Joe Darkey

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]

Joe Darkey
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Representing  Ghana
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston Middleweight

1964 Olympic results

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

  1. Joe Darkey Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com


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