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Mohammed Kayongo, nicknamed The African Assassin, is a welterweight professional boxer from the U.S. state of Minnesota.
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- Mohammed kayongo boxer training
- Mohammed kayongo wbf fight round 1
- Personal life
- Professional career
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Personal life
Kayongo was born in Kampala, Uganda. His current residence is St Paul, Minnesota. Amateur record: 219-(9)-(157)
Professional career
Kayongo began his career with a first-round knockout of Anthony Howard in April 2003, and had a perfect record through ten fights, before a draw against Jose Antonio Ojeda in July 2004. His first loss came in his twelfth fight, against undefeated Shamone Alvarez in November 2004. As of October 2009 Kayongo's professional record was 14 wins (10 by knockout) against 2 losses and 1 draw. Kayongo's two career losses have come to unbeaten prospects Shamone Alvarez (8-0 at the time) and Jose Leo Moreno (11-0 at the time).
Kayongo scored a fourth-round TKO against James Todd for the IBA welterweight world title on November 20, 2009
On January 19, 2013 Kayongo won a unanimous decision at the Minneapolis Convention Center in a six-round fight against Gilbert Venagas of East Moline, Illinois.