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Total Fights | 64 |
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Wins | 57 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 33 |
KO Losses | 1 |
WBA | TheRing |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and seven months, Sumbu Kalambay fought 64 times with 57 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Kalambay retired from professional boxing with a record of 57-6-1, which included one world-championship elevation, one world-title win, and three successful title defense fights at the middleweight weight division. He had a 51.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 33 of his total 64 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only knockout loss in Kalambay's career was a 1st round KO loss to Michael Nunn in a middleweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Chris Pyatt on May 19, 1993. Kalambay was fighting for the middleweight WBO (vacant) title.
Some of Kalambay's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Mike McCallum, Doug DeWitt, Herol Graham, Iran Barkley, Robbie Sims, Miodrag Perunovic, and Reggie Miller.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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64 | May 19, 1993 | 37 | Chris Pyatt | Loss * | UD |
63 | Apr 14, 1993 | 37 | Eddie Evans | Win | KO1 |
62 | Oct 22, 1992 | 36 | Steve Collins | Win | PTS |
61 | Jun 6, 1992 | 36 | Paul Wesley | Win | PTS |
60 | Mar 12, 1992 | 35 | Herol Graham | Win | UD |
59 | Nov 14, 1991 | 35 | Miodrag Perunovic | Win | TKO4 |
58 | Aug 24, 1991 | 35 | John Ashton | Win | RTD6 |
57 | Apr 1, 1991 | 34 | Mike McCallum | Loss * | SD |
56 | Nov 24, 1990 | 34 | Miguel Angel Maldonado | Win | PTS |
55 | Jul 8, 1990 | 34 | Frederic Seillier | Win | TKO9 |
54 | Jan 24, 1990 | 33 | Francesco Dell'Aquila | Win | TKO9 |
53 | Nov 29, 1989 | 33 | Reggie Miller | Win | RTD1 |
52 | Oct 7, 1989 | 33 | Tony Powell | Win | KO5 |
51 | Mar 25, 1989 | 32 | Michael Nunn | Loss * | KO1 |
50 | Nov 8, 1988 | 32 | Doug DeWitt | Win * | TKO7 |
49 | Jun 12, 1988 | 32 | Robbie Sims | Win * | UD |
48 | Mar 5, 1988 | 31 | Mike McCallum | Win * | UD |
47 | Oct 23, 1987 | 31 | Iran Barkley | Win * | UD |
46 | May 26, 1987 | 31 | Herol Graham | Win | UD |
45 | Mar 21, 1987 | 30 | Basante Blanco | Win | RTD5 |
44 | Dec 13, 1986 | 30 | Cecil Pettigrew | Win | PTS |
43 | Sep 4, 1986 | 30 | Giovanni De Marco | Win | RTD11 |
42 | Mar 15, 1986 | 29 | Cliff Gilpin | Win | PTS |
41 | Dec 19, 1985 | 29 | Ayub Kalule | Loss | SD |
40 | Sep 26, 1985 | 29 | Giovanni De Marco | Win | SD |
39 | Jul 14, 1985 | 29 | Donald Bowers | Win | PTS |
38 | Apr 27, 1985 | 29 | Jose Duarte | Win | PTS |
37 | Apr 6, 1985 | 28 | Duane Thomas | Loss | PTS |
36 | Mar 8, 1985 | 28 | Tony Harrison | Win | TKO4 |
35 | Dec 10, 1984 | 28 | Clint Jackson | Win | PTS |
34 | Sep 22, 1984 | 28 | Tony Cerda | Win | PTS |
33 | Jul 8, 1984 | 28 | Bobby Hoye | Win | PTS |
32 | Apr 13, 1984 | 28 | Allen Alexander | Win | PTS |
31 | Feb 18, 1984 | 27 | Kenneth Styles | Win | TKO2 |
30 | Dec 9, 1983 | 27 | Irving Hines | Win | KO8 |
29 | Oct 30, 1983 | 27 | Ralph Moncrief | Win | PTS |
28 | Oct 13, 1983 | 27 | James Williams | Win | KO1 |
27 | Sep 3, 1983 | 27 | Guy Kennedy | Win | TKO6 |
26 | Jul 24, 1983 | 27 | Jimmie Sykes | Win | PTS |
25 | Apr 10, 1983 | 27 | Wilson Bell | Win | KO1 |
24 | Feb 24, 1983 | 26 | Bruce Johnson | Win | TKO6 |
23 | Dec 10, 1982 | 26 | Salvador Perez Ramos | Win | KO2 |
22 | Nov 26, 1982 | 26 | Stacy McSwain | Win | TKO3 |
21 | Oct 30, 1982 | 26 | Buster Drayton | Win | PTS |
20 | Sep 1, 1982 | 26 | Joe Ouru | Win | DQ |
19 | May 29, 1982 | 26 | Jose Quinones | Win | TKO2 |
18 | Apr 2, 1982 | 25 | Costello King | Win | KO2 |
17 | Feb 5, 1982 | 25 | Steve Williams | Win | TKO2 |
16 | Dec 26, 1981 | 25 | Gabriele Lazzari | Win | TKO6 |
15 | Dec 11, 1981 | 25 | Jose Lozano | Win | PTS |
14 | Nov 13, 1981 | 25 | Michel Pagani | Win | KO2 |
13 | Oct 23, 1981 | 25 | Sonny Kamunga | Win | KO7 |
12 | Sep 25, 1981 | 25 | Jose Luis Duran | Win | TKO4 |
11 | Jun 27, 1981 | 25 | Christian D'Helft | Win | TKO3 |
10 | May 28, 1981 | 25 | Giovanni Martorina | Win | TKO1 |
9 | May 15, 1981 | 25 | Christian D'Helft | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Apr 17, 1981 | 25 | Damiano Lassandro | Win | TKO8 |
7 | Mar 20, 1981 | 24 | Giovanni Martorina | Win | PTS |
6 | Mar 9, 1981 | 24 | Cosimo Carbone | Win | TKO3 |
5 | Feb 5, 1981 | 24 | Christian D'Helft | Win | PTS |
4 | Jan 8, 1981 | 24 | Stephane Ferrara | Draw | PTS |
3 | Dec 5, 1980 | 24 | Aldo Buzzetti | Loss | PTS |
2 | Oct 24, 1980 | 24 | Luigi Marini | Win | TKO6 |
1 | Oct 10, 1980 | 24 | Esperno Postl | Win | TKO7 |
* World-title fight
Sumbu Kalambay is a 67-year old retired Italian professional boxer. He was born in Élisabethville, Belgian Congo on April 10, 1956. He is a former middleweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 1980 to 1993.
Kalambay made his professional boxing debut against Esperno Postl at the age of 24 on October 10, 1980, defeating Postl via 7th round TKO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 31 on October 23, 1987 after 46 professional fights, against Iran Barkley for the middleweight WBA (vacant) title. He defeated Barkley via 15 round unanimous decision to become the middleweight champion of the world.
Kalambay has won one world title at middleweight. He was elevated as world champion once. For all the details about Kalambay's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kalambay had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a middleweight bout against Chris Pyatt on May 19, 1993 for the vacant middleweight WBO title. Kalambay lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 30 years, 10 months, and 9 days since this fight.
Kalambay had a total of seven world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost three.
Sumbu Kalambay fought for a middleweight world title in four fights and won once. He won one middleweight belt. He was elevated as world champion once, by The Ring.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 23, 1987 | Iran Barkley | Middleweight | WBA* | UD |
Sumbu Kalambay had three middleweight world-title defense fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Nov 8, 1988 | Doug DeWitt | Middleweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jun 12, 1988 | Robbie Sims | Middleweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Mar 5, 1988 | Mike McCallum | Middleweight | WBA | UD |
Kalambay fought a total of 64 times during his professional career, which includes 7 world-title fights at the middleweight division. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
May 26, 1987: Sumbu Kalambay puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Herol Graham via 12th round unanimous decision.
October 23, 1987: Kalambay wins his first world title by defeating Iran Barkley via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA middleweight world champion.
March 5, 1988: Kalambay successfully defends the WBA middleweight title against Mike McCallum, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 8, 1988: Kalambay successfully defends the WBA and The Ring middleweight titles against Doug DeWitt, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
Kalambay knocked out 33 of his 64 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 51.6%. Of his total 57 wins, 33 of them were via KO (57.9%).
Kalambay's first world-title win was the WBA (vacant) belt at middleweight. He defeated Iran Barkley via 15 round unanimous decision to win the title.
Kalambay won one world title at middleweight.
Kalambay had 3 successful title defense fights.