Ayub Kalule
Ayub Kalule (born 6 January 1954) is a retired boxer from Uganda, who first came to prominence when he won the Amateur World Welterweight Title at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba. He turned professional and based himself in Denmark, and went on to win the world light-middleweight championship. He subsequently lost the title to Sugar Ray Leonard.
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| Real name | Ayub Kalule | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight(s) | Light middleweight Middleweight | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 6 January 1954 Kampala, Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 50 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 46 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Draws | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| No contests | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Boxing career
Born in Kampala, he began his professional boxing career in 1976 when he won a four-round decision over Kurt Hombach in Copenhagen, Denmark. Kalule would be based out of Denmark for the rest of his career. He then won 29 more victories, achieving 30 wins, 0 losses. Included in those victories were defeats of Alipata Korovou for the Commonwealth Middleweight Title and a 10-round decision of former US Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales.
On 24 October 1979, Kalule was in Akita, Japan to take on Masashi Kudo for the Lineal and WBA Junior middleweight titles. Kalule easily outboxed the champion and thus captured the coveted world championship crown.[1] He then successfully defended the title four times before taking on the legendary Sugar Ray Leonard on 25 June 1981 in the Houston Astrodome. A virtual unknown in the United States, Kalule was considered little more than a courier waiting to deliver the belt to Leonard. The fight proved much more difficult for Leonard as Kalule repeatedly landed straight lefts and fought on an almost even ground for the first five or six rounds. Slowly Leonard started to take control and in the 9th round ended the fight and Kalule's reign as WBA Champion.
Kalule fought on until the beginning of 1986 and managed to win the European Middleweight Title and defend it successfully against future world champion Sumbu Kalambay. Prior to that, he received another shot at the WBA Jr Middleweight Title held at that time by Davey Moore. Kalule put up a very good fight, but again was KO'd, this time in the 10th round. Ayub's career ended on 5 February 1986 when he lost the European Middleweight Title to Herol Graham. He finished his career with a very impressive record of 46–4 with 23 KOs.
Professional boxing record
| 46 Wins (23 knockouts, 23 decisions), 4 Losses (4 knockouts, 0 decisions) | |||||||
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round | Date | Location | Notes |
| Loss | 46–4 |  |
TKO | 10 | 5 February 1986 |  |
Lost EBU Middleweight Title |
| Win | 46–3 |  |
SD | 12 | 19 December 1985 | |
Retained EBU Middleweight Title |
| Win | 45–3 |  |
TKO | 8 | 20 June 1985 |  |
Won EBU Middleweight Title |
| Win | 44–3 |  |
TKO | 4 | 9 March 1985 | |
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| Win | 43–3 |  |
PTS | 8 | 9 November 1984 | |
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| Win | 42–3 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
TKO | 3 | 5 October 1984 | |
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| Win | 41–3 | |
TKO | 1 | 25 April 1984 | |
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| Loss | 40–3 |  |
RTD | 7 | 13 November 1982 | |
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| Loss | 40–2 | |
TKO | 10 | 17 July 1982 | |
For WBA Light Middleweight Title |
| Win | 40–1 | |
TKO | 2 | 30 April 1982 | |
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| Win | 39–1 | |
PTS | 10 | 26 February 1982 | |
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| Win | 38–1 | |
PTS | 8 | 13 November 1981 | |
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| Win | 37–1 |  |
PTS | 10 | 9 October 1981 | |
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| Loss | 36–1 | |
TKO | 9 | 25 June 1981 | |
Lost WBA and lineal light middleweight titles |
| Win | 36–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 5 March 1981 | |
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| Win | 35–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
UD | 15 | 6 September 1980 | |
Retained WBA and lineal light middleweight titles |
| Win | 34–0 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
UD | 15 | 12 June 1980 | |
Retained WBA and lineal light middleweight titles |
| Win | 33–0 |  |
RTD | 11 | 17 April 1980 | |
Retained WBA and light middleweight titles |
| Win | 32–0 | |
UD | 15 | 6 December 1979 | |
Retained WBA and lineal light middleweight titles |
| Win | 31–0 |  |
UD | 15 | 24 October 1979 | |
Won WBA and lineal light middleweight titles |
| Win | 30–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 6 September 1979 | |
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| Win | 29–0 | |
PTS | 8 | 28 June 1979 | |
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| Win | 28–0 |  |
PTS | 10 | 24 May 1979 | |
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| Win | 27–0 |  |
TKO | 4 | 15 March 1979 | |
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| Win | 26–0 |  |
KO | 2 | 15 February 1979 | |
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| Win | 25–0 | |
UD | 10 | 7 December 1978 | |
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| Win | 24–0 | |
MD | 10 | 9 November 1978 | |
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| Win | 23–0 |  |
KO | 5 | 14 September 1978 | |
Retained Commonwealth Middleweight Title |
| Win | 22–0 | |
TKO | 6 | 10 August 1978 | |
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| Win | 21–0 |  |
TKO | 14 | 25 May 1978 | |
Won Commonwealth Middleweight Title |
| Win | 20–0 |  |
TKO | 7 | 27 April 1978 | |
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| Win | 19–0 | |
TKO | 3 | 16 March 1978 | |
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| Win | 18–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 2 March 1978 | |
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| Win | 17–0 | |
TKO | 5 | 9 February 1978 | |
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| Win | 16–0 |  |
PTS | 10 | 26 January 1978 |  |
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| Win | 15–0 | |
TKO | 4 | 5 January 1978 | |
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| Win | 14–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 8 December 1977 | |
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| Win | 13–0 | |
TKO | 3 | 3 November 1977 | |
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| Win | 12–0 | |
TKO | 9 | 6 October 1977 | |
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| Win | 11–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 8 September 1977 | |
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| Win | 10–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 2 June 1977 | |
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| Win | 9–0 | |
TKO | 7 | 28 April 1977 | |
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| Win | 8–0 |  |
TKO | 6 | 31 March 1977 | |
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| Win | 7–0 | |
PTS | 10 | 24 February 1977 | |
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| Win | 6–0 | |
TKO | 3 | 20 January 1977 | |
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| Win | 5–0 | |
KO | 2 | 9 December 1976 | |
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| Win | 4–0 | |
KO | 1 | 19 November 1976 | |
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| Win | 3–0 | |
PTS | 6 | 9 October 1976 | |
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| Win | 2–0 | |
KO | 5 | 3 June 1976 | |
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| Win | 1–0 |  |
PTS | 4 | 8 April 1976 | |
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See also
- List of light middleweight boxing champions
- List of WBA world champions
References
- "Ayub Kalule - Lineal Junior Middleweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
- KALULE, Ayub International Who's Who. accessed 4 September 2006.
External links
| Achievements | ||
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| Preceded by Masashi Kudo |
Lineal Light Middleweight Champion 24 October 1979 – 25 June 1981 |
Succeeded by Sugar Ray Leonard |
| Preceded by Masashi Kudo |
WBA Light Middleweight Champion 24 October 1979 – 25 June 1981 |
Succeeded by Sugar Ray Leonard |
| Regional titles | ||
| Vacant Title last held by Tony Sibson |
EBU Middleweight Champion 20 June 1985 – 5 February 1986 |
Succeeded by Herol Graham |
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