Ayub Kalule vs. Marijan Benes

Ayub Kalule 154 lbs beat Marijan Benes 153 lbs by UD in round 15 of 15

• Date: 1980-06-12
• Location: Randers Hallen, Randers, Denmark
• Referee: Max Strangfeldt 149-145
• Judge: Knud Jensen 149-142
• Judge: Rinus Schulein 149-147

• World Boxing Association Super Welterweight Title
  
• Weights: Kalule 153.5 lbs, Benes 153 lbs

"Ayub Kalule of Uganda battered Yugoslavian challenger Marijan Benes over 15 rounds and recorded a unanimous decision Thursday night to retain his WBA junior middleweight title. After the first eight rounds, few in the hall expected Benes to go all 15 rounds. For every swing he missed, he got four or five punches back from the Ugandan southpaw; and once he began to run out of steam, the Yugoslav repeatedly tumbled past his opponent and into the ropes on his own momentum. The 25 year old Kalule, who fights out of Denmark, is unbeaten in 24 bouts." -Associated Press