Julius Indongo
Julius Indongo | |
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Born | Julius Munyelele Indongo 12 February 1983 Windhoek, Namibia |
Other names | Blue Machine |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) |
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Height | 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm)[1] |
Reach | 71+1⁄2 in (182 cm)[1] |
Stance | Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 31 |
Wins | 24 |
Wins by KO | 13 |
Losses | 7 |
Julius Munyelele Indongo (born 12 February 1983) is a
Amateur career
Indongo first took up boxing at the age of 17. In 2002, he won the amateur Namibian National Championships and he appeared poised for success. However, Indongo was struck by
Professional career
Early career
Indongo debuted professionally at the age of 25, on 25 July 2009, with a points decision (PTS) win over Pohamba Mandume. After winning his first six fights, he won his first regional title, the Namibian lightweight title, by defeating Samuel Kapapu, and retained it against Peter Malakia.
After improving to 14 consecutive wins, he won the
Unified light-welterweight champion
In October 2016, undefeated
In late December, there were talks for a potential unification fight between Indongo and
Indongo vs. Crawford
On 1 July 2017, Top Rank announced that a light welterweight unification fight between Indongo and WBC, WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal champion Terence Crawford was agreed to take place on 19 August at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska live on ESPN in US and Sky Sports in the UK.[18][19][20] The projected unification of every major world title in boxing (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring, and lineal) will determine the light welterweight division's first undisputed champion since Kostya Tszyu in 2004, and the first time all the aforementioned titles have been at stake in a single fight since Bernard Hopkins vs. Jermain Taylor in 2005. Both fighters paid over US$100,000 in sanctioning fees.[21] Indongo vacated the IBO belt to avoid paying even more in sanctioning fees.[21] Crawford entered the fight as a heavy favourite to win.[22]
On fight night, Crawford dominated Indongo, knocking him down in the second round before finishing him with a vicious body shot in just three rounds.[23] The fight took place in front of a raucous home crowd for Crawford. Crawford landed 27 total punches to Indongo's 13 and 17 power punches to Indongo's 10. According to CompuBox stats, Crawford landed 26 of his 75 punches thrown (35%), while Indongo landed 13 of 74 thrown (18%). Both boxers earned an undisclosed 7-figure purse.[24] Following the fight, Indongo stated "When he hit me like that, my mind was gone" about Crawford's body shot.[25] The card averaged 965,000 viewers on ESPN.[26]
Career from 2018
On 5 January 2018, Lou DiBella of DiBella Entertainment announced that he had signed Indongo on a long-term promotional contract.[27] A few hours later, Nestor Tobias, Indongo's manager and promoter from Namibia claimed that Indongo and DiBella had breached contract. Tobias stated that Indongo was under contract with his MTC Nestor Sunshine Boxing & Fitness Academy until 2020.[28]
The WBC super lightweight title became vacant after Terence Crawford decided to move up to welterweight. It was announced that number 1 ranked
Indongo came back with a win against Carltavius Jones Johnson in his next fight. Indongo was controlling the action in round one. In round two, Jones Johnson fought more aggressively, but a counter right hook from Indongo dropped him on the canvas. Johnons managed to beat the count, but the referee decided he was not fit to continue, awarding Indongo with the TKO win.[33]
On 27 November 2020, Indongo faced Daniyar Yeleussinov. Yeleussinov looked dominant and dropped Indongo in the opening round. It looked like the fight would end in the opening round, but Indongo managed to survive to the round. In the second round, Indongo was dropped again, and again managed to beat the count. He did not look fit to continue however, and the referee waved the fight off right after the knockdown.[34]
Professional boxing record
31 fights | 24 wins | 7 losses |
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By knockout | 13 | 5 |
By decision | 11 | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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31 | Loss | 24–7 | Khariton Agrba | KO | 3 (8) 1:50 | 19 Nov 2022 | RCC Boxing Academy, Ekaterinburg , Russia
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30 | Loss | 24–6 | Mirzakamol Nematov | UD | 8 | 15 July 2022 | Hotel Renaissance, Tashkent, Uzbekistan | |
29 | Win | 24–5 | Sherif Kasongo | RTD | 4 (8) | 26 Feb 2022 | Government Complex, Lusaka, Zambia | |
28 | Loss | 23–5 | Chris Jenkins | PTS | 8 | 5 Feb 2022 | Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales | |
27 | Loss | 23–4 | Hassan Mwakinyo | TKO | 4 (12) | 3 Sep 2021 | Kilimanjaro Hall, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | For African light-middleweight title |
26 | Loss | 23–3 | Daniyar Yeleussinov | TKO | 2 (10), 0:30 | 27 Nov 2020 | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida, US | For vacant IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title |
25 | Win | 23–2 | Tay Jones | TKO | 2 (10), 1:12 | 3 Aug 2019 | Bobby Miller Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US | |
24 | Loss | 22–2 | Regis Prograis | TKO | 2 (12), 2:54 | 9 Mar 2018 | Mountain Grand, Deadwood, South Dakota, US | For vacant WBC interim light-welterweight title |
23 | Loss | 22–1 | Terence Crawford | KO | 3 (12), 1:38 | 19 Aug 2017 | Pinnacle Bank Arena, Lincoln, Nebraska, US | Lost WBA (Unified) and IBF light-welterweight titles; For WBC, WBO, and The Ring light-welterweight titles |
22 | Win | 22–0 | Ricky Burns | UD | 12 | 15 Apr 2017 | The SSE Hydro, Glasgow , Scotland
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Retained IBF and IBO light-welterweight titles; Won WBA (Unified) light-welterweight title
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21 | Win | 21–0 | Eduard Troyanovsky | KO | 1 (12), 0:40 | 3 Dec 2016 | Megasport Arena, Moscow , Russia
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Won IBF and IBO light-welterweight titles |
20 | Win | 20–0 | Fabian Lyimo | TKO | 1 (12) | 6 Aug 2016 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Allan Kamote | TKO | 9 (12) | 26 Mar 2016 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Zolani Marali | UD | 12 | 3 Oct 2015 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Ibrahim Class | UD | 12 | 20 Mar 2015 | Ramatex Factory, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Kaizer Mabuza | UD | 12 | 6 Dec 2014 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Ishmael Takudzwa Kuchocha | TKO | 3 (12), 0:45 | 26 Jul 2014 | Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained WBO Africa light-welterweight title |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Joel Mwewa | KO | 1 (12), 2:17 | 1 Mar 2014 | Olufuko Centre, Outapi, Namibia | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Nelson Banda | PTS | 10 | 11 May 2013 | Kuisebmond Community Hall, Walvis Bay, Namibia | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Abias Silipumbwe | KO | 1 (6), 1:25 | 20 Mar 2013 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | James Onyango | TKO | 2 (12), 0:29 | 12 Oct 2012 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Won vacant light-welterweight title
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10 | Win | 10–0 | Meshack Kondwani | TKO | 4 (8), 2:02 | 20 Mar 2012 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Silas Mandeya | UD | 6 | 5 Nov 2011 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Peter Malakia | TKO | 10 (10) | 11 Jun 2011 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Retained Namibian lightweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Samuel Kapapu | UD | 10 | 19 Mar 2011 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | Won vacant Namibian lightweight title |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Lawrence Moyo | TKO | 1 (4) | 7 Aug 2010 | Kuisebmond Community Hall, Walvis Bay, Namibia | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Samuel Kapapu | UD | 4 | 29 May 2010 | Kalahari Sands Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Festus Nghidinwa | MD | 4 | 20 Mar 2010 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Daniel Hosea | TKO | 2 (4), 1:56 | 31 Oct 2009 | Kuisebmond Community Hall, Walvis Bay, Namibia | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Pohamba Mandume | UD | 4 | 12 Sep 2009 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Pohamba Mandume | PTS | 4 | 25 Jul 2009 | Country Club Resort, Windhoek, Namibia |
References
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- ^ "Crawford-Indongo Telecast Averaged 965,000 Viewers on ESPN". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
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- ^ "Indongo's Promoter is Furious, Says Boxer is Still Under Contract". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ "Prograis vs. Postol To Be Ordered, Winner Faces Ramirez or Imam - Boxing News". www.boxingscene.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
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External links
- Boxing record for Julius Indongo from BoxRec (registration required)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Julius Indongo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- Julius Indongo profile at Yahoo! Sports at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
- Julius Indongo - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live