VIDEO: How Ike Quartey Claimed WBA World Welterweight Belt 24 Years Ago


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On June 4, 1994, Ghana’s Ike Quartey won the WBA world welterweight title courtesy eleventh-round TKO over Venezuela’s Crisanto Espana.

The Ghanaian was a heavy underdog in this battle of undefeateds.

They battled each other from round one to ten, but “Bazooka” wouldn’t be denied, ending affairs with a 14-punch salvo in the eleventh.

Quartey’s triumph was Ghana’s fourth title world title after D.K. Poison, Azumah Nelson and Nana Yaw Konadu.


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