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

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Central Region, Uganda, Buganda Region in Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The ...

) 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

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, the

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(IBA) super featherweight title against

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, the

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(WBU) super featherweight title against Michael Gomez, the

(IBA) lightweight title against Rustam Nugaev, and the Global Boxing Union (GBU) light welterweight title against

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. 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 (; FDC), founded on 16 December 2004, is one of the main opposition parties in Uganda. The FDC was founded as an umbrella body called Reform Agenda, mostly for disenchanted former members and followers of Preside ...

(FDC). On December 12, 2020, he was arrested with other people the announcement made by his party FDC 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 FDC 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)

Professional boxing record

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