Aaron Popoola

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Aaron Popoola boxer
Popoola on September 20, 1962 after winning points over the GDR runner-up in the featherweight division

Popoola on September 20, 1962 after winning points over the GDR runner-up in the featherweight division
Data
Birth Name Aaron Popoola
Weight class Welterweight
nationality Ghana Ghanaian
birthday March 22, 1942
place of birth Accra , Ghana
size 168 cm
Combat Statistics
Struggles at least 7
Victories at least 2
Defeats at least 5

Aaron Popoola (born March 22, 1942 in Accra ) is a former Ghanaian boxer who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the welterweight class (67 kilograms). The 168 centimeter tall Popoola competed for the Accra Hearts of Oak club .

At the Commonwealth Games in 1962, Popoola was defeated by the Kenyan Ali Juma in the quarter-finals of the 57-kilogram class on points. In the 1966 competitions , the Ghanaian was able to reach the final of the 63.5 kilogram class after a semi-final victory over Ray Maguire from Australia or Alex Odhiambo from Uganda, where he was defeated by Northern Irishman Jim McCourt on points. Also in 1966 he took part in the African Championship, where he won the final of the 63.5 kilogram class against Ernest Dong ( Cameroon ).

Furthermore, the Ghanaian stepped in an international match in Bydgoszcz in 1962 against the Pole Piotr Gutman , where he lost on points. He also lost a point in the international match in Stettin that same year against Gutman's compatriot Jerzy Adamski . Both fights were featherweight.

At the Summer Olympics in 1968 Popoola reached the second round with a bye , where he was defeated by the Turks Celal Sandal with 2: 3 rounds on points.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 7. Commonwealth Games - Perth, Australia - November 22 - December 1 1962 ( English ) In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ 8th Commonwealth Games - Kingston, Jamaica - August 4-13 1966 ( English ) In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3rd African Championships - Lagos, Nigeria - 1966 ( English ) In: amateur-boxing.strefa.pl . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Popoola, Aaron
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ghanaian boxer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Accra , Ghana