John Mugabi vs Mustafa Hamsho

Dynamicpuncher · Apr 7, 2023

Saintpat said: ↑

Seriously, who’s he going to fight that’s going to make the difference so he beats Hagler?
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Yeah I agree I mean he had 26 fights ? I can't remember exactly. But he faced pretty much all the well known durable tough contenders that were on the fringes of world title shots.

Dynamicpuncher · Apr 7, 2023

JohnThomas1 said: ↑

Mugabi was extremely close to being stopped against Green, a small fairly light puncher, reasonable fighter.

His comments - He literally knocked me out in one of the early rounds of our fight but I was saved by the bell, then rallied to beat Green in the 10th.

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Yeah that's how I remember it Green done well early on similar to how he did vs Fletcher, but Mugabi took over in the latter stages of the fight.

HolDat · Apr 7, 2023

Saintpat said: ↑

He fought some decent fighters. Some of them didn’t last long because he was so overpowering. I think James Green took him to the 10th (I can’t remember if it was a stoppage or decision). Frank Fletcher and Curtis Parker were no slouches and there are a few other pretty decent opponents on his ledger.

Mugabi was a tough guy to match. Not sure who exactly was going to ‘test him’ before he fought Hagler. He was offered a title shot and took it. He had experience and had beaten some decent opposition. He certainly didn’t look like he was in over his head against Marvin.

He goes into the Hagler fight rated No. 1 by The Ring at middle (Hagler) and junior middle (Hearns). There are some guys he could have fought but who do you fight that’s not TOO big of a risk to blow that … but who he’s also not going to KO early? Hard needle to thread.

You even see it in his career later: he gets KO’d early and quickly but he also won a title over Rene Jacquot in one round. Very little in between with him.

I think the biggest factor there that doesn’t get brought up much is that Mugabi was basically a junior middleweight and being aimed for a shot at 154 when the Hagler offer came. Probably a lot more money in fighting Marvin in a high-profile title fight than one of the champs at junior middle, so that might have been a sound decision.
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I agree 100%

Flash24 · Apr 7, 2023

Saintpat said: ↑

He fought some decent fighters. Some of them didn’t last long because he was so overpowering. I think James Green took him to the 10th (I can’t remember if it was a stoppage or decision). Frank Fletcher and Curtis Parker were no slouches and there are a few other pretty decent opponents on his ledger.

Mugabi was a tough guy to match. Not sure who exactly was going to ‘test him’ before he fought Hagler. He was offered a title shot and took it. He had experience and had beaten some decent opposition. He certainly didn’t look like he was in over his head against Marvin.

He goes into the Hagler fight rated No. 1 by The Ring at middle (Hagler) and junior middle (Hearns). There are some guys he could have fought but who do you fight that’s not TOO big of a risk to blow that … but who he’s also not going to KO early? Hard needle to thread.

You even see it in his career later: he gets KO’d early and quickly but he also won a title over Rene Jacquot in one round. Very little in between with him.

I think the biggest factor there that doesn’t get brought up much is that Mugabi was basically a junior middleweight and being aimed for a shot at 154 when the Hagler offer came. Probably a lot more money in fighting Marvin in a high-profile title fight than one of the champs at junior middle, so that might have been a sound decision.
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Also his management realized Mugabi was undisciplined. Got him and them a big
money fight with Hagler.
Hagler broke him mentally....
Prior to the Hagler fight, I believe he'd stop Hamsho. Hamsho was tough as nails, but
his skill level wasn't much better than Parker,
Green , Fletcher or Johnson. Pre Hagler Mugabi
feasted on fighters like that.

SixesAndSevens · Aug 28, 2024

Hamsho. It'd be a good fight for a couple rounds, but I do see Mustafa handling John pretty handily ahead of a stoppage.

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Hamsho by ko/tko

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Draw

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