On February 5, 1986, a 32-year-old Ayub Kalule (46-3, 23 KOs) and a 26-year-old British boxer Herol Graham (34-0, 17 KOs) met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Kalule came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 17 days. Graham was on a 34-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 2 days.
Herol Graham stopped Ayub Kalule via TKO in the 10th round. Graham improves his record to 35-0 (18 KOs), while Kalule adds a loss to his record at 46-4.
On November 13, 1982, a 28-year-old Ayub Kalule (40-2, 19 KOs) and a 26-year-old Jamaican boxer Mike McCallum (16-0, 15 KOs) met in the ring.
Kalule came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days. McCallum was on a 16-fight win streak with a 93% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 22 days.
Mike McCallum stopped Ayub Kalule via RTD in the 7th round. McCallum improves his record to 17-0 (16 KOs), while Kalule adds a loss to his record at 40-3.
On July 17, 1982, a 28-year-old Ayub Kalule (40-1, 19 KOs) and a 23-year-old American boxer Davey Moore (10-0, 7 KOs) met in the ring in a super-welterweight bout.
Kalule came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 17 days. Moore was on a 10-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 21 days.
Davey Moore stopped Ayub Kalule via TKO in the 10th round. Moore improves his record to 11-0 (8 KOs), while Kalule adds a loss to his record at 40-2.
On June 25, 1981, the 27-year-old WBA and The Ring super-welterweight world champion, Ayub Kalule (36-0, 18 KOs), faced a 25-year-old American boxer Sugar Ray Leonard (29-1, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Kalule came in to the fight on a 36-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 20 days. Leonard was on a 2-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 28 days.
Sugar Ray Leonard stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA and The Ring super-welterweight champion. Leonard improves his record to 30-1 (21 KOs), while Kalule adds a loss to his record at 36-1.