Ghana is regarded as one of the countries to have produced lots of boxing world champions. In Africas boxing history, Ghana has won more world titles than any country. So far, Ghana has won eight world titles at different weight classes.
1. DK Poison
He won Ghanas first world title in 1975.
Kotey proved everybody wrong by beating favorite Ruben Olivares to win the WBC featherweight belt. He defended his belt three times before losing it to Danny Lopez in 197
2.Azumah Nelson
Three time world champions in two weight divisions namely feather and super feather
3.Nana Yaw Konadu
Konadu followed the suit, and he won Ghanas third world title after a win over
Gilberto Roman to win the WBC World super flyweight belt in 1989.
4.Ike Quartey
Quartey won the nations fourth World title in 1994. He stopped the then champion Crisanto Espana in round 11 to win the WBA World welterweight belt.
5.Alfred Kotey
Kotey made it number five for Ghana in 1994, he defeated Rafael Del Valle via unanimous decision to win the WBO World bantamweight title.
6.Joseph Agbeko
Agbeko stopped Luiz Alberto Perez in round seven to win Ghanas sixth World title as he claimed the IBF World bantamweight belt in 2007.
7.Joshua Clottey
Clottey won Ghanas seventh World title by recording a technical decision over Americas Zab Judah to win the vacant IBF World welterweight belt in 2008.
8.Isaac Dogboe
Dogboe added his name to the tall list by
winning Ghanas eighth World belt. Dogboe stopped crowd favorite and champion Jessie Magdaleno in round 11 to win the WBO World super bantamweight belt on April 28th, 2018.
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