Percy Commey | |
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Statistics | |
Real name | Percy Oblitei Commey |
Weight(s) | feather/super featherweight |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Born | Accra, Ghana | 7 February 1960
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 42 |
Wins | 34 (KO 18) |
Losses | 7 (KO 3) |
Draws | 1 |
Percy Commey (born 7 February 1960, in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional feather/super featherweight boxer of the 1970s, '80s, '90s and 2000s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, African Boxing Union featherweight, and Commonwealth featherweight title, and was a challenger for the Ghanaian super featherweight title, and West African Boxing Union super featherweight title against Smith Odoom , his professional fighting weight varied from 123 lb (56 kg; 8 st 11 lb), i.e. featherweight to 127 lb (58 kg; 9 st 1 lb), i.e. super featherweight. [1]
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