Amateur Career
Representing Uganda, Mugabi was the Silver medalist at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, boxing in the Welterweight (67 kg) class. Mugabi lost to Andrés Aldama of Cuba in the final. . His results were:
- George Koffi (Congo) won by KO 1
- Paul Rasanimanana (Madagascar) won by KO 1
- Memet Bogujevci (Yugoslavia) won by KO 1
- Kazimierz Szczerba (Poland) won by KO 1
- Andrés Aldama (Cuba) lost PTS
He was also a silver medallist at the 1976 Junior World Championships, losing to Herol Graham.
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