Ayub Kalule

Ayub Kalule

Personal information
Born	6 January 1954 (1954-01-06) (age 62) Kampala, Uganda
Medal record Men's Boxing Representing  Uganda World Amateur Championships 1974 Havana Light Welterweight Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch Lightweight

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 light-middleweight championship. He subsequently lost the title to Sugar Ray Leonard.

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 travelled to Akita, Japan to take on Masashi Kudo for the WBA Junior middleweight Championship of the world. Kalule easily outboxed the champion and thus captured the coveted world championship belt. 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 24 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	34–0	Herol Graham	TKO	10	5 February 1986	Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, United Kingdom	EBU Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:10 of the tenth round.
Win	37–2–1	Sumbu Kalambay	SD	12	19 December 1985	Ancona, Italy	EBU Middleweight Title. 113–114, 118–115, 117–114.
Win	26–3–2	Pierre Joly	TKO	8	20 June 1985	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	EBU Middleweight Title.
Win	0–1	Mauro Fernandez	TKO	4	9 March 1985	Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	21–3	Lindell Holmes	PTS	8	9 November 1984	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	24–4	Wayne Caplette	TKO	3	5 October 1984	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	12–0	Jimmy Price	TKO	1	25 April 1984	Alexandra Pavilion, Muswell Hill, England, United Kingdom
Loss	16–0	Mike McCallum	RTD	7	13 November 1982	Sands Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	Kalule retired at 3:00 of the seventh round.
Loss	10–0	Davey Moore	TKO	10	17 July 1982	Bally's Atlantic City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 2:58 of the tenth round.
Win	58–12–1	Oscar Albarado	TKO	2	30 April 1982	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	20–20–5	Jacques Chinon	PTS	10	26 February 1982	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	16–9–1	O'Dell Leonard	PTS	8	13 November 1981	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	42–3	Andoni Amana	PTS	10	9 October 1981	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Loss	29–1	Sugar Ray Leonard	TKO	9	25 June 1981	Astrodome, Houston, Texas, United States	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 3:06 of the ninth round.
Win	25–5–1	Pat Hallacy	PTS	10	5 March 1981	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	19–2	Bushy Bester	UD	15	6 September 1980	Vejlby-Risskov Hallen, Aarhus, Denmark	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. 147–138, 147–138, 147–139.
Win	19–2–1	Marijan Benes	UD	15	12 June 1980	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. 149–145, 149–142, 149–147.
Win	38–5–3	Emiliano Villa	RTD	11	17 April 1980	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. Villa retired at 3:00 of the 11th round.
Win	20–0–2	Steve "Young" Gregory	UD	15	6 December 1979	Brøndby Hall, Brøndby, Denmark	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. 149–135, 150–135, 150–147.
Win	23–0	Masashi Kudo	UD	15	24 October 1979	City Gymnasium, Akita City, Japan	WBA World Light Middleweight Title. 149–139, 146–139, 149–145.
Win	32–15	David "Free" Love	PTS	10	6 September 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	14–4	"Sugar" Ray Hammond	PTS	8	28 June 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	22–25–6	Obdulio Rogelio Zarza	PTS	10	24 May 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	35–7	Monty Betham	TKO	4	15 March 1979	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	11–1–1	Ho Joo	KO	2	15 February 1979	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	32–8	Kevin Finnegan	UD	10	7 December 1978	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	100–95, 100–95, 100–93.
Win	46–4–2	Sugar Ray Seales	MD	10	9 November 1978	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	4–2	Reggie Ford	KO	5	14 September 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	22–0	Milton "Black Widow" Owens	TKO	6	10 August 1978	Glyngoere Hallen, Glyngoere, Denmark
Win	24–13–1	Al Korovou	TKO	14	25 May 1978	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark	Commonwealth Middleweight Title.
Win	12–3–1	Idrissa Konate	TKO	7	27 April 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	14–9	Tsutomu Hagusa	TKO	3	16 March 1978	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	32–2	Johnny "The Mad" Baldwin	PTS	10	2 March 1978	Vejle, Denmark
Win	50–16–6	"G.I." Jose Hernandez	TKO	5	9 February 1978	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	8–8	Rennie Pinder	PTS	10	26 January 1978	Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
Win	16–2–3	Bonifacio Avila	TKO	4	5 January 1978	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	30–4–2	Ralph Palladin	PTS	10	8 December 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	62–6–10	Miguel Castellini	TKO	3	3 November 1977	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	23–6–3	Alvin Anderson	TKO	9	6 October 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	33–6	"Boxing" Rudy Robles	PTS	10	8 September 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	66–2–4	Elisha Obed	PTS	10	2 June 1977	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	20–5–2	Jose Luis Duran	TKO	7	28 April 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	5–4	Arnoldo Olivares	TKO	6	31 March 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	25–17–4	Mimoun Mohatar	PTS	10	24 February 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	21–2–1	Damiano Lassandro	TKO	3	20 January 1977	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	27–5–1	Larry Paul	KO	2	9 December 1976	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	14–36–5	"Boxing" Gualberto Fernandez	KO	1	19 November 1976	Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
Win	20–9–6	"Boxing" Trevor Francis	PTS	6	9 October 1976	Copenhagen Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	5–0–1	Wayne "Newton" Bennett	KO	5	3 June 1976	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Win	11–9–2	Kurt Hombach	PTS	4	8 April 1976	K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

References

• KALULE, Ayub International Who's Who. accessed 4 September 2006.

External links

• Professional boxing record for Ayub Kalule from BoxRec
• Boxing-Records