Joe Darkey

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Joe Darkey
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Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1966 Kingston Middleweight

Joe Darkey (born 22 May 1942) is a former Ghanaian professional boxer who competed in the 1960s. A middleweight he competed in Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Middleweight, but was defeated in the third round. However two years later in 1966 he participated in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal. [1]

Ghana Republic in West Africa

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa. Spanning a land mass of 238,535 km2 (92,099 sq mi), Ghana is bordered by the Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, Togo in the east and the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean in the south. Ghana means "Warrior King" in the Soninke language.

Boxing combat sport

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined amount of time in a boxing ring.

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

1964 Olympic results

Below is the Olympic record of Joe Darkey, a Ghanaian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:

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References

  1. Joe Darkey Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com