List of African Boxing Union champions explained

The following is a list of African Boxing Union champions. The African Boxing Union (ABU) is a professional boxing governing body that sanctions championship bouts in Africa.

Heavyweight

As of 9 December 2017

List of ABU heavyweight champions.[1]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Ngozika Ekwelum5 October 1979 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Adama Mensah1 January 1982 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Proud Kilimanjaro4 September 1982 6align=left Zimbabwean
align=left Michael Simuwelu29 August 1987 0align=left Zambian
align=left Proud Kilimanjaro8 August 1988 0align=left Zimbabwean
align=left Bash Ali31 July 1993 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Joseph Akhasamba19 December 1998 1align=left Kenyan
align=left Manuel Ossie26 August 2005 0align=left Liberian
align=left Frank Frimpong17 November 2006 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Joseph Chingangu1 March 2008 2align=left Zambian
align=left Zack Mwekassa28 June 2014 0align=left Congolese
align=left Ruann Visser31 March 2017 1align=left South African
align=left Tshibuabua Kalonga9 December 2017 1align=left Congolese

Cruiserweight

As of 28 May 2021

List of ABU cruiserweight champions.[2]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Moyoyo Mensah8 February 2002 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Faïsal Ibnel Arrami17 October 2009 0align=left French
align=left Thabiso Mchunu10 November 2012 0align=left South African
align=left Taylor Mabika27 December 2013 1align=left Gabonese
align=left Thabiso Mchunu10 June 2017 0align=left South African
align=left Thomas Oosthuizen1 September 2018 0align=left South African
align=left Thabiso Mchunu8 December 2018 0align=left South African
align=left Olanrewaju Durodola1 February 2020 2align=left Nigerian

Light-heavyweight

As of 28 April 2017

List of ABU light-heavyweight champions.[3]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Ba Sounkalo18 September 1974 4align=left Malian
align=left Lottie Mwale30 September 1979 5align=left Zambian
align=left Joe Lasisi25 April 1986 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Ali Saidi7 November 1992 0align=left Tunisian
align=left Chipundu Chipayeni25 June 1995 0align=left Zambian
align=left Joe Lasisi29 November 1996 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Braimah Kamoko1 April 2005 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Zach Walters23 February 2008 0align=left American
align=left Charles Chisamba24 January 2009 0align=left Zambian
align=left Doudou Ngumbu10 July 2009 0align=left French
align=left Isaac Chilemba31 October 2009 0align=left Malawian
align=left Doudou Ngumbu15 April 2011 0align=left French
align=left Hany Atiyo14 October 2011 0align=left Egyptian
align=left Joseph Lubega6 April 2012 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Daniel Wanyonyi28 June 2014 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Thomas Oosthuizen28 April 2017 0align=left South African

Super-middleweight

As of 1 December 2018

List of ABU super-middleweight champions.[4]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Thulani Malinga14 August 1994 0align=left South African
align=left Bertrand Tchandjeu29 November 1996 0align=left Cameroonian
align=left Joseph Marwa9 August 1998 0align=left Tanzanian
align=left Bawa Adime31 August 1998 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Bertrand Tchandjeu4 December 1998 0align=left Cameroonian
align=left Mohamed Dridi19 August 2000 1align=left Tunisian
align=left Charles Adamu28 December 2002 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Isaac Chilemba13 September 2008 0align=left Malawian
align=left Flash Issaka26 December 2009 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Farouk Daku14 June 2015 0align=left Dutch
align=left Ryno Liebenberg1 September 2018 0align=left South African

Middleweight

As of 8 June 2019

List of ABU middleweight champions.[5]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Shako Mamba6 August 1974 0align=left Luxembourgish
align=left Idrissa Konate7 February 1976 0align=left Senegalese
align=left Shako Mamba23 December 1976 0align=left Luxembourgish
align=left Richard Ofosu30 April 1977 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Jean-Marie Emebe9 November 1979 0align=left French
align=left Olton Beltchika5 March 1983 0align=left Congolese
align=left Abdul Umaru Sanda8 September 1984 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Peter Assandoh6 March 1987 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Abdul Umaru Sanda13 February 1988 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Hunter Clay28 October 1988 3align=left Nigerian
align=left Tejumola Oduntoye29 July 1994 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Georges Boco5 May 1995 0align=left Beninese
align=left Ambrose Mlilo24 June 1995 0align=left Congolese
align=left Georges Boco15 May 1996 1align=left Beninese
align=left Anthony van Kiekerk25 June 2000 0align=left South African
align=left James Obede Toney12 October 2001 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Osumanu Adama29 October 2004 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Mohammed Akrong2 August 2008 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Osumanu Adama26 December 2009 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Khalid Habchane2 May 2014 0align=left Moroccan

Super-welterweight

As of 13 May 2016

List of ABU super-welterweight champions.[6]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Sea Robinson30 May 1974 0align=left Ivorian
align=left Loucif Hamani4 December 1976 1align=left Algerian
align=left Jean-Marie Emebe5 November 1977 0align=left French
align=left Olton Beltchika30 June 1983 0align=left Congolese
align=left Kitenge Kitengewa2 July 1989 0align=left Luxembourgish
align=left Jaffa Ballogou29 December 1990 1align=left Togolese
align=left Rashid Matumla30 March 1997 0align=left Tanzanian
align=left Cyprian Emeti30 October 1999 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Ruben Groenewald24 October 2000 0align=left South African
align=left Adam Katumwa22 December 2002 2align=left Ugandan
align=left Badru Lusambya19 June 2004 2align=left Ugandan
align=left Badru Lusambya18 October 2009 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Ahmed Benjeddou10 March 2012 0align=left Moroccan
align=left Salim Larbi6 December 2013 0align=left French
align=left Mbiya Kanku13 May 2016 0align=left Congolese

Welterweight

As of 20 July 2017

List of ABU welterweight champions.[7]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Joseph Bessala30 November 1974 0align=left Cameroonian
align=left Salem Ouedraogo31 January 1976 0align=left Ivorian
align=left Mimoun Mohatar4 February 1978 0align=left Spanish
align=left Joseph Bessala23 June 1978 0align=left Cameroonian
align=left Mimoun Mohatar23 December 1978 1align=left Spanish
align=left Judas Clottey24 June 1983 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Charles Nwokolo27 June 1986 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Tubor Briggs9 March 1990 2align=left Nigerian
align=left Napoleon Alabi30 October 1999 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Joshua Clottey27 April 2001 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Karim Harzouz8 June 2001 0align=left French
align=left Fatai Onikeke5 March 2004 0align=left Australian
align=left Hassan Saku22 December 2007 0align=left Swedish
align=left Chris van Heerden25 July 2008 1align=left South African
align=left Pythius Kambembe3 July 2010 0align=left Zambian
align=left Ismael El Massoudi4 December 2010 0align=left French
align=left Patrice Sou Toke13 October 2012 0align=left Burkinabé
align=left Charles Manyuchi28 June 2013 1align=left Zimbabwean
align=left Larry Ekundayo30 October 2015 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Thulani Mbenge1 December 2016 0align=left South African
align=left Stanley Eribo26 December 2016 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Salehe Mkalekwa20 April 2018 0align=left Tanzanian
align=left Eric Kapia25 August 2018 0align=left Congolese
align=left Freddy Kiwitt20 July 2019 0align=left Liberian
align=left Thulani Mbenge17 October 2020 0align=left South African

Super-lightweight

As of 20 October 2018

List of ABU super-lightweight champions.[8]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Jo Kimpuani28 June 1975 0align=left French
align=left Obisia Nwankpa4 May 1979 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Billy Famous17 February 1984 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Dave Chibuye1 July 1989 0align=left Zambian
align=left Valery Kayumba2 July 1989 0align=left French
align=left Ike Quartey15 December 1990 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Habib Mahjoub6 November 1993 0align=left Tunisian
align=left Duke Chinyadza29 October 1994 0align=left Zimbabwean
align=left Felix Bwalya25 June 1995 0align=left Zambian
align=left Karim Ben-Sultan20 July 1995 0align=left Algerian
align=left Nasser Athumani19 December 1998 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Justin Juuko31 December 1999 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Stephanus Carr24 October 2000 1align=left South African
align=left Davis Lusimbo7 July 2002 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Victor Kpadenou12 April 2003 0align=left Beninese
align=left Ajose Olusegun10 April 2004 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Emmanuel Lartei Lartey4 August 2007 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Albert Mensah2 August 2008 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Solomon Bogere16 November 2013 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Mohamed El Marcouchi8 April 2017 0align=left Belgian
align=left Olaide Fijabi26 December 2017 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Abderrazak Houya20 October 2018 0align=left French

Lightweight

As of 21 April 2019

List of ABU lightweight champions.[9]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Ould Makloufi15 December 1973 1align=left Algerian
align=left Aziza Bossou29 April 1978 1align=left Togolese
align=left John Sichula2 September 1982 0align=left Zambian
align=left Davidson Andeh29 April 1983 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Sam Ago Kotey6 November 1984 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Akwei Addo13 February 1988 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Christopher Ossai31 January 1992 1align=left Nigerian
align=left David Tetteh4 December 1993 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Chikoya Mphande24 June 1995 0align=left Malawian
align=left Ben Tackie22 December 1995 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Charles Owiso31 December 1999 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Abdullai Amidu28 June 2003 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Joshua Allotey3 December 2005 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Sam Rukundo24 November 2007 1align=left Swedish
align=left George Ashie14 April 2012 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Keith Nkosi3 December 2012 0align=left South African
align=left Richard Commey26 December 2013 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Hedi Slimani11 November 2015 0align=left Tunisian
align=left Patrick Kinigamazi18 November 2016 0align=left Rwandan
align=left Lunga Stimela26 May 2017 0align=left South African
align=left Oto Joseph26 Dec 2017 2align=left Nigerian

Super-featherweight

As of 18 May 2018

List of ABU super-featherweight champions.[10]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Safiu Okebadan14 December 1982 0align=left Nigerian
align=left John Sichula3 September 1983 0align=left Zambian
align=left Sam Akromah26 October 1986 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Aristide Sagbo15 February 1991 0align=left Beninese
align=left Simon Peter McIntosh27 September 1991 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Aristide Sagbo29 May 1992 0align=left Beninese
align=left Joe Orewa10 September 1993 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Michelle Dahmani6 November 1993 0align=left Tunisian
align=left Aristide Sagbo11 November 1994 5align=left Beninese
align=left Tony Danso22 December 1999 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Francis Kiwanuka31 December 1999 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Michael Kizza7 July 2002 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Joshua Allotey12 April 2003 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Anges Adjaho10 September 2004 0align=left Beninese
align=left Yakubu Amidu23 December 2006 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Jasper Seroka25 July 2008 0align=left South African
align=left George Ashie26 December 2009 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Jasper Seroka18 March 2013 0align=left South African
align=left Koos Sibiya27 May 2016 0align=left South African
align=left Sibusiso Zingange8 December 2016 0align=left South African
align=left Koos Sibiya28 April 2017 0align=left South African
align=left Sibusiso Zingange18 May 2018 0align=left South African

Featherweight

As of 7 December 2019

List of ABU featherweight champions.[11]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left David Kotei2 February 1974 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left David Kotei30 July 1977 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Azumah Nelson13 December 1980 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Modesty Napunyi28 January 1990 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Percy Commey1 August 1990 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Stanford Ngcebeshe24 January 1993 0align=left South African
align=left Dramane Nabaloum28 January 1994 2align=left Burkinabé
align=left James Armah1 November 1997 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Anthony Tshehla4 March 2001 0align=left South African
align=left Abdul Malik Jabir6 March 2003 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Jackson Asiku18 June 2005 0align=left Australian
align=left Justin Savi24 November 2012 0align=left Beninese
align=left Edward Kakembo26 December 2015 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Waidi Usman14 April 2018 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Nathaniel Kakololo 10 August 2019 1align=left Namibian

Super-bantamweight

As of 15 September 2019

List of ABU super-bantamweight champions.[12]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Modesty Napunyi2 May 1983 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Modesty Napunyi1 July 1984 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Augustin Sia29 November 1996 1align=left Ivorian
align=left Ablorh Sowah6 September 1997 2align=left Ghanaian
align=left Rogers Mtagwa31 December 1999 0align=left Tanzanian
align=left Vuyani Phulo10 December 2000 1align=left South African
align=left Abdul Tebazalwa31 July 2004 1align=left Swedish
align=left Sande Kizito9 October 2006 0align=left Ugandan
align=left Sande Otieno2 December 2006 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Alexis Boureima Kabore14 October 2011 2align=left Burkinabé
align=left Lodumo Lamati9 December 2016 0align=left South African
align=left Tony Rashid15 September 2019 0align=left Tanzanian

Bantamweight

As of 24 August 2019

List of ABU bantamweight champions.[13]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Sulley Shittu10 September 1974 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Stix Macloud3 July 1982 0align=left Zimbabwean
align=left Eric Boone6 August 1982 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Francis Musankabala5 November 1983 0align=left Zambian
align=left Francis Musankabala3 June 1986 0align=left Zambian
align=left Ernest Koffi8 July 1988 0align=left Ivorian
align=left Nana Konadu10 December 1988 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Victor Enyika22 December 1989 2align=left Nigerian
align=left Rufus Adebayo1 October 1993 0align=left Nigerian
align=left Ernest Koffi23 December 1994 2align=left Ivorian
align=left Steve Dotse1 November 1997 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Joseph Agbeko5 May 2000 1align=left Ghanaian
align=left Friday Fatunji Felix15 December 2002 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Ibrahim Adewale21 May 2006 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Nick Otieno22 November 2008 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Kennedy Kanyanta28 November 2009 1align=left Zambian
align=left Mohamed Metwaly6 April 2012 1align=left Egyptian
align=left Ronald Malindi28 April 2017 1align=left South African
align=left Prince Patel24 August 2019 0align=left British

Super-flyweight

As of 16 December 2019

List of ABU super-flyweight champions.[14]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Vuyani Nene29 January 1995 0align=left South African
align=left Abbey Mnisi24 October 2000 0align=left South African
align=left Simphiwe Khandisa12 December 2001 0align=left South African
align=left Francis Miyeyusho26 January 2008 0align=left Tanzanian
align=left Lesley Sekotswe25 July 2008 1align=left Motswana
align=left Landi Ngxeke16 December 2019 0align=left South African

Flyweight

As of 30 December 2017

List of ABU flyweight champions.[15]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Stephen Muchoki2 October 1983 1align=left Kenyan
align=left Nana Konadu13 December 1986 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Michael Ebo Danquah26 November 1988 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Alex Baba25 November 1995 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Bashiru Thompson25 July 2008 1align=left Nigerian
align=left Alfred Muwowo2 July 2017 1align=left Zambian

Light-flyweight

As of 21 October 2018

List of ABU light-flyweight champions.[16]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left James Njorage1 Jun 1985 0align=left Kenyan
align=left Michael Ebo Danquah30 May 1987 0align=left Ghanaian
align=left Sivenathi Nontshinga21 October 2018 0align=left South African

Minimumweight

As of 29 July 2018

List of ABU minimumweight champions.[17]
NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality
align=left Mtutuzeli Nene29 January 1995 0align=left South African
align=left Sithembile Kibiti27 April 2002 0align=left South African
align=left Ayanda Ndulani29 July 2018 0align=left South African

Footnotes

  1. Web site: ABU: Heavyweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  2. Web site: ABU: Cruiserweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  3. Web site: ABU: Light heavyweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  4. Web site: ABU: Super middleweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  5. Web site: ABU: Middleweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  6. Web site: ABU: Super welterweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  7. Web site: ABU: Welterweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  8. Web site: ABU: Super lightweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  9. Web site: ABU: Lightweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  10. Web site: ABU: Super featherweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  11. Web site: ABU: Featherweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  12. Web site: ABU: Super bantamweight. Boxrec. 24 September 2020.
  13. Web site: ABU: Bantamweight. Boxrec. 3 November 2020.
  14. Web site: ABU: Super flyweight. Boxrec. 3 November 2020.
  15. Web site: ABU: Flyweight. Boxrec. 3 November 2020.
  16. Web site: ABU: Light flyweight. Boxrec. 5 November 2020.
  17. Web site: ABU: Minimumweight. Boxrec. 3 November 2020.

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