Sumbu Kalambay

Name: Sumbu Kalambay
Alias: Patrizio - Ali
Hometown: Ancona, Marche, Italy
Birthplace: Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 175cm
Reach: 183cm
Pro Boxer: Record

Career Overview

• Amateur Record: 90-5
• Defeated Giovanni De Marco by a twelve-round split decision to win the Italian Middleweight Championship in 1985.
• Defeated Herol Graham by a twelve-round unanimous decision to win the European Middleweight Championship in 1987.
• Defeated Iran Barkley by a fifteen-round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA Middleweight Championship in 1987.
• Defended the WBA title against Mike McCallum (W 12), Robbie Sims (W 12), and Doug DeWitt (TKO 7).
• Awarded The Ring Magazine World Middleweight Championship in July 1988.
• Stripped by the WBA in March 1989 for choosing to fight IBF Middleweight Champion Michael Nunn, instead of mandatory challenger Herol Graham.
• Lost to Michael Nunn by a first-round knockout in 1989. It was the only knockout loss of Kalambay's career.
• Lost to Mike McCallum by a twelve-round split decision in an attempt to regain the WBA Middleweight Championship in 1991.
• Outpointed Herol Graham and Steve Collins in 1992.
• Lost to Chris Pyatt by a twelve-round unanimous decision in a fight for the vacant WBO Middleweight Championship in 1993. This was Kalambay's last fight.
• KO Magazine named Kalambay the sixth best middleweight of the 1980s.
• After retiring as a boxer, Kalambay became a trainer. His most notable boxers are Vincenzo Cantatore, Michele Piccirillo, and Paolo Vidoz.
• Has a record of 4-3 (1 KOs) in world title fights.
• Has a record of 5-5 (1 KOs) against former world titlists.
  • Won against Buster Drayton, Iran Barkley, Mike McCallum, Doug DeWitt, Steve Collins.
  • Lost against Duane Thomas, Ayub Kalule, Michael Nunn, Mike McCallum, Chris Pyatt.

Preceded by: Marvin Hagler Stripped

WBA Middleweight Champion 1987 Oct 23 – 1989 Stripped

Succeeded by: Mike McCallum