Paulus Natangwe Ambunda (born 6 August 1980) is a
Namibian
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
*Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe eel ...
who participated in the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
. As a professional, he held the
WBO
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
bantamweight title in 2013, and twice the
IBO bantamweight title in 2015 and in 2018.
Amateur career
Ambunda won the silver medal at flyweight at the
2004 All-Africa Games in
Abuja, Nigeria
Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plan ...
. At the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
he was stopped in the quarter-finals of the flyweight (51 kg) division by
Germany's eventual bronze medal winner
Rustamhodza Rahimov.
Professional career
Ambunda won the WBO bantamweight title against Thai fighter Pungluang Sor Singyu in his 20th fight. he would end up losing the belt in his first defense to Japanese fighter Tomoki Kameda.
Results: Tomoki Kameda captures WBO bantamweight title in Philippines
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Professional boxing record
See also
*List of bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize ...
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
bantamweight boxers
super-bantamweight boxers
World bantamweight boxing champions
World Boxing Organization champions
International Boxing Organization champions
Sportspeople from Swakopmund
Namibian male boxers
Olympic boxers for Namibia
Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
African Games silver medalists for Namibia
African Games medalists in boxing
Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games