Michael Nunn vs. Sumbu Kalambay

Sumbu Kalambay and Michael Nunn

Michael Nunn 160 lbs beat Sumbu Kalambay 159 lbs by KO at 1:28 in round 1 of 12

• Date: 1989-03-25
• Location: Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
• Referee: Richard Steele
• Judge: Bernie Cormier
• Judge: Chuck Giampa
• Judge: Walter Cavalieri

• IBF Middleweight Championship (2nd defense by Nunn)

Notes

• Nunn was a 5 to 1 favorite.
• The fight was originally scheduled to be a unification match between IBF champion Nunn and WBA champion Kalambay, but the WBA stripped Kalambay for choosing to fight Nunn instead of the WBA's mandatory challenger, Herol Graham, whom Kalambay had defeated two years earlier.
• Nunn's purse was $1.1 million, and Kalambay got $400,000.
• Nunn scored a one-punch knockout with a left to the chin of Kalambay. It was the only knockout loss of Kalambay's career.
• The fight was named The Ring Knockout of the Year.

Newspaper Article

• "Nunn retains title with quick one-punch KO" Associated Press, March 26, 1989

Preceded by: Nunn vs. Roldan

IBF Middleweight Title Fight # 11

Succeeded by: Nunn vs. Barkley