Ludumo Galada Explained

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.

Career

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]

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
16Win16–0 Pedro NavarreteTKO2 (12)22 Nov 2008
15Win15–0 David KiiluKO1 (12), 22 Aug 2008
14Win14–0 Themba TshicilaTKO4 (12)27 Apr 2008
13Win13–0 Edward MpofuUD1216 Nov 2007
12Win12–0 Thando VukuzaTKO8 (12), 27 Jul 2007
11Win11–0 Sydney MalulekaUD123 Feb 2007
10Win10–0 Mthuthuzeli NingiTKO3 (6)22 Sep 2006
9Win9–0 Lungisa JikaniTKO3 (10)1 Jul 2006
8Win8–0 Takalani Kwinda67 Apr 2006
7Win7–0 Thando VukuzaPTS427 Jan 2006
6Win6–0 Thamsanqa DubasePTS410 Dec 2005
5Win5–0 Moses Mahase1 (4)3 Dec 2005
4Win4–0 Marcel JaphtaPTS419 Nov 2005
3Win3–0 Samkelo Tutu1 (4)5 Nov 2005
2Win2–0 Thando VukuzaPTS44 Sep 2005
1Win1–0 Xolani Lumkhwana430 Apr 2005

Notes and References

  1. News: Galada was a man of God taken too soon. Eastern Cape News Online. 8 November 2018. 26 June 2021.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093945/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ga/ludumo-galada-1.html Ludumo Galada