Isaac Zebra Ssenyange commonly known as Mando was born in 1980 in Kampala and was raised in the ghetto of Bwaise.
Zebra Ssenyange has been a professional boxer who started as an amateur in the 90s and hit the professional section in 2012.
Zebra commonly known as Zebra Mando has been among the legendary boxers the nation has ever had and he was born and raised in the ghetto of Bwaise.
He was given a name Mando and it comes from commando because of his temper.
Early life and education
Isaac Zebra Ssenyange commonly known as Mando was born in 1980 in Kampala and was raised in the ghetto of Bwaise. He went to Bat valley primary school and after his primary education, he joined St. Francis for his secondary education.
He didn’t spend a lot of time at St. Francis and joined Kololo high where he was given a scholarship because of his boxing talent.
Zebra didn’t go further in studies because of financial reasons since his mother had died in 1998 and she was the official breadwinner. Ssenyange decided to quit school and joined Dynamic High school as a coach in boxing.
Boxing career
Zebra Ssenyange started as taekwondo when he was still a child and his first trainer was a gentleman called Erias who was a commando in Amin’s army. Erias started training him because he had temper issues and this was in Bwaise and when he joined primary seven he changed and got another coach called Abdullah who taught him Karate.
During his primary seven vacations, he was taught another spot and this was kickboxing which was still a new sport.
Zebra started training boxing with the help of coach Kayongo who took him to the school team of Kololo but he was not a student of Kololo. Is because of this talent that Kololo decided to give him a scholarship.
He won the school intermediate, juniors and other boxing competitions.
In 1997 Zebra Ssenyange got an injury and quit the sport but returned in 1998 as a Dynamic high school coach but still as an amateur boxer. In the same year, he joined the nationals in the Walter weight but because of his energy, he was put in the light middle.
He first travelled in the same year in Nakuru for the Orafiki games but lost the finals and returned with a silver medal.
Zebra joined the professional boxing in 2012 and his first fight was with a Kenyan boxer called Patrick Amote and his last one was with Bana Bana although he lost the fight.
After a successful career, he joined the amateur section in England where he fought a lot of fights and even the government of England wanted to retain him.
He returned in 2006 to Uganda and decided to settle.
Stats
- Fights /Amateur
- Wins/196 wins
- Loses /19 loses
