Abraham Mensah

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Abraham Mensah
Personal information
Born3 April 2003 (2003-04-03) (age 21)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Men's bantamweight

Abraham Mensah (born 3 April 2003) [1] is a Ghanaian boxer. He represented Ghana at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. [1] [2] [3]

On 4 August 2022, Commey defeated Rukmal Prasanna of Sri Lanka to progress to the semifinals and automatically guarantees Ghana its third bronze medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games if he loses the semi-final bout. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Abraham Mensah". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited . Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. Neequaye, Bernard. "Commonwealth Games: Abraham Mensah secures medal, targets gold". Graphic Online. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. Attoh, Nathaniel (29 July 2022). "Birmingham '22 Boxing: Ghana to repeat history?". My Joy Online. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  4. Forson (4 August 2022). "Commonwealth Games: Boxing prodigy Abraham Mensah clinches Ghana's third medal". 3NEWS.com. Retrieved 5 August 2022.