Seven Bombers qualify for World Championship

Accra, July 27, GNA - Seven members of the national amateur boxing team, the Black Bombers have qualified for the 15th AIBA World Championship slated for Milan, Italy in September.

They are Manyo Plange, Frederick Lawson, Emmanuel Quartey, Issah Samir, Habib Ahmed, Awusone Yekini and Ahmed Saraku.


According to information gathered by GNA Sports from Mauritius, the qualified boxers were also the nation's medal winners at the just ended 16th African Boxing Championship in Mauritius. Ghana amassed one gold, one silver and five bronze medals at the championship that pieced together the finest amateur boxers on the continent.


Plange, the reigning SWAG Amateur Boxer of the year claimed Ghana's only Gold medal at the July 20 to July 26 championship by defeating Lavigilante Olivier of Mauritius 8-1 in the Light Flyweight Division. Lawson also won silver after losing 2-8 to Moroccan Bella Adil in the Welterweight division.

Quartey, Samir, Ahmed, Yekini and Saraku also clinched bronze in the Bantamweight, Light Welterweight, Middleweight, Super Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight bouts respectively after losses at the semi-finals stage.


The World Championship has been fixed for September 1 to 12 in Milan, the second largest city of Italy. Meanwhile, the team is expected back on Wednesday, July 29. 27 July 09