Saoul Mamby
| Saoul Mamby | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Saoul Paul Mamby |
| Rated at | Light welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) |
| Reach | 70 in (178 cm) |
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
June 4, 1947 Bronx, New York, USA |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 85 |
| Wins | 45 |
| Wins by KO | 19 |
| Losses | 34 |
| Draws | 6 |
| No contests | 0 |
Saoul Paul Mamby (born June 4, 1947) was an American professional boxer between 1969 and 2008. He held the WBC Junior Welterweight Title from 1980-82.
Born in South Bronx, New York Mamby, the child of mother, Victoria, of Spanish descent and father, Robert, from Jamaica, converted to Judaism at age 4. He went to Hebrew School at the Bronx's Mount Horeb Synagogue.
Mamby became interested in boxing while on vacation in Jamaica. He began his boxing career 1963 at the age of sixteen fighting in the Golden Gloves in 1965 and 1966. He compiled an amateur record of 25–5 before turning pro in 1969.
Mamby was a Vietnam veteran, and served in Viet Nam in 1968.
He held the WBC junior welterweight title once, starting his 2 1⁄2-year reign in February 1980 by going to South Korea to stop titlist Kim Sang-Hyun in the 14th round. After that, he made five successful defenses, requiring travel to Indonesia and Nigeria, in the process. He stopped former WBC lightweight champ Esteban De Jesús in the 13th round in July 1980 on the Holmes-LeDoux undercard and decisioned Termite Watkins over 15 on the Holmes-Ali undercard. He won a 15-round nod over Jo Kimpuani on yet another undercard for a Larry Holmes fight against Leon Spinks. He then went to Indonesia to decision Thomas Americo.
In his last bout leaving the ring as champion, he decisioned Obisio Nwankpa in Nigeria.
He was to fight WBA champion Aaron Pryor in the summer of 1982 for a unification bout in the junior welterweight division, but instead fought and lost the title by split-decision to Leroy Haley in June of that year.
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