Patrick Mambwe

Managed by legendary (and controversial) Zambian-based Nigerian Gibson Nwosu, who was also a promoter and referee, Patrick Mambwe was probably the most disciplined and hardest-working of all professional boxers Zambia has ever had. Mambwe holds a special place in the history of Zambian boxing. In 1976, he became the first boxer in Zambia to win a Commonwealth title after stopping Australian Gwynne Jones in the sixth round of a flyweight contest. Two years later, Mambwe won the African Boxing Union (ABU) bantamweight title when Ivorian champion, 42-year-old Baba De Keita, came out of his dressing room refusing to fight him and simply handing over the belt. It was also the first time a Zambian boxer won an African championship. Furthermore, Mambwe became the first boxer to hold the two titles simultaneously. Lottie Mwale and John "Big Joe" Sichula were the second and third respectively to grab the two belts. They also each held both championships at the same time.

Patrick Mambwe (born 8 June 1944 in Kitwe) is a Zambian professional fly/super fly/bantam/super bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1960s and '70s who won the Zambia bantamweight title, and Commonwealth flyweighttitle, his professional fighting weight varied from 111 lb (50 kg; 7 st 13 lb), i.e. flyweight to 125 lb (57 kg; 8 st 13 lb), i.e. Featherweight.