Ray Amoo | |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | fly/super fly/bantamweight |
Nationality | Nigerian |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 8 |
Wins | 3 (KO 0) |
Losses | 4 (KO 3) |
Draws | 0 |
No contests | 1 |
Ray Amoo is a Nigerian professional fly/super fly/bantamweight boxer of the 1970s and '80s who won the Commonwealth flyweight title, and was a challenger for the West African Boxing Union flyweight title against Nana Yaw Konadu . [1]
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