Joe Darkey
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Ghanaian boxer
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Boxing | ||
| Representing Ghana | ||
| British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1966 Kingston | Middleweight |
Joe Darkey (born 22 May 1942) is a former Ghanaian professional boxer who competed in the 1960s. A middleweight he competed in Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Middleweight, but was defeated in the third round. However two years later in 1966 he participated in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal.[1]
1964 Olympic results
[edit ]Below is the Olympic record of Joe Darkey, a Ghanaian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics:
- Round of 32: bye
- Round of 16: defeated James Rosette (United States) by decision, 3-2
- Quarterfinal: lost to Valery Popenchenko (Soviet union) by decision, 0-5
References
[edit ]- ^ Joe Darkey Archived 2012年02月06日 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com
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- 1942 births
- Living people
- Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Middleweight boxers
- Olympic boxers for Ghana
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana
- Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Ghanaian male boxers
- Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen
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