# List of African Boxing Union champions

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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| 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
List of ABU minimumweight champions. :
| Name | Date of title victory | Successful defences | Nationality |
| Mtutuzeli Nene | 29 January 1995 | 0 | South African |
| Sithembile Kibiti | 27 April 2002 | 0 | South African |
| Ayanda Ndulani | 29 July 2018 | 0 | South African |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Walters was born in Madagascar to American parents.
* ↑ Ngumbu was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* ↑ Daku was born in Uganda.
* ↑ Mamba was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* ↑ Emebe was born in Cameroon.
* ↑ Kitenge was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* ↑ Larbi is of Algerian descent.
* ↑ Mohatar was born in Morocco.
* ↑ Onikeke was born in Nigeria.
* ↑ Saku was born in Uganda.
* ↑ El Massoudi was born in Morocco.
* ↑ Kiwitt was born in Liberia to a German father and a Liberian mother.
* ↑ Kimpuani was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* ↑ Kayumba was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
* ↑ El Marcouchi is of Moroccan descent.
* ↑ Houya was born in Algeria.
* ↑ Rukundo was born in Uganda.
* ↑ Asiku was born in Uganda.
* ↑ Kakololo's title win on 10 August is not officially recorded on Boxrec.
* ↑ Tebazalwa was born in Uganda.
* ↑ Patel is of Indian descent.