Justin "The Destroyer" Juuko (born 26 December 1972 in

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) is a

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light flyweight and

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boxer who was active between the 1990s and the 2010s. In 1990, he won a gold medal at the

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, New Zealand. As a professional, he has won the

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(WBC) International super featherweight title, the WBC FECARBOX super featherweight title, the

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(ABU) light welterweight title, the

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(NABF) super featherweight title, and the Commonwealth super featherweight title. He was a challenger for the interim WBA super featherweight title against Antonio Hernandez, the WBC super featherweight title against Floyd Mayweather Jr., the International Boxing Association (IBA) super featherweight title against Diego Corrales, the

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(WBU) super featherweight title against Michael Gomez, the International Boxing Association (IBA) lightweight title against Rustam Nugaev, and the

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(GBU) light welterweight title against Gábor Vető. His professional fighting weight varied from (featherweight) to (welterweight). Justin Juuko, son hauteur est de 171 cm et portée est de 183 cm, il a des records en tant que boxeur amateur et boxeur professionnel.

Life after boxing

He is a member of the political party

Forum for Democratic Change The Forum for Democratic Change ( sw, Jukwaa la Mabadiliko ya Kidemokrasia; FDC), founded on 16 December 2004, is the main opposition party in Uganda. The FDC was founded as an umbrella body called Reform Agenda, mostly for disenchanted former ...

(FCD). On December 12, 2020, he was arrested with other people the announcement made by his party FCD which accused the force of order (Police ) for kidnapping him. They were missing for 11 days. Le 01 janvier 2021 Justin Juuko et son collègue M. Garrypaul sont les partisans du FCD parti politique de l'opposition dans la région du Grand Masaka, ils ont été libérés après avoir passés 19 jours au détention, ils étaient arrêtés le 12 décembre par la chefferie du renseignement militaire (CMI)

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* 1972 births African Boxing Union champions Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Uganda Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Featherweight boxers Light-flyweight boxers Lightweight boxers Light-welterweight boxers Living people People from Central Region, Uganda Super-featherweight boxers Welterweight boxers Ugandan male boxers Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{Uganda-boxing-bio-stub