Mohammed Kayongo

Mohammed Kayongo, nicknamed The African Assassin[1] (born 25 October 1980)[2], is a former Ugandan born[3] professional boxer in the welterweight division currently based in the U.S. state of Minnesota[4]

Mohammed Kayongo
Statistics
Weight(s)Welterweight
NationalityUgandan/American
Born (1980-10-25) 25 October 1980
Kampala, Uganda
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins18
Wins by KO13
Losses5
Draws1
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Uganda
Commonwealth Games
2002 ManchesterLight welterweight

Personal life

Kayongo was born in Kampala, Uganda. His current residence is St Paul, Minnesota. Amateur record: 219-(9)-(157)


High School

Kayongo studied his O-lever (S1 - S4) at Kololo High School from 1993 to 1996, this is where he started his Boxing career. He represented the Kololo High School in inter-school and national opens. Mohammed Kayongo won a silver medal in the Men's Light Welterweight[5] division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.[6]

Professional career

Kayongo began his career with a first-round knockout of Anthony Howard in April 2003[4], and had a perfect record through ten fights, before a draw against Jose Antonio Ojeda in July 2004. His first loss came in his twelfth fight, against undefeated Shamone Alvarez in November 2004. As of October 2009 Kayongo's professional record was 14 wins (10 by knockout) against 2 losses and 1 draw.[7] Kayongo's two career losses have come to unbeaten prospects Shamone Alvarez (8-0 at the time) and Jose Leo Moreno (11-0 at the time).

Kayongo scored a fourth-round TKO against James Todd for the IBA welterweight world title on November 20, 2009[8][9][10]

On January 19, 2013 Kayongo won a unanimous decision at the Minneapolis Convention Center in a six-round fight against Gilbert Venagas of East Moline, Illinois.

See also

Notes
  1. ""Assassin" Kayongo returns to the ring after four year break". Kawowo Sports. 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  2. "Mohammed Kayongo boxer". www.fightsrec.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  3. "Todd given IBA world title chance". 2009-10-19. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  4. "BoxRec: Mohammed Kayongo". boxrec.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  5. Independent, The (2018-04-10). "Light Fly Miiro maintain's Uganda's fine boxing tradition". The Independent Uganda:. Retrieved 2020-05-24.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  6. Zziwa, Hassan Badru. "The shame at Games - part III". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
  7. "Mohammed Kayongo". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2007-10-07.
  8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-11-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2009-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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