| Segawa Sulaiman | |
| Realname: | Segawa Sulaiman |
| Nickname: | The RULER |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
| Reach: | 175 cm |
| Nationality: | Ugandan |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Kampala, Uganda |
| Style: | Southpaw |
| Total: | 23 |
| Wins: | 17 |
| Ko: | 6 |
| Losses: | 4 |
| Draws: | 1 |
| No Contests: | 1 |
Segawa Sulaiman (commonly known as The RULER) (born May 22, 1991) is a Ugandan born-America based Olympic athlete and professional boxer.[1] He has southpaw style of fighting.[2] [3] He made his professional debut on 21 April 2013 at the age of 21.[4] [5]
As of October 2, he is ranked 45 out of 1547 best pro-boxer in the world according to BoxRec. Segawa holds the 2023 WBC SILVER/NABF USA TITLE, 2019 National Boxing Association Intercontinental Champion title. In 2016 Sulaiman was part of the Ugandan olympic selection that prepared at the Eindhoven Box Cup for the Rio '16 Olympic games. Sulaiman won a silver medal on the Eindhoven Box Cup, however non of the boxers of the selection returned to Uganda. While in the Netherlands he adopted a Dutch style approach of kickboxing.[6] [7]
He was born on 22 May 1991 in Kampala, Uganda.[8] In 2014, Segawa was recruited by UK-based Atlantic Entertainment. He had over 240 amateur fights.[9]
His professional career began on 21 April 2013, when he won four round bouts fighting with Armstrong Mwanje. The fight was held at Sabrina`s Pub in Kampala.[10] [11] From 2015 to 2017, Segawa was based in Team Holzken, Helmond with coach Sjef Weber and legend Nieky Holzken in the Netherlands training and fighting kickboxing.[8] While in Netherlands, he made a winning debut against Dijbby Diagne, the fight took place at Theater de Borenburg, Voerendaal on 14th January 2017. In 2018, Segawa transferred to USA.[6]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Win | 17–4–1 | Ruben Villa | UD | 10 | 13 Jul 2024 | |||
| 22 | Loss | 16–4–1 | Mirco Cuello | UD | 8 | 30 Mar 2024 | |||
| 21 | Win | 16–3–1 | Prince Octopus Dzanie | UD | 10 | 30 Sep 2023 | |||
| 20 | Win | 15–3–1 | Misael López | TKO | 10 (10), | 6 May 2023 | |||
| 19 | Win | 14–3–1 | Ernesto Guerrero | KO | 4 (8), | 19 Nov 2022 | |||
| 18 | 13–3–1 | Cobia Breedy | NC | 1 (10), | 29 Oct 2021 | ||||
| 17 | Loss | 13–3–1 | Jamaine Ortiz | KO | 7 (8), | 28 Nov 2020 | |||
| 16 | Draw | 13–2–1 | Zhora Hamazaryan | SD | 8 | 31 Jan 2020 | |||
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Elijah Pierce | MD | 8 | 28 Sep 2019 | |||
| 14 | Win | 12–2 | Gadwin Rosa | UD | 8 | 26 Apr 2019 | |||
| 13 | Loss | 11–2 | Abraham Nova | UD | 10 | 18 Nov 2018 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Hectór López Jr. | RTD | 6 (8), | 10 Aug 2018 | |||
| 11 | Loss | 10–1 | William Foster III | UD | 8 | 28 Apr 2018 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Alejandro Salinas | UD | 8 | 24 Mar 2108 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Brian Gallegos | SD | 6 | 17 Feb 2018 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Bilal Messoudi | PTS | 4 | 1 Apr 2017 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Dijbby Diagne | PTS | 6 | 14 Jan 2017 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Hakim Waibale | UD | 8 | 30 Oct 2015 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Mwinyi Mzengela | KO | 2 (6) | 29 Aug 2015 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Ali Kasango | UD | 10 | 2 May 2015 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Herve Zongo | TKO | 6 (8) | 1 Nov 2013 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Joshua Mbogo | TKO | 2 (6) | 7 Jul 2013 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Armstrong Mwanje | UD | 6 | 21 Apr 2013 |
Currently, Segawa is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA where he doubles as a fighter and a Personal trainer at Urban Boxing DC.[6] [10]