Sam Rukundo Explained

Sam Rukundo
Realname:Sam Rukundo
Nickname:Rocky
Weight:Lightweight
Nationality:Ugandan
Birth Date:18 May 1980
Birth Place:Kampala, Uganda
Total:20
Wins:15
Ko:6
Losses:4
Draws:1
Website:[Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060810081549/http://www.samrocky.com/)

Sam ("Rocky") Rukundo (born May 18, 1980 in Kampala) is a Ugandan boxer. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the lightweight ( - 60 kg) division by Russia's Murat Khrachev.

Rukundo qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he was defeated by Mauritius' Michael Medor.

After representing his native country at the Athens Olympics, Rukundo decided to turn pro, under the training of James Cook, and under the management of Mickey Helliet. He made his debut on the September 4 the same year, and moved to Sweden to improve as a professional fighter.

He has been African lightweight champion.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
20Loss15–4–1 Viktor PostolMD1013 Mar 2011
19Loss15–3–1 Yvan MendyUD1210 Dec 2010
18Loss15–2–1 Valentyn Kuts1221 May 2010
17Loss15–1–1 Gary BucklandUD1219 Feb 2010
16Win15–0–1 Jimmy BriggsPTS425 Sep 2009
15Win14–0–1 Sergejs SavrinovicsPTS619 Jun 2009
14Win13–0–1 Peter OluochKO8 (10)10 Jan 2009
13Win12–0–1 Alexander Saltykov4 (8), 9 Feb 2008
12Win11–0–1 Robert OsiobeUD1224 Nov 2007
11Win10–0–1 Araik Sachbazjan418 Aug 2007
10Draw9–0–1 Robert Osiobe431 Mar 2007
9Win9–0 Stuart GreenPTS61 Feb 2007
8Win8–0 Gheorghe Ghiompirica2 (8)8 Sep 2006
7Win7–0 Silence SaheedPTS102 Feb 2006
6Win6–0 Haroon DinTKO3 (4), 17 Nov 2005
5Win5–0 Bela SandorPTS614 Oct 2005
4Win4–0 John Paul RyanTKO4 (6), 26 May 2005
3Win3–0 Billy Smith3 (6), 23 Mar 2005
2Win2–0 Chris LongPTS427 Jan 2005
1Win1–0 Henry Janes64 Nov 2004

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