Joseph Lubega

Joseph Lubega
Personal information
Born	January 1, 1982; Namirembe, Kampala, Uganda
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing Uganda
Commonwealth Games

Joseph Lubega (born January 1, 1982) is an Ugandan professional boxer. As an amateur, he participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his country. There he was stopped in the first round of the middleweight division by Thailand's eventual bronze medal winner Prasathinphimai Suriya.

Two years earlier Lubega won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in the light heavyweight division. He qualified for the Athens Games by winning the silver medal at the 1st AIBA African 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco. In the final of the event he lost to South African fighter Khostso Motau.

Professional career[edit]

Since turning pro Lubega has fought under the alias of "fabulous" Joey Vegas

He was formerly the British Masters Super Middleweight title holder.^[1]

In 2008 Vegas challenged Gary 'JJ' Ojuederie for the Southern Area Light Heavyweight title.^[2]

In 2009 Vegas held current British and former Commonwealth Light Heavyweight Champ Dean Francis to a draw.^[3]

Vegas is currently trained by John Vanner, and is managed by London promoter Michael Helliet ^[4]

Joseph Lubega has also won the World Boxing Council International light heavyweight title.

Lubega knocked out Kurt Sinette in the fourth round in Trinidad and Tobago’s city of Port of Spain to win the previously vacant title.

Not even the spirited home support for the Caribbean fighter could stop the Ugandan who stretched his record to 13(6kos)- 6-1.

With this title, Lubega has chances of being rated among WBC’s top 15.

Professional boxing record[edit]

42 fights	21 wins	18 losses
By knockout	14	12
By decision	7	6
Draws	3

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
42	Loss	21–18–3	Timur Sakulin	RTD	6 (10) 3:00	16 Sep 2019	Korston Club, Moscow, Russia
41	Loss	21–17–3	Qu Peng	KO	1 (10) 1:02	22 Dec 2018	Wansheng Binjiang Rd Venue, Chongqing, China	For vacant OPBF Silver cruiserweight title
40	Win	21–16–2	Karama Nyilawila	RTD	5 (12) 3:00	25 Aug 2018	Lugogo Cricket Ground, Kampala, Uganda
39	Loss	20–16–3	Arsen Aziev	KO	1 (8) 0:30	30 Dec 2017	Sports Palace Quant, Moscow, Russia
38	Draw	20–15–3	Kenny Egan	MD	6	20 Oct 2017	Big Zone Club, Nansana, Uganda
37	Loss	20–15–2	Andrejs Pokumeiko	TKO	3 (8) 2:00	25 May 2017	Studio 69, Riga, Latvia
36	Win	20–14–2	Charles Kakande	KO	2 (6) 2:54	23 Apr 2017	New Obligato, Kampala, Uganda
35	Win	19–14–2	Saidi Chako	TKO	2 (6)	5 Apr 2017	Bombo Military Barracks Grounds, Bombo, Uganda
34	Loss	18–14–2	Movsur Yusupov	TKO	5 (8) 2:22	10 Dec 2016	USC Soviet Wings, Moscow, Russia
33	Win	18–13–2	Ken Oyolo	KO	2 (8) 2:01	17 Apr 2016	Lugogo Indoor Arena, Kampala, Uganda
32	Loss	17–13–2	Umar Salamov	TKO	2 (10) 0:36	5 Mar 2016	Colosseum Sport Hall, Grozny, Russia
31	Loss	17–12–2	Alexander Kubich	KO	3 (8) 0:56	5 Dec 2015	Olympic Reserve Centre of Boxing, Gomel, Belarus
30	Loss	17–11–2	Dmitry Bivol	KO	4 (8) 1:10	22 May 2015	Luzhnik, Moscow, Russia
29	Draw	17–10–2	Zebra Mando Ssenyange	PTS	8	27 Feb 2015	Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda
28	Loss	17–10–1	Egor Mekhontsev	UD	8	28 Nov 2014	Luzhnik, Moscow, Russia
27	Win	17–9–1	Juma Iga	KO	7 (10)	31 Aug 2014	Club Obligatto, Kampala, Uganda
26	Loss	16–9–1	Mairis Briedis	TKO	9 (10) 1:09	26 Jul 2014	Sport Palace, Barnaul, Russia	For vacant WBC Baltic cruiserweight title
25	Loss	16–8–1	Dmitry Sukhotsky	UD	12	4 Jun 2014	Sport Palace, Barnaul, Russia
24	Loss	16–7–1	Ryno Liebenberg	TKO	1 (12) 2:56	1 Mar 2014	Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, South Africa	For vacant WBC International light heavyweight title
23	Win	16–6–1	Hany Atiyo	KO	4 (12) 2:58	14 Jun 2013	Kyadondo Rugby Grounds, Kampala, Uganda	Retained WBC International light heavyweight title
22	Win	15–6–1	Mustapha Noor	KO	3 (10) 0:57	24 Feb 2013	Little Flowers Arena, Kampala, Uganda
21	Win	14–6–1	Kirt Sinnette	KO	4 (12) 2:31	2 Sep 2012	Woodbrook Youth Facility, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	Won vacant WBC International light heavyweight title
20	Win	13–6–1	Hany Atiyo	TKO	11 (12)	6 Apr 2012	Cairo University Indoor Hall, Giza, Egypt	Won African light-heavyweight title
19	Win	12–6–1	Mustapha Noor	TKO	4 (10) 1:55	20 Oct 2011	Charter Hall, Nairobi, Kenya
18	Loss	11–6–1	Dmytro Kucher	UD	8	28 Aug 2010	Independence Square, Kyiv, Ukraine
17	Loss	11–5–1	Edison Miranda	TKO	5 (10) 2:31	20 Mar 2009	York Hall, London, England
16	Draw	11–4–1	Dean Francis	PTS	8	13 Feb 2009	Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon, England
15	Loss	11–4–0	JJ Ojuederie	PTS	10	5 Oct 2008	Watford Town Hall, Watford, England	For BBBoC Southern Area light heavyweight title
14	Win	11–3–0	JJ Ojuederie	TKO	7 (10) 1:20	1 Aug 2008	Watford Town Hall, Watford, England
13	Loss	10–3–0	Geard Ajetović	TKO	4 (6) 0:39	14 Nov 2007	York Hall, London, England
12	Loss	10–2–0	Nathan Cleverly	PTS	8	3 Nov 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales
11	Loss	10–1–0	Danny McIntosh	PTS	6	4 Oct 2007	Café Royal, London, England
10	Win	10–0–0	Neil Tidman	PTS	4	18 Apr 2007	Savoy Hotel, London, England
9	Win	9–0–0	Varujan Davtyan	TKO	1 (4) 0:47	13 Dec 2006	Savoy Hotel, London, England
8	Win	8–0–0	Michael Monaghan	PTS	10	30 Nov 2006	Café Royal, London, England
7	Win	7–0–0	Simeon Cover	PTS	4	12 Jul 2006	York Hall, London, England
6	Win	6–0–0	Simeon Cover	PTS	10	30 Mar 2006	Café Royal, London, England
5	Win	5–0–0	Conroy McIntosh	TKO	3 (6) 1:23	17 Nov 2005	Café Royal, London, England
4	Win	4–0–0	Gareth Lawrence	PTS	4	26 May 2005	Café Royal, London, England
3	Win	3–0–0	Egbui Ikeagwu	PTS	4	26 Mar 2005	Empire Theatre, London, England
2	Win	2–0–0	Egbui Ikeagwu	PTS	4	27 Jan 2005	Café Royal, London, England
1	Win	1–0–0	Cello Renda	TKO	3 (6) 1:58	4 Nov 2004	Café Royal, London, England

References[edit]

^ "Joey Vegas - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
^ "Ringside Boxing Report: Joey Vegas vs. JJ Ojuederie – Boxing News".
^ "British Boxing: Cleverly Wins, Francis Held to Draw in Swindon – Boxing News".
^ http://michaelhellietmanagement.com/Mhmboxers.aspx^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[edit]

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joseph Lubega". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

[1] "Joey Vegas - Boxer". Archived from the original on 2015-03-16. Retrieved 2010-08-20.

[2] "Ringside Boxing Report: Joey Vegas vs. JJ Ojuederie – Boxing News".

[3] "British Boxing: Cleverly Wins, Francis Held to Draw in Swindon – Boxing News".

[4] ttp://michaelhellietmanagement.com/Mhmboxers.aspx^{[permanent dead link]}

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