Sumbu Kalambay

Career, Record, Stats
Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu Kalambay is a 68-year-old retired Italian professional boxer. He is a former middleweight world champion. In a career spanning 12 years, 7 months, and 9 days, Kalambay amassed a record of 57-6-1, which includes 33 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

Sumbu Kalambay's Boxing Career

Sumbu Kalambay was born in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo on April 10, 1956. He made his professional debut at the age of 24 years on October 10, 1980 against Esperno Postl. Kalambay defeated Postl via 7th round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Kalambay became a world champion at the age of 31 after 46 professional fights. He challenged Iran Barkley for the vacant WBA middleweight title and defeated Barkley via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

He then went on to successfully win the The Ring middleweight world title as well.

Kalambay's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Chris Pyatt at age 37, on May 19, 1993, in which he .

Some of Sumbu Kalambay's best fights have been against Mike McCallum (HOFer), Herol Graham, Iran Barkley, and Steve Collins. For a complete list of Kalambay's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Sumbu Kalambay".

Kalambay has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Sumbu Kalambay Losses".

Sumbu Kalambay's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
64
May 19, 1993 37 generic fighter pic Chris Pyatt
loss
UD
12
63
Apr 14, 1993 37 generic fighter pic Eddie Evans
win
KO
1
62
Oct 22, 1992 36 Steve Collins Steve Collins 28 21-2
win
PTS
12
61
Jun 06, 1992 36 generic fighter pic Paul Wesley
win
PTS
10
60
Mar 12, 1992 35 Herol Graham Herol Graham 32 44-3
win
UD
12
59
Nov 14, 1991 35 generic fighter pic Miodrag Perunovic
win
TKO
4
58
Aug 24, 1991 35 generic fighter pic John Ashton
win
RTD
6
57
Apr 01, 1991 34 Mike McCallum Mike McCallum 35 39-1
loss
SD
12
56
Nov 24, 1990 34 generic fighter pic Miguel Angel Maldonado
win
PTS
8
55
Jul 08, 1990 34 generic fighter pic Frederic Seillier
win
TKO
9
54
Jan 24, 1990 33 generic fighter pic Francesco Dell'Aquila
win
TKO
9
53
Nov 29, 1989 33 generic fighter pic Reggie Miller
win
RTD
1
52
Oct 07, 1989 33 generic fighter pic Tony Powell
win
KO
5
51
Mar 25, 1989 32 Michael Nunn Michael Nunn 25 32-0
loss
KO
1
50
Nov 08, 1988 32 generic fighter pic Doug DeWitt
win
TKO
7
49
Jun 12, 1988 32 generic fighter pic Robbie Sims
win
UD
12
48
Mar 05, 1988 31 Mike McCallum Mike McCallum 32 32-0
win
UD
12
47
Oct 23, 1987 31 Iran Barkley Iran Barkley 27 22-3
win
UD
15
46
May 26, 1987 31 Herol Graham Herol Graham 27 38-0
win
UD
12
45
Mar 21, 1987 30 generic fighter pic Basante Blanco
win
RTD
5
44
Dec 13, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Cecil Pettigrew
win
PTS
8
43
Sep 04, 1986 30 generic fighter pic Giovanni De Marco
win
RTD
11
42
Mar 15, 1986 29 generic fighter pic Cliff Gilpin
win
PTS
8
41
Dec 19, 1985 29 Ayub Kalule Ayub Kalule 31 45-3
loss
SD
12
40
Sep 26, 1985 29 generic fighter pic Giovanni De Marco
win
SD
12
39
Jul 14, 1985 29 generic fighter pic Donald Bowers
win
PTS
8
38
Apr 27, 1985 29 generic fighter pic Jose Duarte
win
PTS
10
37
Apr 06, 1985 28 generic fighter pic Duane Thomas
loss
PTS
10
36
Mar 08, 1985 28 generic fighter pic Tony Harrison
win
TKO
4
35
Dec 10, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Clint Jackson
win
PTS
8
34
Sep 22, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Tony Cerda
win
PTS
8
33
Jul 08, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Bobby Hoye
win
PTS
8
32
Apr 13, 1984 28 generic fighter pic Allen Alexander
win
PTS
8
31
Feb 18, 1984 27 generic fighter pic Kenneth Styles
win
TKO
2
30
Dec 09, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Irving Hines
win
KO
8
29
Oct 30, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Ralph Moncrief
win
PTS
8
28
Oct 13, 1983 27 generic fighter pic James Williams
win
KO
1
27
Sep 03, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Guy Kennedy
win
TKO
6
26
Jul 24, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Jimmie Sykes
win
PTS
8
25
Apr 10, 1983 27 generic fighter pic Wilson Bell
win
KO
1
24
Feb 24, 1983 26 generic fighter pic Bruce Johnson
win
TKO
6
23
Dec 10, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Salvador Perez Ramos
win
KO
2
22
Nov 26, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Stacy McSwain
win
TKO
3
21
Oct 30, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Buster Drayton
win
PTS
8
20
Sep 01, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Joe Ouru
win
DQ
1
19
May 29, 1982 26 generic fighter pic Jose Quinones
win
TKO
2
18
Apr 02, 1982 25 generic fighter pic Costello King
win
KO
2
17
Feb 05, 1982 25 generic fighter pic Steve Williams
win
TKO
2
16
Dec 26, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Gabriele Lazzari
win
TKO
6
15
Dec 11, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Jose Lozano
win
PTS
8
14
Nov 13, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Michel Pagani
win
KO
2
13
Oct 23, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Sonny Kamunga
win
KO
7
12
Sep 25, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Jose Luis Duran
win
TKO
4
11
Jun 27, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Christian D'Helft
win
TKO
3
10
May 28, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Giovanni Martorina
win
TKO
1
9
May 15, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Christian D'Helft
win
TKO
1
8
Apr 17, 1981 25 generic fighter pic Damiano Lassandro
win
TKO
8
7
Mar 20, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Giovanni Martorina
win
PTS
6
6
Mar 09, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Cosimo Carbone
win
TKO
3
5
Feb 05, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Christian D'Helft
win
PTS
8
4
Jan 08, 1981 24 generic fighter pic Stephane Ferrara
draw
PTS
6
3
Dec 05, 1980 24 generic fighter pic Aldo Buzzetti
loss
PTS
8
2
Oct 24, 1980 24 generic fighter pic Luigi Marini
win
TKO
6
1
Oct 10, 1980 24 generic fighter pic Esperno Postl
win
TKO
7
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