Joshua Quartey and Gabriel Coffie all lost their bouts in Gibraltar
Four Ghanaian boxers, Ebenezer Tetteh, Joshua Quartey, Mustapha Kamoko aka ‘Bukom Machine’ and Gabriel Coffie who battled in foreign lands all lost their bouts, but with different stories to tell.
Tetteh now (24-2, 20 KOs), a former WBO Africa heavyweight champion fought gallantly on Sunday against Dillian Whyte now (31-3, 21 KOs) in a 10-round heavyweight clash at the Europa Point Sports Complex in Gibraltar.
The 36-year-old Tetteh, who held the WBO’s continental heavyweight title in 2017, bounced back with four consecutive wins since his only career defeat to current IBF heavyweight champion Daniel Dubois in London in 2019.
He gave Whyte, also 36, whose two defeats have come in world title bouts against Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury a good challenge.
Whyte, known for his gritty style, avenged his only other loss to Alexander Povetkin in 2021, claiming the WBC interim world heavyweight title.
The showdown was a fight of men with high-stakes in the battle which boxing fans enjoyed.
On the same day, in Liverpool, UK, former Black Bomber, Joshua Abubakar Quartey replaced 24-year-old Elvis Ahorgah (13-2, 11 KOs) and lost to undefeated Briton Mark Jeffers (19-0, 6 KOs) in the third round of their super middleweight 10-rounder at the Exhibition Centre in Merseyside.
In the UAE, another young Ghanaian, Mustapha Kamoko suffered his first defeat to Mohammed Issa from Jordan and lost the chance to become the WBC Youth Middleweight Champion at the Agenda Arena in Dubai.
According to his trainer, Gabriel .Zico Allotey, the weather was a big problem as Kamoko could not perform as expected, so he lost in round three.
Earlier on December 8, Gabriel Coffie who fought in Canada lost to homeboy Steven Wilcox at the Rebel Entertainment Complex, Toronto.
Reports said Coffie gave a very good account of himself going the full distance and lost by points decision.
Meanwhile, across the Atlantic in Tijuana, Mexico, Isaac Sackey (26-2, 21 KOs) bout against top-ranked Mexican super bantamweight, Alan Picasso Romero (30-0-1, 16 KOs), on Saturday, December 14 could not be honoured as Sackey, a former two-time WBO Africa junior featherweight titleholder was refused visa to travel to contest the 10-round international clash.
It was supposed to be the second fight abroad for the 29-year-old Sackey, who previously lost to Yevgeniy Pavlov in Kazakhstan in 2021.
His manager, Mr. Bernie Johnson said it was sad as Sackey has prepared very well to shock the unbeaten Romero, ranked No. 4 in the world.
By Sammy Heywood Okine
