Ossie Duran

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Ossie Duran
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Real nameOsumanu Yahaya
Nickname(s)The Ghanaian Gladiator
Weight(s) Lightweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight
Light middleweight
Middleweight
Super middleweight
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach72 in (183 cm)
Nationality Congolese
Born (1977-04-23) 23 April 1977 (age 45)
Accra, Ghana
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights42
Wins28 (KO 11)
Losses11 (KO 2)
Draws3

Ossie "The Ghanaian Gladiator" Duran (born 23 April 1977) is a Ghanaian professional boxer, whose career has spanned over 3 decades (1990's/2000's/2010's).

He has won the Ghanaian lightweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) Pan-European welterweight title, WBF European Welterweight Title, United States Boxing Association (USBA) Atlantic Coast Region middleweight title, Commonwealth welterweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title, drew with Eromosele Albert [1] for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Continental Africa light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Commonwealth lightweight title against David Tetteh, World Boxing Organization (WBO) North American Boxing Organization (NABO) middleweight title against Fernando Guerrero, and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight title against Avtandil Khurtsidze. [2]

His professional fighting weight varied from 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb), (lightweight) to 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb), (super middleweight). [3]

He is trained by Lenny DeJesus. [4]

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