Domenic Filane and Justin Juuko - Commonwealth Games 1990 Memories - Ugandan Destroyer and Hollywood Filane

Posted by Domenic Filane Figliomeni for Hollywood Filane.com on 31st Mar 2020

Domenic Filane (Canada) and Justin Juuko (Uganda) were both competing in their first international tournament the 1990 Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand , where the two met in the semi finals. Justin captured the gold medal and Filane settled for the bronze.

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27 years later, the two met up on FACEBOOK through a mutual friend, 1999 Pan American Games Champion Gerald Tucker from the USA. Domenic posted a picture of the two on facebook of Him and Gerald with the gold medal, and Justin Juuko recognized Filane's name, and the stories began flying of the glory days as members of the Boxing Alumni. (See message thread at bottom of page)

Both fighters went on to some pretty exciting careers in Boxing after this matchup.
Domenic Filane Figliomeni went on to be an 11 time Canadian Champion, two time Olympian in Barcelona 92 and Atlanta in 1996. As well as going to 3 commonwealth Games and representing Canada in countless international tournaments through out the World. Domenic went on to start his own business www.hollywoodfilane.com .
Justin "The Destroyer" Juuko moved to Las Vegas and won a number of world titles and fighting some of the legends in boxing such as Floyd Mayweather, Diego Corrales, and Miguel Cotto just to name a few. He was a regular on HBO.
Justin is now a trainer at Freddie Roach's famous Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California.

Video below is rare fight footage and medal ceremony at the Commonwealth Games1990