Sumoo Pappoe 'Love' Allotey (16 December 1936- April 1996) was a Ghanaian

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of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and British Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the British Commonwealth featherweight title against

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, and

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(WBC) super featherweight title, and

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(WBA) World super featherweight title against Gabriel "Flash" Elorde, his professional fighting weight varied from , i.e.

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to , i.e.

. Allotey was a world traveller, as he fought in fifteen countries, apart from his fights in

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, during his professional boxing career.

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