks ever in boxing.