It was during the 1980 Olympics and British promoter/manager Mickey Duff was watching some of the boxing on the telly in his London flat. The fact that a 19-year-old Ugandan welterweight named John Mugabi was blasting away most of the opposition did not escape Duff's eyes. After three KO wins, Mugabi then won a decision to land a spot in the gold medal round against the experienced Cuban southpaw, Andres Aldama. Mugabi would lose a 3-2 decisionto the Cuban in Moscow but Duff had seen enough. Duff wanted to sign the Ugandan and wasted no time making it happen. "I thought he was an animal," Duff said, recalling his thoughts while watching Mugabi work. The welterweight would become John Mugabi the junior middleweight. Along the way the nickname "The Beast" would be added although initially Duff was not keen on the name. But after a while it became evident that it fit Mugabi and his ways in the ring rather nicely.
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