Ossie "The Ghanaian Gladiator" Duran (born 23 April 1977) is a Ghanaian

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

, whose career has spanned over 3 decades (1990's/2000's/2010's). He has won the Ghanaian lightweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) Pan-European welterweight title, WBF European Welterweight Title,

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(USBA) Atlantic Coast Region middleweight title, Commonwealth welterweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title, drew with Eromosele Albert for the vacant

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(IBF) Continental Africa light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Commonwealth lightweight title against

David Tetteh David Bruce Tetteh (born 10 August 1985) is a Ghanaian-born former Kyrgyz international footballer who is currently a coach for Dordoi Bishkek. Career Club Born in Ghana, he moved to Central Asia in 2006, playing one season in Tajikistan for Re ...

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(WBO)

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(NABO) middleweight title against Fernando Guerrero, and

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(WBC) Silver middleweight title against Avtandil Khurtsidze. His professional fighting weight varied from , (

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) to , (

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). He is trained by Lenny DeJesus.

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