Sulaiman Segawa

Segawa Sulaiman (commonly known as The RULER) (born May 22, 1991) is a Ugandan born-America based Olympic athlete and professional boxer.[1] He has a southpaw style of fighting.[2][3] He made his professional debut on 21 April 2013 at the age of 21.[4][5]

Segawa Sulaiman
Statistics
Real nameSegawa Sulaiman
Nickname(s)The RULER
Weight(s)Featherweight
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Reach175 cm (69 in)
NationalityUgandan
Born (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991
Kampala, Uganda
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights21
Wins16
Wins by KO5
Losses3
Draws1

As of October 2, he is ranked 45 out of 1547 best pro-boxer in the world according to BoxRec. Segawa holds the 2023 WBC SILVER/NABF USA TITLE, 2019 National Boxing Association Intercontinental Champion title. In 2016 Sulaiman was part of the Ugandan olympic selection that prepared at the Eindhoven Box Cup for the Rio '16 Olympic games. Sulaiman won a silver medal on the Eindhoven Box Cup, however non of the boxers of the selection returned to Uganda. While in the Netherlands he adopted a Dutch style approach of kickboxing.[6][7]

Early career

He was born on 22 May 1991 in Kampala, Uganda.[8] In 2014, Segawa was recruited by UK-based Atlantic Entertainment. He had over 240 amateur fights.[9]

Professional career

His professional career began on 21 April 2013, when he won four round bouts fighting with Armstrong Mwanje. The fight was held at Sabrina`s Pub in Kampala.[10][11] From 2015 to 2017, Sula was based in Team Holzken, HELMOD WITH COACH SJEF wEBER and legend Nieky holzken in the Netherlands training and fighting kickboxing.[8] While in Netherlands, he made a winning debut against Djiby Diagne, the fight took place at Theater de Borenburg, Voerendaal on 14th January 2017. In 2018, Sula transferred to USA.[6]

PersonalLife

Currently, Segawa is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA where he doubles as a fighter and a PERSONAL trainer at Urban Boxing DC.[6][10]

References
  1. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sulaiman-segawa
  2. "BoxRec: Sulaiman Segawa". boxrec.com.
  3. "Sulaiman Segawa Boxing Record". fightnights.com.
  4. "Sulaiman Segawa (boxing): next fight, last fight result, boxing record (table)". champinon.info.
  5. https://www.foxsports.com/boxing/sulaiman-segawa-player-bio
  6. "Segawa: Last of Uganda's elite dying breed in US". Monitor. October 8, 2022.
  7. https://boxranking.com/boxer/view/348091
  8. "Sulaiman Segawa | Boxer Page". Tapology.
  9. "• Sulaiman Segawa boxer •". boxerlist.com.
  10. "Sulaiman Segawa | box odds stats | pro boxing odds, results, & stats". boxoddsstats.com.
  11. https://allafrica.com/stories/201603141765.html
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