Joe Tetteh

{{short description|Ghanaian boxer}} {{Infobox boxer |name=Joe Tetteh |image= |realname= |nickname= |weight=super feather/light/light welterweight |height= |reach= |nationality=Ghanaian |birth_date=10 December 1941 |birth_place=Accra, Ghana |death_date=20 April 2002 (aged 60) |death_place= |style=Orthodox |total=79 |wins=45 (KO 25) |losses=29 (KO 7) |draws=5 |no contests= |medaltemplates= }} '''Joe Tetteh''' (10 December 1941 – 20 April 2002) born in Accra was a Ghanaian professional super feather/light/light welterweight boxer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and inaugural British Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the West African featherweight title against Lat Shonibare, British Commonwealth featherweight title against Floyd Robertson, and All African lightweight title Ould Makloufi[http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=23638&cat=boxer], his professional fighting weight varied from {{convert|127+1/4|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. super featherweight to {{convert|139+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. light welterweight.<ref name="Statistics at boxrec.com">{{cite web|url=http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=15937&cat=boxer|title=Statistics at boxrec.com|publisher=boxrec.com|date=31 December 2013|accessdate=1 January 2013}}</ref>

Tetteh fought around the world as a professional boxer, including in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the United Kingdom—where he fought frequently—Spain and France. In his last bout as a professional, he boxed Ken Buchanan, being knocked out in three rounds by the Scottish future world champion and member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.

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==External links== *{{Boxrec|id=15937}} *[http://static.boxrec.com/5/55/Tetteh.Joe.jpg Image - Joe Tetteh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023943/http://static.boxrec.com/5/55/Tetteh.Joe.jpg |date=2016-03-04 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tetteh, Joe}} Category:1941 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Lightweight boxers Category:Light-welterweight boxers Category:Boxers from Accra Category:Place of death missing Category:Welterweight boxers Category:Ghanaian male boxers Category:20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen