The Uganda boxing federation (UBF) held a successful stakeholders meeting in Kamwokya on Wednesday, 11th, 2026. The meeting that brought together 35 attendees including professional boxing promoters, managers and match-makers.
The meeting was called by the Uganda boxing federation president Moses Muhangi to among others enlighten the participants on their obligations, requirements and expectation as regards the national sports Act 2023 as amended.
There was also issuance of certificates to promoters, match-makers and managers who applied for licenses in conformity of the new Act.
Muhangi was in company of his executive committee and members of the Uganda boxing federation professional boxing commission led by chairperson Maureen Mulangira – a former boxer, manager, promoter and an executive member of the World boxing council (WBC).
“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,” noted Mulangira.
“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,” she added.
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.
To the excitement of the promoters, Muhangi announced that the federation had decided to waive off event sanction fees, boxers license fees for a period of one year. In addition, the federation will offer licensed promoters a free boxing ring for their events sanctioned by the Uganda boxing federation.
“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,” noted Muhangi.
“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,” he added.
Despite an open invite, aggrieved members of the Uganda professional boxing commission (UPBC) were a no show with interim chairman Eddy Bazira saying that they would only attend if UBF invited them as the professional boxing regulators.
With the new sports putting both amateur and professional boxing under UBF, UPBC became defunct and have written several petitions to the sports minister to direct UBF president to accommodate them as professional boxing regulators rather than seeking rightful means of joining UBF as the only body recognized to regulate boxing in the country.
