Roy Ankrah

Roy "The Black Flash" Ankrah (25 December 1925 – 28 May 1995) was a Ghanaian professional feather/super feather/lightweight boxer of the 1940s, '50s and '60s who won the Gold Coast flyweight title, Gold Coast bantamweight title, Gold Coast featherweight title, Gold Coast lightweight title, Gold Coast welterweight title, and British Empire super featherweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 121 1⁄2 lb (55.1 kg; 8 st 9.5 lb), i.e. featherweight to 128 3⁄4 lb (58.4 kg; 9 st 2.8 lb), i.e. lightweight.[1] Ankrah turned professional in the Gold Coast in 1941 recording 110 undefeated wins, he then made his début in Great Britain in 1950 on the recommendation of Freddie Mills, he recorded 10 further wins before losing to Jimmy Murray on a foul,[2] he later helped his Ghana's boxing squads for the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games.[3]

Roy Ankrah
Statistics
Real nameJohn Theophilus Oti Ankrah
Nickname(s)The Black Flash
Weight(s)feather/super feather/lightweight
NationalityGhanaian
Born(1925-12-25)25 December 1925
Ghana
Died28 May 1995(1995-05-28) (aged 69)
Boxing record
Total fights45
Wins35 (KO 14)
Losses7 (KO 1)
No contests3

References
  1. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. Jimmy Murray at BoxRec.
  3. "Profile at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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