BoxRec

Sorry if you're reading this for the second time - posted it on the general forum by mistake....

It was a gentle spar - John's first in a bit. Although he did ask me to dig a few shots in!

Really enjoyed it, felt strange sparring with a former world champion who I used to read about when I was young.

John wants to fight next year, although he has a bit of weight to lose!

He is looking for any work if some one has any - he will consider anything - labouring whatever.

PM me if you have anything.....

He must be 44 now.

What does he weigh?

Does he still bang?

knockout artist wrote:He must be 44 now.

What does he weigh?

Does he still bang?

Yeah he's 45 I think...he wants one more fight next year.

Don't know his weight, but I would guess at 13 stone....maybe more - he has weight to lose...

He didn't thow any hard shots during the spar, but showed me a couple of moves and it was clear he still had the raw power esp when he sets himself.

I'm struggling to visualize the fat, unrecognizeable old man we saw in that photo sparring in a boxing ring - even if it is John Mugabi.
Any more recent photos?

I think it's very sad that John is considering fighting again, he certainly wouldn't get a license to box here........ surely he's taking a big risk even sparring if his eyes are as bad as I've heard they are. As far back as his fight with Gerald Mcclellan Mugubi looked to be shot.... I would have thought that Johns friends would be trying to talk him out of boxing again.
Why doesn't he try training fighters instead, I'm sure he could make a decent living out of that, and he'd have a ton of experience to help the fighters. I'm always surprised at how many exboxers don't seem interested in training young fighters.