Bastir Samir is a Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian boxer who won silver in the welterweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games

2007 All-Africa Games

The 9th All-Africa Games took place between 11 and 23 July 2007 in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. Algiers is the first city to hold All-Africa Games for a second time. The 1978 All-Africa Games were held there...

. He qualified for the Olympics 2008 in the light-heavyweight division.

Career

Samir is the brother of bantamweight Issa Samir and is the team captain of Ghana's national team Black Bombers. He won the African Championships in the welterweight division in May 2007. At the All-African Games he knocked out Hosam Bakr Abdin

Hosam Bakr Abdin

Hussein Bakr Abdin Hosam is an Egyptian boxer who won a welterweight bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games and later qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...

, but lost the final bout to Rached Merdassi

Rached Merdassi

Rached Merdassi is a Tunisian boxer who has won the Africa Games 2007 at welterweight-Career:At the AllAfrica Games he beat Ghanaian puncher Bastir Samir in the final....

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He missed the world championships as he could not make the weight and had to jump two weight classes to light-heavyweight to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 because Ahmed Saraku

Ahmed Saraku

Ahmed Saraku is a Ghanaian amateur boxer who won silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games at middleweight and qualified for the Olympics.-Career:...

 was the established middleweight. He managed to achieve this in the second qualifier

2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia.- Competition System :...

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Professional record

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Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis

Marquez vs. Katsidis This fight has been considered to be the best fight of the year. Marquez has slowed to the point that he almost seems to prefer getting into slugfests where he can still use his excellent counter-punching accuracy, while Katsidis has never been one to turn down a blood-drenched...

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Zab Judah vs. Lucas Matthysse

Zab Judah vs. Lucas Matthysse is fight om On November 6, 2010., as the main event of an HBO card. The IBF has said that the winner of this bout could fight numer one challenger Kaizer Mabuza, if current champion Devon Alexander is stripped of his Light Welterweight title.- Build up :Zab Judah has...

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External links

• Africa Championships
• AllAfrica games
• Qualifier
• http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/8/204838.shtml The profile of Bastir Samir from Beijing Summer Olympics 2008