Ayub Kalule
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Name: Ayub Kalule
Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark
Birthplace: Kampala, Uganda
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 175cm
Reach: 185cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Amateur Career
- Lightweight Champion at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- Defeated William Lyimo (Tanzania) PTS
- Defeated Ray Heaney (Ireland) PTS
- Defeated Robert Colley (New Zealand) PTS
- Defeated Kayin Amah (Nigeria) PTS
- Light Welterweight Champion at the inaugural 1974 World Amateur Championships in Havana, Cuba.
- Defeated Amador Rosario (Puerto Rico) PTS
- Defeated Kalevi Marjamaa (Finland) PTS
- Defeated Mark Harris (Guyana) PTS
- Defeated Ulrich Beyer (East Germany) PTS
- Defeated Vladimir Kolev (Bulgaria) 5-0
Professional Career
- Fought out of Denmark during his professional career with Team Palle.
- Won the Commonwealth Middleweight Championship with a fourteenth-round TKO of Al Korovou on May 25, 1978.
- Won the WBA Junior Middleweight Championship with a fifteen-round unanimous decision against Masashi Kudo on October 24, 1979.
- Lost the WBA Junior Middleweight Championship to Sugar Ray Leonard by a ninth-round TKO on June 25, 1981.
- Fought Davey Moore for the WBA Junior Middleweight Championship on July 17, 1982, and lost by a tenth-round TKO.
- Won the European Middleweight Championship with an eighth-round TKO of Pierre Joly on June 20, 1985.
- Lost the European Middleweight Championship to Herol Graham by a tenth-round TKO on February 5, 1986.
- Retired with a record of 5-2 (1 KO) in world title fights.
- Retired with a record of 6-3 (2 KOs) against former, current and future world titlists.
- Won against Elisha Obed, Miguel Angel Castellini, Masashi Kudo, Oscar Albarado, Lindell Holmes, Sumbu Kalambay.
- Lost against Sugar Ray Leonard, Davey Moore, Mike McCallum.
| Preceded by: Masashi Kudo |
WBA Light Middleweight Champion 1979 Oct 24 – 1981 Jun 25 |
Succeeded by: Sugar Ray Leonard |