Joe Darkey
Encyclopedia
Joe Darkey is a former Ghana
ian 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
.
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 professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who competed in the 1960s. A middleweight
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
he competed in Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Middleweight
Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Middleweight
The middleweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the third-heaviest class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 75 kilograms.-Medalists:-Results:-Sources:...
, but was defeated in the third round. However two years later in 1966 he participated in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from 4 August to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions....
and won a gold medal
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
.