Eddie Blay
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Edward Blay (9 November 1937 – 15 October 2006) was a Ghanaian boxer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal in the light welterweight (63.5 kg) category in 1964.[1] Blay was a two-time Commonwealth Games champion, in 1962 and 1966,[2] and amateur boxer from the late 50s to 1968, and later briefly fought as a professional boxer.[3] He lived in Italy for some time, and after returning to Ghana established the Sole Mio restaurant at Osu, Accra.[3][4]
1960 Summer Olympic Games results
Below is the record of Eddie Blay, a Ghanaian lightweight boxer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy:
- Round of 32: defeated Gualberto Gutierrez (Uruguay) by decision, 4-1
- Round of 16: lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) by decision, 0-5
References
External links
- "Eddie Blay", Box Rec.
- "A Tribute To Eddie Blay", GhanaWeb, 12 November 2006.
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- ↑ "Eddie Blay – Amateur Highlights", Box Rec.
- ↑ a b "Eddie Blay Passes Away", Modern Ghana, 18 October 2006.
- ↑ "Eddie Blay's boxing medals missing", GhanaWeb, 25 September 2003.
- 1937 births
- 2006 deaths
- Olympic boxers for Ghana
- Boxers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Ghana
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana
- Boxers from Accra
- Boxers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Restaurateurs
- Ghanaian male boxers
- Lightweight boxers
- Medallists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing