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someone was asking about him last week.

Had a quick chat with current Ugandan pro Buster Dennis in the Peacock on Saturday, he said he was with "the beast" on Friday afternoon.

He lives in Stratford, East London. He is a big lad now and likes the beer..

knockout wrote:someone was asking about him last week.

Had a quick chat with current Ugandan pro Buster Dennis in the Peacock on Saturday, he said he was with "the beast" on Friday afternoon.

He lives in Stratford, East London. He is a big lad now and likes the beer..

Cheers, knockout.

Can anyone provide a contact number/address.

The Beast is my God.

Weve gotta have him as guest of honour on the next piss up.

We will probably have to pay him though.

Anyone got a number or address for him?

Bennie, can we make this a sticky please?

knockout artist wrote:Can anyone provide a contact number/address.

The Beast is my God.

Weve gotta have him as guest of honour on the next piss up.

We will probably have to pay him though.

Anyone got a number or address for him?

Bennie, can we make this a sticky please?

i will make some enquiries tonight

Imagine if you were on the Tube and bumped into The Beast!... ... great fighter! shame he burnt out so quick...

silkov wrote:Imagine if you were on the Tube and bumped into The Beast!... ... great fighter! shame he burnt out so quick...

Did you? Wow.

I'd probably bow in a were not worthy kind of style.

Mark Kaylor nicked my pen at the Bruno vs Bugner fight.... I was quite proud of that! 8) ....wonder if he's still got it???..... 8) :x

knockout wrote:someone was asking about him last week.

Had a quick chat with current Ugandan pro Buster Dennis in the Peacock on Saturday, he said he was with "the beast" on Friday afternoon.

He lives in Stratford, East London. He is a big lad now and likes the beer..

He trains down my gym now and again. I was chatting to this bloke in the changing room, and then afterwards I asked my trainer if there was anyone to spar with....he said you can ask John Mugabi if you like....

I hadn't realised who I had been talking to. He was very personable and friendly, not in the least bit intimidating in his manner or words.

He reminded me a bit of a pastor.

He has put on a bit of weight, but is by no means a Buster Douglas!

E wrote:

knockout wrote:someone was asking about him last week.

Had a quick chat with current Ugandan pro Buster Dennis in the Peacock on Saturday, he said he was with "the beast" on Friday afternoon.

He lives in Stratford, East London. He is a big lad now and likes the beer..

He trains down my gym now and again. I was chatting to this bloke in the changing room, and then afterwards I asked my trainer if there was anyone to spar with....he said you can ask John Mugabi if you like....

I hadn't realised who I had been talking to. He was very personable and friendly, not in the least bit intimidating in his manner or words.

He reminded me a bit of a pastor.

He has put on a bit of weight, but is by no means a Buster Douglas!

fornicate sparring with him!

Did you spar with him?

Back in the day, he used to treat sparring as a real fight.

knockout artist wrote:

E wrote:

knockout wrote:someone was asking about him last week.

Had a quick chat with current Ugandan pro Buster Dennis in the Peacock on Saturday, he said he was with "the beast" on Friday afternoon.

He lives in Stratford, East London. He is a big lad now and likes the beer..

He trains down my gym now and again. I was chatting to this bloke in the changing room, and then afterwards I asked my trainer if there was anyone to spar with....he said you can ask John Mugabi if you like....

I hadn't realised who I had been talking to. He was very personable and friendly, not in the least bit intimidating in his manner or words.

He reminded me a bit of a pastor.

He has put on a bit of weight, but is by no means a Buster Douglas!

fornicate sparring with him!

Did you spar with him?

Back in the day, he used to treat sparring as a real fight.

No I didn't - he had finished training. I would like to have done though - he's a legend.

I think he must have mellowed out - before I knew who he was, we talked about sparring in general and he was saying that sparring is about practice and technique, not about trying to hurt the other guy.

I'm sure he would have been gentle with me! He seems very relaxed and easy going.

E wrote:

knockout artist wrote:

E wrote: He trains down my gym now and again. I was chatting to this bloke in the changing room, and then afterwards I asked my trainer if there was anyone to spar with....he said you can ask John Mugabi if you like....

I hadn't realised who I had been talking to. He was very personable and friendly, not in the least bit intimidating in his manner or words.

He reminded me a bit of a pastor.

He has put on a bit of weight, but is by no means a Buster Douglas!

fornicate sparring with him!

Did you spar with him?

Back in the day, he used to treat sparring as a real fight.

No I didn't - he had finished training. I would like to have done though - he's a legend.

I think he must have mellowed out - before I knew who he was, we talked about sparring in general and he was saying that sparring is about practice and technique, not about trying to hurt the other guy.

I'm sure he would have been gentle with me! He seems very relaxed and easy going.

Very interesting.

Are you able to invite him to our next get together?

I can arrange transport for him and he can bring a friend if he's a bit shy.

He could be our guest of honour and I'd be willing to stand his drinks bill.

I'm sure some of the other lads would chip in as well.

This is a genuine enquiry from a lifelong fan of his.

Perhaps we could get him a ticket for the fight, although he may well be able to sort that himself by the sounds of it.

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Perhaps we could get him a ticket for the fight, although he may well be able to sort that himself by the sounds of it.

I might be able to get him a ringside, at a push.

When is your next get together? I haven't seen him in the gym for 2 weeks or so, but there are a couple of Ugandan guys in the gym who seemed to know him.....I can make some enquiries...

Supposedly the thompson haye fight mate sep 10th

E wrote:When is your next get together? I haven't seen him in the gym for 2 weeks or so, but there are a couple of Ugandan guys in the gym who seemed to know him.....I can make some enquiries...

Next get together is Thompson-Haye at Wembley Arena on Fri 10th Sept.

If you are able to put me in touch with Mugabi, please PM me.

Cheers

knockout artist wrote:

E wrote:When is your next get together? I haven't seen him in the gym for 2 weeks or so, but there are a couple of Ugandan guys in the gym who seemed to know him.....I can make some enquiries...

Next get together is Thompson-Haye at Wembley Arena on Fri 10th Sept.

If you are able to put me in touch with Mugabi, please PM me.

Cheers

Ok - I'm next down the gym on Friday...I'll make some enquiries!

I'll never forget his brutal KO of Frank Fletcher,he was near hanging out of the ring and getting smashed to mush with those powerful wallops from Mugabi before the ref finally stepped in.

bollocks wrote:Good to hear that Mugabi's going ok. He's been everywhere - from Uganda to England to the US to Australia and back to England

How are his eyes. I heard from a reliable source he had cataracts

knockout artist wrote:

E wrote:When is your next get together? I haven't seen him in the gym for 2 weeks or so, but there are a couple of Ugandan guys in the gym who seemed to know him.....I can make some enquiries...

Next get together is Thompson-Haye at Wembley Arena on Fri 10th Sept.

If you are able to put me in touch with Mugabi, please PM me.

Cheers

Went into the gym today (even though I felt sh1tte - I remembered that I had promised that I would try and get his number!) - I'm afraid Mugabi wasn't in.

I will ask the Ugandans down the gym if one has his number...

Sorry mate - I will try again next week.

I can verify, Knockout Artist is a massive fan of Mugabi's I recall from when we met back in January. Shame I'll most likely be away (again ) on Sept 10th, this I would have love to see.

The Beast was overrated.

Bufpuf57 wrote:The Beast was overrated.

The Beast up to and including the Hagler fight was a very formidable fighter.... just because he 'burnt out' quickly doesn't make him overrated imo!... 8)