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.

Ayub Kalule
Statistics
Real nameAyub Kalule
Weight(s)Light middleweight
Middleweight
Nationality Uganda
Born (1954-01-06) 6 January 1954
Kampala, Uganda
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights50
Wins46
Wins by KO23
Losses4
Draws0
No contests0

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 Herol Graham TKO 10 5 February 1986 Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, United Kingdom Lost EBU Middleweight Title
Win 46–3 Sumbu Kalambay SD 12 19 December 1985 Ancona, Italy Retained EBU Middleweight Title
Win 45–3 Pierre Joly TKO 8 20 June 1985 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Won EBU Middleweight Title
Win 44–3 Mauro Fernandez TKO 4 9 March 1985 Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 43–3 Lindell Holmes PTS 8 9 November 1984 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 42–3 Wayne Caplette TKO 3 5 October 1984 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 41–3 Jimmy Price TKO 1 25 April 1984 Alexandra Pavilion, Muswell Hill, England, United Kingdom
Loss 40–3 Mike McCallum RTD 7 13 November 1982 Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Loss 40–2 Davey Moore TKO 10 17 July 1982 Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States For WBA Light Middleweight Title
Win 40–1 Oscar Albarado TKO 2 30 April 1982 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 39–1 Jacques Chinon PTS 10 26 February 1982 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 38–1 O'Dell Leonard PTS 8 13 November 1981 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 37–1 Andoni Amana PTS 10 9 October 1981 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Loss 36–1 Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 9 (15) 25 June 1981 Astrodome, Houston, Texas, United States Lost WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 36–0 Pat Hallacy PTS 10 5 March 1981 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 35–0 Bushy Bester UD 15 6 September 1980 Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark Retained WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 34–0 Marijan Benes UD 15 12 June 1980 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark Retained WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 33–0 Emiliano Villa RTD 11 (15) 17 April 1980 Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark Retained WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 32–0 Steve Gregory UD 15 6 December 1979 Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark Retained WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 31–0 Masashi Kudo UD 15 24 October 1979 Akita Prefectural Gymnasium, Akita City, Japan Won WBA and The Ring light-middleweight titles
Win 30–0 David Love PTS 10 6 September 1979 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 29–0 Ray Hammond PTS 8 28 June 1979 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 28–0 Obdulio Rogelio Zarza PTS 10 24 May 1979 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 27–0 Monty Betham TKO 4 15 March 1979 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 26–0 Ho Joo KO 2 15 February 1979 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 25–0 Kevin Finnegan UD 10 7 December 1978 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 24–0 Sugar Ray Seales MD 10 9 November 1978 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 23–0 Reggie Ford KO 5 14 September 1978 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark Retained Commonwealth Middleweight Title
Win 22–0 Milton Owens TKO 6 10 August 1978 Glyngoere Hallen, Glyngoere, Denmark
Win 21–0 Al Korovou TKO 14 25 May 1978 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark Won Commonwealth Middleweight Title
Win 20–0 Idrissa Konate TKO 7 27 April 1978 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 19–0 Tsutomu Hagusa TKO 3 16 March 1978 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 18–0 Johnny Baldwin PTS 10 2 March 1978 Vejle, Denmark
Win 17–0 Jose Hernandez TKO 5 9 February 1978 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 16–0 Rennie Pinder PTS 10 26 January 1978 Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
Win 15–0 Bonifacio Avila TKO 4 5 January 1978 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 14–0 Ralph Palladin PTS 10 8 December 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 13–0 Miguel Castellini TKO 3 3 November 1977 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 12–0 Alvin Anderson TKO 9 6 October 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 11–0 Rudy Robles PTS 10 8 September 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 10–0 Elisha Obed PTS 10 2 June 1977 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 9–0 Jose Luis Duran TKO 7 28 April 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 8–0 Arnoldo Olivares TKO 6 31 March 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 7–0 Mimoun Mohatar PTS 10 24 February 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 6–0 Damiano Lassandro TKO 3 20 January 1977 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 5–0 Larry Paul KO 2 9 December 1976 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 4–0 Gualberto Fernandez KO 1 19 November 1976 Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win 3–0 Trevor Francis PTS 6 9 October 1976 Copenhagen Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 2–0 Wayne Bennett KO 5 3 June 1976 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win 1–0 Kurt Hombach PTS 4 8 April 1976 K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

See also

References

  1. "Ayub Kalule - Lineal Junior Middleweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  • KALULE, Ayub International Who's Who. accessed 4 September 2006.
Achievements
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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