Ike Quartey boxer

Ike Quartey boxer
bouts
42
won
37
lost
4
draw
1
Status
inactive
Division
welterweight
Debut
1988-11-26
Height
5′ 7½″/171cm
Reach
71″/180cm
Age
-
Born
1969-11-27
Death
-
Nationality
Ghana

Isufu "Ike" Quartey (born 27 November 1969) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2006. He held the WBA welterweight title from 1994 to 1998, and challenged once for IBF junior-middleweight title in 2000.Quartey is a member of Accra's Ga tribe. He is the youngest of 27 children. His father reportedly had five wives. His older brother Isaac Quartey won a silver medal in the 1960 Olympics. He was born in Bukom where fighting was a hobby. He fought on the streets and trained in the same gym as Azumah Nelson.Quartey had an amateur record of 50-4, and represented Ghana as a Light Welterweight at 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.Quartey turned professional in 1988, a day short of his nineteenth birthday. He started his boxing career under the guidance of Yoofi Boham, without doubt the most successful manager in Ghana, and also father-in-law of former World boxing champion Azumah Nelson.Boham got Quartey recognized as a boxer on the international scene. Boham managed Quartey alongside Alfred "The Cobra" Kotey and gave them the names Bazooka and Cobra. Quartey and Kotey were so close that many thought they were brothers.Quartey began his professional career with a 2nd-round knockout of Mama Mohamed. Most of Quartey's early fights were staged in Ghana, before he relocated to France.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2006-12-02 Ronald Wright WWWWWD St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa LOST
Unanimous decision
2006-08-05 Vernon Forrest WWLLWW Madison Square Garden, New York LOST
Unanimous decision
2005-12-03 Carlos Bojorquez LWLLWW Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
2005-06-18 Verno Phillips WWWWWL FedEx Forum, Memphis WIN
Unanimous decision
2005-01-14 Clint McNeil WWWWLL Azumah Nelson Sports Complex, Accra WIN
Technical knockout
2000-04-15 Fernando Vargas WWWWWW Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas LOST
Unanimous decision
1999-02-13 Oscar De La Hoya WWWWWW Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas LOST
Split-decision
1997-10-17 Jose Luis Lopez WWWWWW Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket DRAW
Majority decision
1997-04-18 Ralph Jones WWWWWW Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas WIN
KO
1996-10-04 Oba Carr WWWWWW Madison Square Garden Theater, New York WIN
Majority decision
1996-04-12 Vince Phillips LWWWWW Atlantis Casino, Cupecoy Bay WIN
Technical knockout
1996-02-03 Jorge Ramirez WLLDL Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret WIN
Technical knockout
1995-08-23 Andrew Murray WWWWWW La Palestre, Le Cannet WIN
Technical knockout
1995-03-04 Jung Oh Park WWWWDL Convention Center, Atlantic City WIN
Technical knockout
1995-02-04 Bobby Butters LWLLDL Palais des Sports, Castelnau WIN
Technical knockout
1994-10-01 Alberto de las Mercedes Cortes WDWWWW Arena de Cosets, Carpentras WIN
Technical knockout
1994-06-04 Crisanto Espana WWWWWW Palais Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret WIN
Technical knockout
1993-10-16 Lonnie Smith WLWWDL Palais Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret WIN
Points
1993-06-24 Moises Rivera WWWWLW Velodrome du Lac, Bordeaux WIN
Points
1993-03-06 Mario Morales LWLWLL Palais Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret WIN
Unanimous decision
1993-02-06 Floyd Williams WLLWWW Cirque d'Hiver, Paris WIN
KO
1993-01-20 Martin Quiroz LLLLWL Avoriaz WIN
KO
1992-12-05 Jose Lugo LWLWLL Palais des Sports, Berck-sur-Mer WIN
KO
1992-10-21 Steve Barreras WWLLLW Riviera Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas WIN
Technical knockout
1992-06-25 Alfredo Horacio Jaurena WWDWWW Acquaflash di Licola, Licola WIN
Technical knockout
1992-04-15 Juan Carlos Ceferino Villarreal WWWWWW San Pellegrino WIN
Technical knockout
1992-03-07 Dindo Canoy WLLWWW Accra WIN
Technical knockout
1991-11-02 Kelcie Banks WDWWLW Fiscalini Field, San Bernardino WIN
Technical knockout
1991-08-10 Alafia Apovo LW Accra WIN
KO
1991-05-04 Sammy Clay LL Accra WIN
KO
1991-03-16 Humberto Rodriguez WLWWWL Pabellón Príncipe Felipe, Zaragoza WIN
KO
1990-12-15 Mohammed Muritala debut Accra WIN
KO
1990-04-28 Jean Claude N'Kodo debut Accra WIN
KO
1989-12-02 Tubor Briggs LWWWWW Orion Cinema Hall, Accra WIN
Technical knockout
1989-10-21 Ach Wash Johnson L Orion Cinema Hall, Accra WIN
KO
1989-09-09 Adenko Deka L Orion Cinema Hall, Accra WIN
KO
1989-07-21 Simon Peter McIntosh LLL Ambassador Hotel, Accra WIN
Technical knockout
1989-06-10 Anor Amissah WWWWLW Holy Gardens, Accra WIN
Technical knockout
1989-04-29 Aaron Duribe WL Holy Gardens, Accra WIN
Technical knockout
1989-04-22 Jaffa Ballogou WWWW Holy Gardens, Accra WIN
KO
1988-12-26 Steven Gabienu debut Sunrise Hotel, Accra WIN
KO
1988-11-26 Mama Mohamed LL Orion Cinema Hall, Accra WIN
KO