Joe Darkey
Ghanaian boxer
| Medal record | ||
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| British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
 | 1966 Kingston | Middleweight |
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]
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
- ^ Joe Darkey Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com
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Commonwealth Games Boxing Champions in Men's Middleweight
- 1930 – 1938: up to 72.57 kg
- 1950: up to 73 kg
- 1954 – present: up to 75 kg
- 1930: Fred Mallin (ENG)
- 1934: Alf Shawyer (ENG)
- 1938: Denis Reardon (WAL)
- 1950: Theunis van Schalkwyk (SAF)
- 1954: Johannes van der Kolff (SAF)
- 1958: Terry Milligan (NIR)
- 1962: Cephas Colquhoun (JAM)
- 1966: Joe Darkey (GHA)
- 1970: John Conteh (ENG)
- 1974: Frankie Lucas (VIN)
- 1978: Philip McElwaine (AUS)
- 1982: Jimmy Price (ENG)
- 1986: Rod Douglas (ENG)
- 1990: Chris Johnson (CAN)
- 1994: Rowan Donaldson (CAN)
- 1998: John Pearce (ENG)
- 2002: Paul Miller (AUS)
- 2006: Jarrod Fletcher (AUS)
- 2010: Eamonn O'Kane (NIR)
- 2014: Anthony Fowler (ENG)
- 2018: Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND)
- 2022: Sam Hickey (SCO)
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