Ray Narh

Ray Narh
Statistics
Real name Raymond Akwete Narh
Nickname(s) Sugar Ray
Weight(s)
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Reach 71 in (180 cm)
Nationality Ghanaian
Born (1978-07-21) 21 July 1978
Akotolante, Ghana
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 32
Wins 26
Wins by KO 21
Losses 6

Raymond Akwete "Ray" Narh (born 21 July 1978) is a Ghanaian professional boxer.[1] He is a former WBC–USNBC light welterweight champion.[2] As an amateur, Narh represented Ghana at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the second round of the lightweight bracket before losing to Andreas Kotelnik.

Amateur career

Narh was a gold medallist in the lightweight category at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was also a member of the 2000 Ghanaian Summer Olympic team and his cousin Ben Neequaye was also a member of the team.[3] At Sydney, Australia he beat Victor Ramos but then lost to the silver medalist and future WBA Light Welterweight Champion Andriy Kotelnik.[4]

Professional boxing career

Raymond's only loss was to a then undefeated Kid Diamond.[5]

NABC lightweight champion

He then beat Jadschi Green to win the North American Boxing Council Lightweight Championship; the bout was held at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[6]

In March 2011, Raymond beat Freddie Norwood to retain his WBC USNBC Light Welterweight Championship.[7]

On May 7, 2011 Narh lost to undefeated Mexican-American Mike Alvarado, with the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Championship on the line.[8] This bout was on Showtime's televised portion of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley undercard.[9][10]

Professional boxing record

25 Wins (21 knockouts), 2 Losses, 0 Draw
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Loss25-2-0United States Mike Alvarado TKO3 (3:00)May 7, 2011NevadaMGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada For the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight title.
Win25-1-0United States Freddie Norwood UD10 (10)March 4, 2011FloridaJostens Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida Retained his WBC USNBC title

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.