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John Mugabi

74″ reach · +8.05% reach advantage · 93rd percentile

John Mugabi has a reach of 74″ against a height of 68.5″ — a reach advantage of +8.05%, exceptional for light heavyweight boxing and the 93rd percentile of the 98 compared here.

Reach in context

Reach advantage

+8.05%

74″ reach on a 68.5″ frame

Compared against 98 light heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 2.79%.

-2.7%light heavyweight boxing reach advantage15.3%
Measurements
Reach74″ (188 cm)56th pct
Height68.5″ (174 cm)7th pct
StanceOrthodox
DivisionLight Heavyweight Boxing
competed at 4: light middleweight, middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last
Peak era1980s
CountryUganda

Record

Boxing record

42–7

50 bouts on record

Finish rate

93%

of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight boxing median 58%, 98th percentile

By knockout: 39 (93%)By decision: 3 (7%)
  • By knockout 93%
  • By decision 7%

The career, bout by bout

51 recorded bouts from 1980 to 1999. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

1980 1990 win vs Oemer Karadenis (1980)win vs Sammy Floyd (1981)win vs Darwin Brewster (1981)win vs John Mwansa (1981)win vs Ronnie Ford (1981)win vs Pedro Guerrero (1981)win vs Dennis Pryce (1981)win vs Mauricio Fernandes da Cruz (1981)win vs Giampaolo Piras (1981)win vs Doug Demmings (1982)win vs Steve Williams (1982)win vs Curtis Ramsey (1982)win vs Curtis Taylor (1982)win vs Curtis Parker (1983)win vs Eddie Gazo (1983)win vs Don Morgan (1983)win vs Jeff Nelson (1983)win vs Gary Guiden (1983)win vs Roosevelt Green (1983)win vs Nino Gonzalez (1984)win vs Frank Fletcher (1984)win vs Wilbert Johnson (1984)win vs James Green (1984)win vs Bill Bradley (1985)win vs Earl Hargrove (1985)loss vs Duane Thomas (1986)loss vs Marvin Hagler (1986)win vs Mike Sacchetti (1988)win vs Kenny Snow (1988)win vs Gonzalo Montes (1988)win vs Knox Brown (1988)win vs Bryan Grant (1988)win vs Ricky Stackhouse (1989)win vs René Jacquot (1989)win vs Ralph Smiley (1989)win vs Kenneth Styles (1989)win vs Francisco Carballo (1989)loss vs Terry Norris (1990)win vs Carlos Antunes (1990)loss vs Gerald McClellan (1991)win vs Kevin Whaley-El (1991)win vs James Williamson (1991)win vs Peter Kinsella (1996)draw vs Paul Smallman (1997)win vs Jamie Wallace (1997)win vs Ambrose Mlilo (1997)loss vs Anthony Bigeni (1998)win vs Paul Smallman (1998)loss vs William Bo James (1998)loss vs Glen Kelly (1999)
winlossdraw / NC1980–1999

Career span

20y

1980–1999

Longest unbeaten run

25

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1981

8 bouts

Recorded bouts

51

50 with a date

Fights

YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1999 L Glen Kelly KO/TKO8
1998 L Anthony Bigeni KO/TKO8
1998 W Paul Smallman Decision10
1998 L William Bo James Decision10
1997 D Paul Smallman Draw2
1997 W Jamie Wallace Decision12
1997 W Ambrose Mlilo KO/TKO10
1996 W Peter Kinsella 10
1991 L Gerald McClellan KO/TKO1
1991 W Kevin Whaley-El KO/TKO4
1991 W James Williamson KO/TKO3
1990 L Terry Norris KO/TKO1
1990 W Carlos Antunes KO/TKO1
1989 W Ricky Stackhouse KO/TKO1
1989 W René Jacquot KO/TKO1
1989 W Ralph Smiley KO/TKO2
1989 W Kenneth Styles KO/TKO1
1989 W Francisco Carballo KO/TKO2
1988 W Mike Sacchetti KO/TKO3
1988 W Kenny Snow KO/TKO4
1988 W Gonzalo Montes KO/TKO3
1988 W Knox Brown KO/TKO3
1988 W Bryan Grant KO/TKO2
1986 L Duane Thomas KO/TKO3
1986 L Marvin Hagler KO/TKO11
1985 W Bill Bradley 4
1985 W Earl Hargrove KO/TKO1
1984 W Nino Gonzalez KO/TKO1
1984 W Frank Fletcher KO/TKO4
1984 W Wilbert Johnson KO/TKO2
1984 W James Green KO/TKO10
1983 W Curtis Parker KO/TKO1
1983 W Eddie Gazo KO/TKO4
1983 W Don Morgan KO/TKO1
1983 W Jeff Nelson KO/TKO2
1983 W Gary Guiden KO/TKO3
1983 W Roosevelt Green KO/TKO1
1982 W Doug Demmings KO/TKO5
1982 W Steve Williams KO/TKO6
1982 W Curtis Ramsey KO/TKO1
1982 W Curtis Taylor KO/TKO2
1981 W Sammy Floyd KO/TKO2
1981 W Darwin Brewster KO/TKO6
1981 W John Mwansa KO/TKO1
1981 W Ronnie Ford KO/TKO1
1981 W Pedro Guerrero KO/TKO2
1981 W Dennis Pryce 1
1981 W Mauricio Fernandes da Cruz KO/TKO4
1981 W Giampaolo Piras KO/TKO2
1980 W Oemer Karadenis 1
? Opponent

5 of these opponents have their own page here.

How this is worked out

  1. Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
  2. Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
  3. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 98 light heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100

Full methodology →

Source: John Mugabi on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-28. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.

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