Puglists carry flag
Jan 03, 2003
The past year was a success for boxing with Ugandan puglists winning shining all over the globe.
By Phillip Corry
THE past year was a success for boxing with Ugandan puglists winning shining all over the globe.
The season started with United States based puglist Kassim “The Dream†Ouma winning the vacant United States Boxing Association (USBA) light middleweight crown with an eleventh round knockout over American Darrel Woods.
But the Ugandan later suffered a massive setback when he tested positive for marijuana thus being stripped of the crown. He was later shot at in a West Palm Beach drive by a former workmate.
In Australia, there were rave waves for Jackson Asiku, who won the vacant Australian featherweight title after stopping Arnel Barotillo.
But in October, he lost to Nadel Hussein in a WBO featherweight championship fight.
Still “Down Under†in Australia, Sande Kizito couldn’t stand up losing to Nathan Sting.
Peter Okello, the gigantic Oceania Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) heavyweight champion signed up with Mike Tyson’s ex-manager Bill Cayton and on his debut in the United States lost to Imamu Mayfield.
Justin Juuko, Uganda’s longest lasting professional returned to the ring on a bad note, losing to Miguel Angel Cotto who knocked him out in round five of an eight round contest.
Juuko later bounced back launching his Sunday Fight nights at Little Flowers in Kampala and spotting upcoming puglists like Robert Owesigire and Dodo Obong.
In his next fight infront of his home crowd, Juuko struggled to beat Tanzanian Godfrey Mawe.
Gobtex International, that is managed by Mark Mugwanya and former professional Godfrey Nyakana also joined the fray and promoted three African title fights that saw Mike Kizza beat Francis Kiwanuka to claim the Africa Boxing Union (ABU) super featherweight crown.
Davis Lusimbo beat Kenyan George Owano to claim the African lightweight belt.
Adam Katumwa made it three recently by winning the vacant super welterweight title by beating Tanzanian Ramathan Miyeyasho.
Celestino Mindra, the Uganda Professional Boxing Commission (UPBC) president was voted the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) president — the first from this country.
He was also appointed on the ratings committee of the World Boxing Council (WBC).
THE past year was a success for boxing with Ugandan puglists winning shining all over the globe.
The season started with United States based puglist Kassim “The Dream†Ouma winning the vacant United States Boxing Association (USBA) light middleweight crown with an eleventh round knockout over American Darrel Woods.
But the Ugandan later suffered a massive setback when he tested positive for marijuana thus being stripped of the crown. He was later shot at in a West Palm Beach drive by a former workmate.
In Australia, there were rave waves for Jackson Asiku, who won the vacant Australian featherweight title after stopping Arnel Barotillo.
But in October, he lost to Nadel Hussein in a WBO featherweight championship fight.
Still “Down Under†in Australia, Sande Kizito couldn’t stand up losing to Nathan Sting.
Peter Okello, the gigantic Oceania Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) heavyweight champion signed up with Mike Tyson’s ex-manager Bill Cayton and on his debut in the United States lost to Imamu Mayfield.
Justin Juuko, Uganda’s longest lasting professional returned to the ring on a bad note, losing to Miguel Angel Cotto who knocked him out in round five of an eight round contest.
Juuko later bounced back launching his Sunday Fight nights at Little Flowers in Kampala and spotting upcoming puglists like Robert Owesigire and Dodo Obong.
In his next fight infront of his home crowd, Juuko struggled to beat Tanzanian Godfrey Mawe.
Gobtex International, that is managed by Mark Mugwanya and former professional Godfrey Nyakana also joined the fray and promoted three African title fights that saw Mike Kizza beat Francis Kiwanuka to claim the Africa Boxing Union (ABU) super featherweight crown.
Davis Lusimbo beat Kenyan George Owano to claim the African lightweight belt.
Adam Katumwa made it three recently by winning the vacant super welterweight title by beating Tanzanian Ramathan Miyeyasho.
Celestino Mindra, the Uganda Professional Boxing Commission (UPBC) president was voted the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC) president — the first from this country.
He was also appointed on the ratings committee of the World Boxing Council (WBC).