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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 46 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 23 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning nine years and nine months, Ayub Kalule fought 50 times with 46 wins and 4 losses.
Kalule retired from professional boxing with a record of 46-4, which included two super-welterweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He had a 46% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 23 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. Kalule suffered four knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10th round TKO defeat to Herol Graham on February 5, 1986.
Some of Kalule's best fights and notable victories include wins over Masashi Kudo, Emiliano Villa, Bushy Bester, Marijan Benes, Jimmy Price, Wayne Caplette, and Mauro Fernandez.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Feb 5, 1986 | 32 | Herol Graham | Loss | TKO10 |
49 | Dec 19, 1985 | 31 | Sumbu Kalambay | Win | SD |
48 | Jun 20, 1985 | 31 | Pierre Joly | Win | TKO8 |
47 | Mar 9, 1985 | 31 | Mauro Fernandez | Win | TKO4 |
46 | Nov 9, 1984 | 30 | Lindell Holmes | Win | PTS |
45 | Oct 5, 1984 | 30 | Wayne Caplette | Win | TKO3 |
44 | Apr 25, 1984 | 30 | Jimmy Price | Win | TKO1 |
43 | Nov 13, 1982 | 28 | Mike McCallum | Loss | RTD7 |
42 | Jul 17, 1982 | 28 | Davey Moore | Loss * | TKO10 |
41 | Apr 30, 1982 | 28 | Oscar Albarado | Win | TKO2 |
40 | Feb 26, 1982 | 28 | Jacques Chinon | Win | PTS |
39 | Nov 13, 1981 | 27 | O'Dell Leonard | Win | PTS |
38 | Oct 9, 1981 | 27 | Andoni Amana | Win | PTS |
37 | Jun 25, 1981 | 27 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Loss * | TKO9 |
36 | Mar 5, 1981 | 27 | Pat Hallacy | Win | PTS |
35 | Sep 6, 1980 | 26 | Bushy Bester | Win * | UD |
34 | Jun 12, 1980 | 26 | Marijan Benes | Win * | UD |
33 | Apr 17, 1980 | 26 | Emiliano Villa | Win * | RTD11 |
32 | Dec 6, 1979 | 25 | Steve Gregory | Win * | UD |
31 | Oct 24, 1979 | 25 | Masashi Kudo | Win * | UD |
30 | Sep 6, 1979 | 25 | David Love | Win | PTS |
29 | Jun 28, 1979 | 25 | Ray Hammond | Win | PTS |
28 | May 24, 1979 | 25 | Obdulio Rogelio Zarza | Win | PTS |
27 | Mar 15, 1979 | 25 | Monty Betham | Win | TKO4 |
26 | Feb 15, 1979 | 25 | Ho Joo | Win | KO2 |
25 | Dec 7, 1978 | 24 | Kevin Finnegan | Win | UD |
24 | Nov 9, 1978 | 24 | Sugar Ray Seales | Win | MD |
23 | Sep 14, 1978 | 24 | Reggie Ford | Win | KO5 |
22 | Aug 10, 1978 | 24 | Milton Owens | Win | TKO6 |
21 | May 25, 1978 | 24 | Al Korovou | Win | TKO14 |
20 | Apr 27, 1978 | 24 | Idrissa Konate | Win | TKO7 |
19 | Mar 16, 1978 | 24 | Tsutomu Hagusa | Win | TKO3 |
18 | Mar 2, 1978 | 24 | Johnny Baldwin | Win | PTS |
17 | Feb 9, 1978 | 24 | Jose Hernandez | Win | TKO5 |
16 | Jan 26, 1978 | 24 | Rennie Pinder | Win | PTS |
15 | Jan 5, 1978 | 23 | Bonifacio Avila | Win | TKO4 |
14 | Dec 8, 1977 | 23 | Ralph Palladin | Win | PTS |
13 | Nov 3, 1977 | 23 | Miguel Castellini | Win | TKO3 |
12 | Oct 6, 1977 | 23 | Alvin Anderson | Win | TKO9 |
11 | Sep 8, 1977 | 23 | Rudy Robles | Win | PTS |
10 | Jun 2, 1977 | 23 | Elisha Obed | Win | PTS |
9 | Apr 28, 1977 | 23 | Jose Luis Duran | Win | TKO7 |
8 | Mar 31, 1977 | 23 | Arnoldo Olivares | Win | TKO6 |
7 | Feb 24, 1977 | 23 | Mimoun Mohatar | Win | PTS |
6 | Jan 20, 1977 | 23 | Damiano Lassandro | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Dec 9, 1976 | 22 | Larry Paul | Win | KO2 |
4 | Nov 19, 1976 | 22 | Gualberto Fernandez | Win | KO1 |
3 | Oct 9, 1976 | 22 | Trevor Francis | Win | PTS |
2 | Jun 3, 1976 | 22 | Wayne Bennett | Win | KO5 |
1 | Apr 8, 1976 | 22 | Kurt Hombach | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Ayub Kalule is a 70-year old retired Ugandan professional boxer. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on January 6, 1954. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 9 years — from 1976 to 1986.
Kalule made his professional boxing debut against Kurt Hombach at the age of 22 on April 8, 1976, defeating Hombach via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 25 on October 24, 1979 after 30 professional fights, against Masashi Kudo for the super-welterweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Kudo via 15 round unanimous decision to become the super-welterweight champion of the world.
Kalule has won two world titles at super-welterweight. For all the details about Kalule's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kalule had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against British boxer Herol Graham on February 5, 1986. Kalule lost the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 38 years, 2 months, and 15 days since this fight.
Kalule had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost two.
Ayub Kalule fought for super-welterweight world titles in two fights and won once. In total, he won two super-welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 24, 1979 | Masashi Kudo | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Ayub Kalule had five super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 6, 1980 | Bushy Bester | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Jun 12, 1980 | Marijan Benes | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Apr 17, 1980 | Emiliano Villa | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | RTD |
Dec 6, 1979 | Steve Gregory | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Ayub Kalule lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 25, 1981 | Sugar Ray Leonard | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Although Kalule had a total of 50 fights, this fight against Masashi Kudo is the sole highlight of his career.
October 24, 1979: Kalule wins his first world titles by defeating Masashi Kudo via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight world champion.
Kalule knocked out 23 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 46%. Of his total 46 wins, 23 of them were via KO (50%).
Kalule's first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at super-welterweight. He defeated Masashi Kudo via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Kalule won two world titles at super-welterweight.
Kalule had a total of five title defense fights. He was successful four times and lost one time.