James "Bukom Fire" Armah (born 11 March 1976) is a Ghanaian
professional boxer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s who won the
African Boxing Union featherweight title,
Commonwealth lightweight title, and
Commonwealth super featherweight title, and was a challenger for the
WBO
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Asia Pacific light welterweight title (twice), WBO Oriental light welterweight title, and
WBA Pan African light welterweight title, against Chad Bennett.
[James Armah]
profile at BoxRec
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His professional fighting weight varied from
featherweight to
light middleweight
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Boxing
The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the IBF or super welterweight in the WBA an ...
.
After marrying, he and his wife decided in 2017 to move to
Grafton, New South Wales
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, Australia, where his wife has family. In Grafton, Armah became involved with the local amateur boxing club.
[Matthew Elkerton]
" champion has passion for our juniors"
'' The Daily Examiner'', 18 February 2017.
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Image – James Armah
1976 births
Featherweight boxers
Light-middleweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
Light-welterweight boxers
Living people
African Boxing Union champions
Boxers from Accra
Super-featherweight boxers
Welterweight boxers
Ghanaian male boxers
Ghanaian emigrants to Australia
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