In a bid to secure a tranquil working relationship with the professional boxing docket, the Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF) convened a successful stakeholders engagement with the promoters, managers and match-makers.
This meeting took place at Ibamba Restaurant in Kamwokya, Kampala, on Wednesday, 11th March 2026.
Moses Muhangi, president of the Uganda Boxing Federation, chaired this meeting that was intended to enlighten the participants on their obligations, requirements and expectations as regards the National Sports Act 2023 (as amended).
Muhangi communicated the waiving off of event sanction fees, boxers’ license fees for a period of one year and provision of a free boxing ring for the events sanctioned by the Uganda Boxing Federation.
Promoting a boxing event is not hereditary and it is not attached to individuals. Anyone can stage a boxing professional event if licensed or under a licensed company. With the waivers we have come up with, we think that more and more promoters will be encouraged to stage more professional boxing events. I am happy that there is a new blood of promoters joining the business – more professional with advanced business sense needed for the growth of professional boxing. Some are still active boxers who have suffered at the hands of unprofessional promoters before.
Moses Muhangi, president Uganda Boxing Federation (UBF)
Muhangi was flanked by the executive committee members of UBF and the pro-boxing commission chairperson, Maureen Mulangira, also an executive committee member of the World Boxing Council (UBC).
We should stop fronting selfish interests. When you say that UBF has no capacity to supervise a professional event and yet the people who were running those events are the ones in charge under UBF, then that is being dishonest. Some of the promoters making noise and differing with UBF need to be promoted and helped themselves. We have to streamline and offer professional regulation. I implore the sports minister and the National council of sports to be decisive on this because they continue fueling the boxing wrangles as individuals. Why don’t such authorities give formal directives rather than calls if the directives are legit? As the boxing fraternity, we should work together for the good of the sports rather than beefing individuals.
Maureen Mulangira, chairperson – Uganda Professional Boxing Commission – UBF
Certificates were awarded to the successful promoters, match-makers and managers who applied for licenses in conformity of the new Act.
Eight boxing promotion companies, 15 individual boxing promoters, 3 match-makers and 8 athlete managers were given a one-year renewable license in accordance with the Sports Act.
Meanwhile, no member from the Uganda Professional Boxing Commission, led by their interim chairman, Eddie Bazira, showed up at this stakeholders’ meeting.
