Ludumo Galada, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ludumo Galada

South African boxer

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1982

Date of Death: 11-Jan-2009

Profession: boxer

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ludumo Galada (20 December 1982 – 11 January 2009) was a South African boxer.
Nicknamed "Pretty Boy", Galada was born in Mdantsane Township outside of East London in the Eastern Cape province.
He first represented South Africa at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where he fought as a bantamweight.
Galada advanced to the quarterfinals where he lost to Ezekiel Letuka of Lesotho.
He qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he fought as a featherweight.
He lost in the 3rd round of his only match to Azerbaijan's Shahin Imranov.
He won the South African title in 2007 and successfully defended it 3 times.
In early morning of 11 January 2009, while returning home visiting his sick brother in Johannesburg, Galada was killed in a car crash in Aliwal North in the Eastern Cape.