George "Red Tiger" Ashie born in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

is a

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super feather/

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of the 2000s and 2010s who won the African Boxing Union super featherweight title, Universal Boxing Council

(UBC) Super Featherweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the

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(WBA) International lightweight title against Emmanuel Tagoe

and Commonwealth super featherweight title against Kevin Mitchell, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

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