Sam Rukundo

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.

Sam Rukundo
Born	Sam Rukundo (1980-05-18) May 18, 1980 (age 45) Kampala, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Other names	Rocky
Statistics
Weight(s)	Lightweight
Boxing record
Total fights	20
Wins	15
Wins by KO	6
Losses	4
Draws	1
Website	[Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20060810081549/http://www.samrocky.com/)

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

20 fights	15 wins	4 losses
By knockout	6	0
By decision	9	4
Draws	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
20	Loss	15–4–1	Viktor Postol	MD	10	13 Mar 2011	Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia
19	Loss	15–3–1	Yvan Mendy	UD	12	10 Dec 2010	Salle Leo Lagrange, Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France	For WBF Intercontinental super lightweight title
18	Loss	15–2–1	Valentyn Kuts	SD	12	21 May 2010	Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kyiv, Ukraine
17	Loss	15–1–1	Gary Buckland	UD	12	19 Feb 2010	Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, England
16	Win	15–0–1	Jimmy Briggs	PTS	4	25 Sep 2009	Colosseum, Watford, England
15	Win	14–0–1	Sergejs Savrinovics	PTS	6	19 Jun 2009	Sonderbro Kulturhus, Horsens, Denmark
14	Win	13–0–1	Peter Oluoch	KO	8 (10)	10 Jan 2009	Lugogo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda
13	Win	12–0–1	Alexander Saltykov	RTD	4 (8), 3:00	9 Feb 2008	Mediecentret, Aabybro, Denmark
12	Win	11–0–1	Robert Osiobe	UD	12	24 Nov 2007	Nellerupgaard Hallen, Gilleleje, Denmark	Won vacant African lightweight and UBO super lightweight titles
11	Win	10–0–1	Araik Sachbazjan	UD	4	18 Aug 2007	Eriksdalshallen, Stockholm, Sweden
10	Draw	9–0–1	Robert Osiobe	MD	4	31 Mar 2007	Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden
9	Win	9–0	Stuart Green	PTS	6	1 Feb 2007	Hotel Café Royal, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Gheorghe Ghiompirica	KO	2 (8)	8 Sep 2006	Idrættens Hus, Vejle, Denmark
7	Win	7–0	Silence Saheed	PTS	10	2 Feb 2006	New Connaught Rooms, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Haroon Din	TKO	3 (4), 2:53	17 Nov 2005	Hotel Café Royal Mayfair, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Bela Sandor	PTS	6	14 Oct 2005	Gymnasiehallen, Struer, Denmark
4	Win	4–0	John Paul Ryan	TKO	4 (6), 1:07	26 May 2005	Hotel Café Royal, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Billy Smith	TKO	3 (6), 1:31	23 Mar 2005	Equinox Nightclub, London, England
2	Win	2–0	Chris Long	PTS	4	27 Jan 2005	Hotel Café Royal, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Henry Janes	PTS	6	4 Nov 2004	Hotel Café Royal, London, England

External links

• Boxing record for Sam Rukundo from BoxRec (registration required)
• Sam's official website www.samrocky.com

References

• sports-reference