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John Sichula

Zambian boxer

Born
4 February 1955
Died
1 October 1994
Citizenship
Zambia
Sport
boxing
Discipline
light welterweight, lightweight, super featherweight, featherweight
Occupation
boxer

John "Big Joe" Sichula (4 February 1955 — 1 October 1994 (aged 39)), was a Zambian amateur featherweight and professional super feather/light/light welterweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who as an amateur qualified for (but withdrew from) the Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, won a bronze medal at featherweight at the 1978 All-Africa Games, won the silver medal at featherweight in the Boxing at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada losing the final against Azumah Nelson of Ghana, and as a professional won the African Boxing Union (ABU) lightweight title, ABU super featherweight title, and Commonwealth Super featherweight title (3-occasions), and was a challenger for the All African Super Featherweight Title against Sam Akromah, his professional fighting weight varied from 127+3⁄4 lb (57.9 kg; 9 st 1.8 lb), i.e. super featherweight to 135+1⁄2 lb (61.5 kg; 9 st 9.5 lb), i.e. light welterweight.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1976 Summer Olympics1976

External links

Facts from Wikidata Q16013308 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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