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David Kotei (also spelled Kotey) born on December 7, 1950 in Accra, Ghana, was a world featherweight boxing champion between 1975 and 1976 and was also the first Ghanaian professional boxer to win a world title. He was popularly called "D.K. Poison". Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ...
The lightweight division is the 130 pounds (59 kilograms) to 135 pounds (61 kilograms) weight class in the sport of boxing. ...
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Amateur career
DK Poison started his amateur career on in Accra. He is one of many boxers spawned by Bukom, a suburb in the heart of the city populated by the Ga people. Many top Ghanaian boxers such as Roy Ankrah, Azuma Nelson and Ike Quartey are products of Bukom.[1] Accra, population 1,970,400 (2005), is the capital of Ghana. ...
The Ga are an ethnic group indigenous to the West African nation of Ghana. ...
Ike Bazooka Quartey (born November 27, 1969 in Bukom, Ghana ) former WBC Welterweight boxing Champion from Ghana. ...
Professional career David Kotei turned professional under trainer Attuquaye Clottey. His first professional bout was on February 5, 1966 in Accra when he outpointed his opponent over six rounds. Although he fought once in neighbouring Togo in 1967, all his subsequent fights through to 1971 were all in Ghana. In 1972 however, he fought as much as seven times in Australia, winning five and losing two. He won the African featherweight title on February 2, 1974 when he knocked out Tahar Ben Hassen in the first round of a scheduled 15 round fight in Tunis, Tunisia. Later on December 7, 1974, he also won the Commonwealth featherweight title with a technical knock out over Evans Armstrong, a British boxer in round 10 of a scheduled 15 rounds bout. This victory gave him an opportunity to go for the World Boxing Council version of the world title. On September 20, 1975, in Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA, he beat Ruben Olivares by split points decision after 15 rounds to become the first Ghanaian world boxing champion.[2] He relinquished the African and Commonwealth titles following this victory. The Ghana government gave him an estate house at Teshie-Nungua, an Accra suburb in honour of this achievemnts in boxing.[3] He however lost the title in his third defence on November 6, 1976 by unanimous points decision to Danny "Little Red" Lopez in a fierce fight in Accra, Ghana. DK Poison was never the same again after this defeat. He failed in 1978 to regain either the world or commonwealth featherweight titles. His last professional bout was in 1989 when he lost an African lightweight title fight. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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Rubén Olivares (born January 14, 1947) is a former boxer of Mexican nationality. ...
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Retirement David Kotey has lived a relatively modest and quiet life after retirement. He has gone through marital and financial difficulties and reportedly has some grievances about how his purse was disbursed during his boxing years.[3] He is married with three daughters. Rubén Olivares (born January 14, 1947) is a former boxer of Mexican nationality. ...
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This is a chronological List of World Featherweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983...
Danny Lopez (born July 6, 1952) is a former boxer from Fort Duchesne, Utah. ...
Notes and references The British Broadcasting Corporation, usually known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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See also This is a list of notable male boxers. ...
List of WBC world champions is a table showing the world champions certificated by World Boxing Council (WBC). ...
External links - David Kotei's boxing career record
- http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=26610
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