Amon Kotey was a boxer from

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. At the

1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing ...

he won the bronze medal in Light Welterweight."Amon Kotey's burial today" (July 8, 2010) ''Daily Graphic''. Kotey beat Patricio Diaz (Argentina) and Obisia Nwakpa (Nigeria), before losing to

Vladimir Kolev Vladimir Kolev ( bg, Владимир Колев, born April 18, 1954) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist. He also works as an actor, and has appeared in many American films. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montr ...

(Bulgaria) in the semi-final.

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Ghanaian male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Year of birth missing Light-welterweight boxers Place of birth missing {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub