Six months ago, Serugo Bashir—known to fans as Horse Power—lay bleeding and unconscious after a brutal street attack that nearly ended both his boxing career and his life.
On Saturday night, June 28, he stepped back into the ring at the MTN Arena in Lugogo, not just to fight, but to show the world that he’s still standing.
Though his comeback bout ended in a 4–1 split-decision loss to Katabi’s Kasasa Isaac, the result was secondary to the moment that unfolded after the final bell.
As the crowd buzzed and the lights dimmed, Serugo made his way to ringside and pulled his mother into a long, tearful embrace.
The two stood locked together—fighter and the woman who stood by him through the darkest chapter of his life. It was raw, it was real, and it was the moment of the night.
Still catching her breath, his mother whispered a simple message:
“Don’t lose hope. What you did was what needed to be done, and I am happy as your mother.”
Serugo, visibly emotional, responded with quiet determination.
“What I want to tell my mother is don’t lose hope. That’s how it starts, even last season I began like this, but in the end I lead. So, Mama, don’t lose hope.”
The words hit harder than any punch that night. They told the story of a fighter whose battle goes beyond the ring. A fighter whose journey, painful, personal, and inspiring, is far from over.
