Segawa Sulaiman (commonly known as The RULER) (born May 22, 1991) is a Ugandan born-American based professional boxer.https://olympics.com/en/athletes/sulaiman-segawa He has southpaw style of fighting. He made his professional debut on 21 April 2013 at the age of 21.
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.
Early career He was born on 22 May 1991 in Kampala, Uganda. In 2014, Segawa was recruited by UK-based Atlantic Entertainment. He had over 240 amateur fights.
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.https://allafrica.com/stories/201603141765.html From 2015 to 2017, Segawa was based in Team Holzken, Helmond with coach Sjef Weber and legend Nieky Holzken in the Netherlands training and fighting kickboxing. While in Netherlands, he made a winning debut against Dijbby Diagne, the fight took place at Theater de Borenburg, Voerendaal on 14 January 2017. In 2018, Segawa transferred to USA.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes26LossRene PalaciosSD1030 Jan 202625WinBryan AcostaTKO7 (10), 05 Sep 202524LossBruce CarringtonMD1027 Sep 202423Win17–4–1 (1)Ruben VillaUD1013 Jul 202422Loss16–4–1 (1)Mirco CuelloUD830 Mar 202421Win16–3–1 (1)Prince Octopus DzanieUD1030 Sep 202320Win15–3–1 (1)Misael LópezTKO10 (10), 6 May 202319Win14–3–1 (1)Ernesto GuerreroKO4 (8), 19 Nov 20221813–3–1 (1)Cobia BreedyNC1 (10), 29 Oct 202117Loss13–3–1Jamaine OrtizKO7 (8), 28 Nov 202016Draw13–2–1Zhora HamazaryanSD831 Jan 202015Win13–2Elijah PierceMD828 Sep 201914Win12–2Gadwin RosaUD826 Apr 201913Loss11–2Abraham NovaUD1018 Nov 201812Win11–1Hectór López Jr.RTD6 (8), 10 Aug 201811Loss10–1William Foster IIIUD828 Apr 201810Win10–0Alejandro SalinasUD824 Mar 21089Win9–0Brian GallegosSD617 Feb 20188Win8–0Bilal MessoudiPTS41 Apr 20177Win7–0Dijbby DiagnePTS614 Jan 20176Win6–0Hakim WaibaleUD830 Oct 20155Win5–0Mwinyi MzengelaKO2 (6)29 Aug 20154Win4–0Ali KasangoUD102 May 20153Win3–0Herve ZongoTKO6 (8)1 Nov 20132Win2–0Joshua MbogoTKO2 (6)7 Jul 20131Win1–0Armstrong MwanjeUD621 Apr 2013
Personal life Currently, Segawa is based in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA where he doubles as a fighter and a Personal trainer at Urban Boxing DC.
See also List of male boxers List of southpaw stance boxers
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