Joe Tetteh: Difference between revisions

Joe Tetteh
Joe Tetteh
Born	10 December 1941; Accra, Ghana
Died	20 April 2002 (aged 60)
Nationality	Ghanaian
	Statistics
Weight(s)	super feather/light/light welterweight
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	79
Wins	45 (KO 25)
Losses	29 (KO 7)
Draws	5

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 20:14, 16 November 2024

Joe Tetteh (10 December 1941 – 20 April 2002) born in Accra was a Ghanaian professional super feather/light/light welterweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and inaugural British Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the West African featherweight title against Lat Shonibare, British Commonwealth featherweight title against Floyd Robertson, and All African lightweight title Ould Makloufi [1], his professional fighting weight varied from 127+1⁄4 lb (57.7 kg; 9 st 1.3 lb), i.e. super featherweight to 139+1⁄2 lb (63.3 kg; 9 st 13.5 lb), i.e. light welterweight.^[1]

Tetteh fought around the world as a professional boxer, including in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the United Kingdom—where he fought frequently—Spain and France. In his last bout as a professional, he boxed Ken Buchanan, being knocked out in three rounds by the Scottish future world champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

References

^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

External links

Boxing record for Joe Tetteh from BoxRec (registration required)
Image - Joe Tetteh Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

This biographical article related to a Ghanaian boxer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[Statistics_at_boxrec.com-1] "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.

[1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+{{short description|Ghanaian boxer}}
 {{Infobox boxer
 |name=Joe Tetteh
@@ Line 20: / Line 21: @@
 |medaltemplates=
 }}
-'''Joe Tetteh''' (10 December 1941 — 20 April 2002 (aged 60)) born in [[Accra]] was a [[Ghanaian people|Ghanaian]] [[professional]] [[super featherweight|super feather]]/[[lightweight|light]]/[[light welterweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and [[Inauguration|inaugural]] [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#light welterweight|British Commonwealth light welterweight title]], and was a challenger for the West African featherweight title against [[Lat Shonibare]], British Commonwealth featherweight title against [[Floyd Robertson (boxer)|Floyd Robertson]], and All African lightweight title [[Ould Makloufi]][http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=23638&cat=boxer], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convinfobox||kg||st|127+1/4|lb|}}, i.e. [[super featherweight]] to {{convinfobox||kg||st|139+1/2|lb}}, i.e. [[light welterweight]].<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15937&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
+'''Joe Tetteh''' (10 December 1941 – 20 April 2002) born in [[Accra]] was a [[Ghanaian people|Ghanaian]] [[professional]] [[super featherweight|super feather]]/[[lightweight|light]]/[[light welterweight]] [[Boxing|boxer]] of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and [[Inauguration|inaugural]] [[List of Commonwealth Boxing Council Champions#light welterweight|British Commonwealth light welterweight title]], and was a challenger for the West African featherweight title against [[Lat Shonibare]], British Commonwealth featherweight title against [[Floyd Robertson (boxer)|Floyd Robertson]], and All African lightweight title [[Ould Makloufi]][http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=23638&cat=boxer], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|127+1/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. [[super featherweight]] to {{convert|139+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. [[light welterweight]].<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15937&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>
-Tetteh fought around the world as a professional boxer, including places like [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom]]-where he fought frequently-[[Spain]] and [[France]]. In his last bout as a professional, he boxed [[Ken Buchanan]], being knocked out in three rounds by the Scottish future world champion and member of the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].
+Tetteh fought around the world as a professional boxer, including in [[Sweden]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom]]—where he fought frequently—[[Spain]] and [[France]]. In his last bout as a professional, he boxed [[Ken Buchanan]], being knocked out in three rounds by the Scottish future world champion and member of the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].
 ==References==
@@ Line 29: / Line 30: @@
 ==External links==
 *{{Boxrec|id=15937}}
-*[http://static.boxrec.com/5/55/Tetteh.Joe.jpg Image - Joe Tetteh]
+*[http://static.boxrec.com/5/55/Tetteh.Joe.jpg Image - Joe Tetteh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023943/http://static.boxrec.com/5/55/Tetteh.Joe.jpg |date=2016-03-04 }}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
-| NAME              = Tetteh, Joe
-| ALTERNATiVE NAMES =
-| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Ghanaian boxer
-| DATE OF BIRTH     = 10 December 1941
-| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Accra]]
-| DATE OF DEATH     = 20 April 2002
-| PLACE OF DEATH    =
-}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Tetteh, Joe}}
 [[Category:1941 births]]
 [[Category:2002 deaths]]
-[[Category:Ghanaian boxers]]
 [[Category:Lightweight boxers]]
 [[Category:Light-welterweight boxers]]
-[[Category:Sportspeople from Accra]]
+[[Category:Boxers from Accra]]
 [[Category:Place of death missing]]
 [[Category:Welterweight boxers]]
-[[Category:Male boxers]]
+[[Category:Ghanaian male boxers]]