Ludumo Galada | |
Nickname: | Pretty Boy |
Weight: | Featherweight |
Height: | 5ft 8in |
Nationality: | South African |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1995 |
Birth Place: | East London, South Africa |
Death Place: | near Aliwal North, South Africa |
Style: | Orthodox |
Boxrec: | 312897 |
Total: | 16 |
Wins: | 16 |
Ko: | 8 |
Ludumo Galada (20 December 1982 – 11 January 2009) was a South African professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2009. As an amateur, he competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 2001 African Championships.
Nicknamed "Pretty Boy", Galada was born in Mdantsane Township outside of East London in the Eastern Cape province. He began boxing at the age of ten out of curiosity and won his first medal the following year.[1]
Galada represented South Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he fought as a bantamweight. Galada advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to Ezekiel Letuka of Lesotho. He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he fought as a featherweight. He lost in the 3rd round of his only match to Azerbaijan's Shahin Imranov. His final amateur record was 151–7–1 (102 KO).[1]
After turning pro in 2005, he won the South African title in 2007 and successfully defended it 3 times. In early morning of 11 January 2009, while returning home visiting his sick brother in Johannesburg, Galada was killed in a car crash in Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape.[2]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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16 | Win | 16–0 | Pedro Navarrete | TKO | 2 (12) | 22 Nov 2008 | |||
15 | Win | 15–0 | David Kiilu | KO | 1 (12), | 22 Aug 2008 | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Themba Tshicila | TKO | 4 (12) | 27 Apr 2008 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Edward Mpofu | UD | 12 | 16 Nov 2007 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | Thando Vukuza | TKO | 8 (12), | 27 Jul 2007 | |||
11 | Win | 11–0 | Sydney Maluleka | UD | 12 | 3 Feb 2007 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | Mthuthuzeli Ningi | TKO | 3 (6) | 22 Sep 2006 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Lungisa Jikani | TKO | 3 (10) | 1 Jul 2006 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Takalani Kwinda | 6 | 7 Apr 2006 | ||||
7 | Win | 7–0 | Thando Vukuza | PTS | 4 | 27 Jan 2006 | |||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Thamsanqa Dubase | PTS | 4 | 10 Dec 2005 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Moses Mahase | 1 (4) | 3 Dec 2005 | ||||
4 | Win | 4–0 | Marcel Japhta | PTS | 4 | 19 Nov 2005 | |||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Samkelo Tutu | 1 (4) | 5 Nov 2005 | ||||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Thando Vukuza | PTS | 4 | 4 Sep 2005 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Xolani Lumkhwana | 4 | 30 Apr 2005 |