The following is a list of African Boxing Union champions. The African Boxing Union (ABU) is a professional boxing governing body that sanctions championship bouts in Africa.
Heavyweight As of 9 December 2017 List of ABU heavyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Ngozika Ekwelum 5 October 1979 0 Nigerian Adama Mensah 1 January 1982 0 Ghanaian Proud Kilimanjaro 4 September 1982 6 Zimbabwean Michael Simuwelu 29 August 1987 0 Zambian Proud Kilimanjaro 8 August 1988 0 Zimbabwean Bash Ali 31 July 1993 0 Nigerian Joseph Akhasamba 19 December 1998 1 Kenyan Manuel Ossie 26 August 2005 0 Liberian Frank Frimpong 17 November 2006 0 Ghanaian Joseph Chingangu 1 March 2008 2 Zambian Zack Mwekassa 28 June 2014 0 Congolese Ruann Visser 31 March 2017 1 South African Tshibuabua Kalonga 9 December 2017 1 Congolese
Cruiserweight As of 28 May 2021 List of ABU cruiserweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Moyoyo Mensah 8 February 2002 0 Ghanaian Faïsal Ibnel Arrami 17 October 2009 0 French Thabiso Mchunu 10 November 2012 0 South African Taylor Mabika 27 December 2013 1 Gabonese Thabiso Mchunu 10 June 2017 0 South African Thomas Oosthuizen 1 September 2018 0 South African Thabiso Mchunu 8 December 2018 0 South African Olanrewaju Durodola 1 February 2020 2 Nigerian
Light-heavyweight As of 28 April 2017 List of ABU light-heavyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Ba Sounkalo 18 September 1974 4 Malian Lottie Mwale 30 September 1979 5 Zambian Joe Lasisi 25 April 1986 1 Nigerian Ali Saidi 7 November 1992 0 Tunisian Chipundu Chipayeni 25 June 1995 0 Zambian Joe Lasisi 29 November 1996 0 Nigerian Braimah Kamoko 1 April 2005 1 Ghanaian Zach Walters 23 February 2008 0 American Charles Chisamba 24 January 2009 0 Zambian Doudou Ngumbu 10 July 2009 0 French Isaac Chilemba 31 October 2009 0 Malawian Doudou Ngumbu 15 April 2011 0 French Hany Atiyo 14 October 2011 0 Egyptian Joseph Lubega 6 April 2012 0 Ugandan Daniel Wanyonyi 28 June 2014 0 Kenyan Thomas Oosthuizen 28 April 2017 0 South African
Super-middleweight As of 1 December 2018 List of ABU super-middleweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Thulani Malinga 14 August 1994 0 South African Bertrand Tchandjeu 29 November 1996 0 Cameroonian Joseph Marwa 9 August 1998 0 Tanzanian Bawa Adime 31 August 1998 0 Ghanaian Bertrand Tchandjeu 4 December 1998 0 Cameroonian Mohamed Dridi 19 August 2000 1 Tunisian Charles Adamu 28 December 2002 0 Ghanaian Isaac Chilemba 13 September 2008 0 Malawian Flash Issaka 26 December 2009 0 Ghanaian Farouk Daku 14 June 2015 0 Dutch Ryno Liebenberg 1 September 2018 0 South African
Middleweight As of 8 June 2019 List of ABU middleweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Shako Mamba 6 August 1974 0 Luxembourgish Idrissa Konate 7 February 1976 0 Senegalese Shako Mamba 23 December 1976 0 Luxembourgish Richard Ofosu 30 April 1977 1 Ghanaian Jean-Marie Emebe 9 November 1979 0 French Olton Beltchika 5 March 1983 0 Congolese Abdul Umaru Sanda 8 September 1984 1 Ghanaian Peter Assandoh 6 March 1987 0 Ghanaian Abdul Umaru Sanda 13 February 1988 0 Ghanaian Hunter Clay 28 October 1988 3 Nigerian Tejumola Oduntoye 29 July 1994 0 Nigerian Georges Boco 5 May 1995 0 Beninese Ambrose Mlilo 24 June 1995 0 Congolese Georges Boco 15 May 1996 1 Beninese Anthony van Kiekerk 25 June 2000 0 South African James Obede Toney 12 October 2001 0 Ghanaian Osumanu Adama 29 October 2004 0 Ghanaian Mohammed Akrong 2 August 2008 1 Ghanaian Osumanu Adama 26 December 2009 0 Ghanaian Khalid Habchane 2 May 2014 0 Moroccan
Super-welterweight As of 13 May 2016 List of ABU super-welterweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Sea Robinson 30 May 1974 0 Ivorian Loucif Hamani 4 December 1976 1 Algerian Jean-Marie Emebe 5 November 1977 0 French Olton Beltchika 30 June 1983 0 Congolese Kitenge Kitengewa 2 July 1989 0 Luxembourgish Jaffa Ballogou 29 December 1990 1 Togolese Rashid Matumla 30 March 1997 0 Tanzanian Cyprian Emeti 30 October 1999 0 Nigerian Ruben Groenewald 24 October 2000 0 South African Adam Katumwa 22 December 2002 2 Ugandan Badru Lusambya 19 June 2004 2 Ugandan Badru Lusambya 18 October 2009 0 Ugandan Ahmed Benjeddou 10 March 2012 0 Moroccan Salim Larbi 6 December 2013 0 French Mbiya Kanku 13 May 2016 0 Congolese
Welterweight As of 20 July 2017 List of ABU welterweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Joseph Bessala 30 November 1974 0 Cameroonian Salem Ouedraogo 31 January 1976 0 Ivorian Mimoun Mohatar 4 February 1978 0 Spanish Joseph Bessala 23 June 1978 0 Cameroonian Mimoun Mohatar 23 December 1978 1 Spanish Judas Clottey 24 June 1983 1 Ghanaian Charles Nwokolo 27 June 1986 1 Nigerian Tubor Briggs 9 March 1990 2 Nigerian Napoleon Alabi 30 October 1999 0 Ghanaian Joshua Clottey 27 April 2001 0 Ghanaian Karim Harzouz 8 June 2001 0 French Fatai Onikeke 5 March 2004 0 Australian Hassan Saku 22 December 2007 0 Swedish Chris van Heerden 25 July 2008 1 South African Pythius Kambembe 3 July 2010 0 Zambian Ismael El Massoudi 4 December 2010 0 French Patrice Sou Toke 13 October 2012 0 Burkinabé Charles Manyuchi 28 June 2013 1 Zimbabwean Larry Ekundayo 30 October 2015 0 Nigerian Thulani Mbenge 1 December 2016 0 South African Stanley Eribo 26 December 2016 1 Nigerian Salehe Mkalekwa 20 April 2018 0 Tanzanian Eric Kapia 25 August 2018 0 Congolese Freddy Kiwitt 20 July 2019 0 Liberian Thulani Mbenge 17 October 2020 0 South African
Super-lightweight As of 20 October 2018 List of ABU super-lightweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Jo Kimpuani 28 June 1975 0 French Obisia Nwankpa 4 May 1979 0 Nigerian Billy Famous 17 February 1984 1 Nigerian Dave Chibuye 1 July 1989 0 Zambian Valery Kayumba 2 July 1989 0 French Ike Quartey 15 December 1990 1 Ghanaian Habib Mahjoub 6 November 1993 0 Tunisian Duke Chinyadza 29 October 1994 0 Zimbabwean Felix Bwalya 25 June 1995 0 Zambian Karim Ben-Sultan 20 July 1995 0 Algerian Nasser Athumani 19 December 1998 0 Kenyan Justin Juuko 31 December 1999 0 Ugandan Stephanus Carr 24 October 2000 1 South African Davis Lusimbo 7 July 2002 0 Ugandan Victor Kpadenou 12 April 2003 0 Beninese Ajose Olusegun 10 April 2004 0 Nigerian Emmanuel Lartei Lartey 4 August 2007 0 Ghanaian Albert Mensah 2 August 2008 1 Ghanaian Solomon Bogere 16 November 2013 0 Ugandan Mohamed El Marcouchi 8 April 2017 0 Belgian Olaide Fijabi 26 December 2017 0 Nigerian Abderrazak Houya 20 October 2018 0 French
Lightweight As of 21 April 2019 List of ABU lightweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Ould Makloufi 15 December 1973 1 Algerian Aziza Bossou 29 April 1978 1 Togolese John Sichula 2 September 1982 0 Zambian Davidson Andeh 29 April 1983 0 Nigerian Sam Ago Kotey 6 November 1984 0 Ghanaian Akwei Addo 13 February 1988 1 Ghanaian Christopher Ossai 31 January 1992 1 Nigerian David Tetteh 4 December 1993 0 Ghanaian Chikoya Mphande 24 June 1995 0 Malawian Ben Tackie 22 December 1995 1 Ghanaian Charles Owiso 31 December 1999 0 Kenyan Abdullai Amidu 28 June 2003 0 Ghanaian Joshua Allotey 3 December 2005 1 Ghanaian Sam Rukundo 24 November 2007 1 Swedish George Ashie 14 April 2012 0 Ghanaian Keith Nkosi 3 December 2012 0 South African Richard Commey 26 December 2013 0 Ghanaian Hedi Slimani 11 November 2015 0 Tunisian Patrick Kinigamazi 18 November 2016 0 Rwandan Lunga Stimela 26 May 2017 0 South African Oto Joseph 26 Dec 2017 2 Nigerian
Super-featherweight As of 18 May 2018 List of ABU super-featherweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Safiu Okebadan 14 December 1982 0 Nigerian John Sichula 3 September 1983 0 Zambian Sam Akromah 26 October 1986 0 Ghanaian Aristide Sagbo 15 February 1991 0 Beninese Simon Peter McIntosh 27 September 1991 0 Nigerian Aristide Sagbo 29 May 1992 0 Beninese Joe Orewa 10 September 1993 0 Nigerian Michelle Dahmani 6 November 1993 0 Tunisian Aristide Sagbo 11 November 1994 5 Beninese Tony Danso 22 December 1999 0 Ghanaian Francis Kiwanuka 31 December 1999 0 Ugandan Michael Kizza 7 July 2002 0 Ugandan Joshua Allotey 12 April 2003 0 Ghanaian Anges Adjaho 10 September 2004 0 Beninese Yakubu Amidu 23 December 2006 0 Ghanaian Jasper Seroka 25 July 2008 0 South African George Ashie 26 December 2009 0 Ghanaian Jasper Seroka 18 March 2013 0 South African Koos Sibiya 27 May 2016 0 South African Sibusiso Zingange 8 December 2016 0 South African Koos Sibiya 28 April 2017 0 South African Sibusiso Zingange 18 May 2018 0 South African
Featherweight As of 7 December 2019 List of ABU featherweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality David Kotei 2 February 1974 0 Ghanaian David Kotei 30 July 1977 0 Ghanaian Azumah Nelson 13 December 1980 0 Ghanaian Modesty Napunyi 28 January 1990 0 Kenyan Percy Commey 1 August 1990 0 Ghanaian Stanford Ngcebeshe 24 January 1993 0 South African Dramane Nabaloum 28 January 1994 2 Burkinabé James Armah 1 November 1997 0 Ghanaian Anthony Tshehla 4 March 2001 0 South African Abdul Malik Jabir 6 March 2003 0 Ghanaian Jackson Asiku 18 June 2005 0 Australian Justin Savi 24 November 2012 0 Beninese Edward Kakembo 26 December 2015 0 Ugandan Waidi Usman 14 April 2018 0 Nigerian Nathaniel Kakololo 10 August 2019 1 Namibian
Super-bantamweight As of 15 September 2019 List of ABU super-bantamweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Modesty Napunyi 2 May 1983 0 Kenyan Modesty Napunyi 1 July 1984 0 Kenyan Augustin Sia 29 November 1996 1 Ivorian Ablorh Sowah 6 September 1997 2 Ghanaian Rogers Mtagwa 31 December 1999 0 Tanzanian Vuyani Phulo 10 December 2000 1 South African Abdul Tebazalwa 31 July 2004 1 Swedish Sande Kizito 9 October 2006 0 Ugandan Sande Otieno 2 December 2006 0 Kenyan Alexis Boureima Kabore 14 October 2011 2 Burkinabé Lodumo Lamati 9 December 2016 0 South African Tony Rashid 15 September 2019 0 Tanzanian
Bantamweight As of 24 August 2019 List of ABU bantamweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Sulley Shittu 10 September 1974 0 Ghanaian Stix Macloud 3 July 1982 0 Zimbabwean Eric Boone 6 August 1982 0 Nigerian Francis Musankabala 5 November 1983 0 Zambian Francis Musankabala 3 June 1986 0 Zambian Ernest Koffi 8 July 1988 0 Ivorian Nana Konadu 10 December 1988 0 Ghanaian Victor Enyika 22 December 1989 2 Nigerian Rufus Adebayo 1 October 1993 0 Nigerian Ernest Koffi 23 December 1994 2 Ivorian Steve Dotse 1 November 1997 0 Ghanaian Joseph Agbeko 5 May 2000 1 Ghanaian Friday Fatunji Felix 15 December 2002 1 Nigerian Ibrahim Adewale 21 May 2006 1 Nigerian Nick Otieno 22 November 2008 0 Kenyan Kennedy Kanyanta 28 November 2009 1 Zambian Mohamed Metwaly 6 April 2012 1 Egyptian Ronald Malindi 28 April 2017 1 South African Prince Patel 24 August 2019 0 British
Super-flyweight As of 16 December 2019 List of ABU super-flyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Vuyani Nene 29 January 1995 0 South African Abbey Mnisi 24 October 2000 0 South African Simphiwe Khandisa 12 December 2001 0 South African Francis Miyeyusho 26 January 2008 0 Tanzanian Lesley Sekotswe 25 July 2008 1 Motswana Landi Ngxeke 16 December 2019 0 South African
Flyweight As of 30 December 2017 List of ABU flyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Stephen Muchoki 2 October 1983 1 Kenyan Nana Konadu 13 December 1986 0 Ghanaian Michael Ebo Danquah 26 November 1988 0 Ghanaian Alex Baba 25 November 1995 0 Ghanaian Bashiru Thompson 25 July 2008 1 Nigerian Alfred Muwowo 2 July 2017 1 Zambian
Light-flyweight As of 21 October 2018 List of ABU light-flyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality James Njorage 1 Jun 1985 0 Kenyan Michael Ebo Danquah 30 May 1987 0 Ghanaian Sivenathi Nontshinga 21 October 2018 0 South African
Minimumweight As of 29 July 2018