Sam ("Rocky") Rukundo (born May 18, 1980 in Kampala) is a Ugandan boxer. He 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
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes20Loss15–4–1 Viktor PostolMD1013 Mar 2011 19Loss15–3–1 Yvan MendyUD1210 Dec 2010 18Loss15–2–1 Valentyn Kuts1221 May 2010 17Loss15–1–1 Gary BucklandUD1219 Feb 2010 16Win15–0–1 Jimmy BriggsPTS425 Sep 2009 15Win14–0–1 Sergejs SavrinovicsPTS619 Jun 2009 14Win13–0–1 Peter OluochKO8 (10)10 Jan 2009 13Win12–0–1 Alexander Saltykov4 (8), 9 Feb 2008 12Win11–0–1 Robert OsiobeUD1224 Nov 2007 11Win10–0–1 Araik Sachbazjan418 Aug 2007 10Draw9–0–1 Robert Osiobe431 Mar 2007 9Win9–0 Stuart GreenPTS61 Feb 2007 8Win8–0 Gheorghe Ghiompirica2 (8)8 Sep 2006 7Win7–0 Silence SaheedPTS102 Feb 2006 6Win6–0 Haroon DinTKO3 (4), 17 Nov 2005 5Win5–0 Bela SandorPTS614 Oct 2005 4Win4–0 John Paul RyanTKO4 (6), 26 May 2005 3Win3–0 Billy Smith3 (6), 23 Mar 2005 2Win2–0 Chris LongPTS427 Jan 2005 1Win1–0 Henry Janes64 Nov 2004
External links
Sam's official website www.samrocky.com
References sports-reference