john "the beast" mugabi??

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  1. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    What happened to him?
    last i heard he was living on the central coast and trying to get a fight with an up and coming mundine back around 2001/02.. I think he was doing some sort of youth work as well..anyone know where he is and if he is still involved in boxing.
     
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  2. Phil Austin

    Phil Austin Keep on Kronkin on! Full Member

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    Rusty I saw John for the first time in ages at Mansfield Tavern a couple of weeks ago. Looked in fine form and as good a guy as ever
     
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  3. DaSweetScience

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    We spoke to him a couple of months ago and he was training kids at the Hills District PCYC at Arana HIlls in Brisbane. He was in terrific form as well.

    For intensity, his war with Hagler is up there with Ibeabuchi v Tua

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yT9PQ2gOrnQ
     
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    ipswich express Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It was far better than Ike v Tua IMO.
     
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  5. JOSEY WALES

    JOSEY WALES Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Solid fighter who done for a few very good Welsh lads on his way up , glad to hear he is healthy and doing well for himself Down under .
     
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    T.C.W Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I remember seeing him destroy 2 guys in surfers paradise years ago working the doors, it was so funny 2 punches, these clown out cold, I told my mate that guy there is toughest dude on Gold Coast right there, He was an ex world champion fighter and he went to war with Haglar.
     
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  7. rusty nails

    rusty nails Tszyu for PM!! Full Member

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    good to hear..
    I hate to hear the storys about great old fighters ending up in the gutter..
    im glad hes ok. ive got nothing but respect for a guy that can push marvin hagler to his limits..
    IMO he would have been champ had he fought anyone but hagler that night.. what a fight..
     
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  8. Dark Sider

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    He did some bare knuckle stuff, though, right?
     
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  9. Phil Austin

    Phil Austin Keep on Kronkin on! Full Member

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    In London I think Dark Sider
     
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  10. r_9-Ronaldo

    r_9-Ronaldo Shinny Shadez Full Member

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    funny thread cause I bumped into him a few weeks back for the first time in my life
     
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  11. DaSweetScience

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    He was in sterling form at the Hall of Fame dinner. They presented him with a new WBC belt to replace the belt he lost and they couldn't get him off the stage he was so happy.
     
    DaSweetScience, Oct 15, 2008
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