Sam Rukundo
# Sam Rukundo

Sam ("Rocky") Rukundo (born May 18, 1980 in Kampala) is a boxer from Uganda, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native African country. There he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the lightweight (– 60 kg) division by Russia's Murat Khrachev.

Rukundo qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana. In the final he was defeated by Mauritius' Michael Medor.

After representing his native country at the Athens Olympics, Rukundo decided to turn pro, under the training of James Cook, and under the management of Mickey Helliet. He made his debut on the September 4 the same year, and moved to Sweden to improve as a professional fighter.

He has been African lightweight champion.

## Professional boxing record

| 20 fights | 15 wins | 4 losses |
| - | - | - |
| By knockout | 6 | 0 |
| By decision | 9 | 4 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 20 | Loss | 15–4–1 | Viktor Postol | MD | 10 | 13 Mar 2011 | Sport Palace, Tbilisi, Georgia | |
| 19 | Loss | 15–3–1 | Yvan Mendy | UD | 12 | 10 Dec 2010 | Salle Leo Lagrange, Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France | For WBF Intercontinental super lightweight title |
| 18 | Loss | 15–2–1 | Valentyn Kuts | SD | 12 | 21 May 2010 | Sports Complex "Freestyle", Kyiv, Ukraine | |
| 17 | Loss | 15–1–1 | Gary Buckland | UD | 12 | 19 Feb 2010 | Fenton Manor Sports Complex, Stoke-on-Trent, England | |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Jimmy Briggs | PTS | 4 | 25 Sep 2009 | Colosseum, Watford, England | |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Sergejs Savrinovics | PTS | 6 | 19 Jun 2009 | Sonderbro Kulturhus, Horsens, Denmark | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Peter Oluoch | KO | 8 (10) | 10 Jan 2009 | Lugogo Stadium, Kampala, Uganda | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Alexander Saltykov | RTD | 4 (8), 3:00 | 9 Feb 2008 | Mediecentret, Aabybro, Denmark | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Robert Osiobe | UD | 12 | 24 Nov 2007 | Nellerupgaard Hallen, Gilleleje, Denmark | Won vacant African lightweight and UBO super lightweight titles |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Araik Sachbazjan | UD | 4 | 18 Aug 2007 | Eriksdalshallen, Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 10 | Draw | 9–0–1 | Robert Osiobe | MD | 4 | 31 Mar 2007 | Lisebergshallen, Gothenburg, Sweden | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Stuart Green | PTS | 6 | 1 Feb 2007 | Hotel Café Royal, London, England | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Gheorghe Ghiompirica | KO | 2 (8) | 8 Sep 2006 | Idrættens Hus, Vejle, Denmark | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Silence Saheed | PTS | 10 | 2 Feb 2006 | New Connaught Rooms, London, England | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Haroon Din | TKO | 3 (4), 2:53 | 17 Nov 2005 | Hotel Café Royal Mayfair, London, England | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Bela Sandor | PTS | 6 | 14 Oct 2005 | Gymnasiehallen, Struer, Denmark | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | John Paul Ryan | TKO | 4 (6), 1:07 | 26 May 2005 | Hotel Café Royal, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Billy Smith | TKO | 3 (6), 1:31 | 23 Mar 2005 | Equinox Nightclub, London, England | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Chris Long | PTS | 4 | 27 Jan 2005 | Hotel Café Royal, London, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Henry Janes | PTS | 6 | 4 Nov 2004 | Hotel Café Royal, London, England | |
