# Joe Tetteh

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{{short description|Ghanaian boxer}}
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|nationality=[Ghanaian](/source/Ghanaian_people)
|birth_date=10 December 1941
|birth_place=[Accra](/source/Accra), Ghana
|death_date=20 April 2002 (aged 60)
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|style=[Orthodox](/source/Orthodox_stance)
|total=79
|wins=45 ([KO](/source/Knockout) 25)
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'''Joe Tetteh''' (10 December 1941 – 20 April 2002) born in [Accra](/source/Accra) was a [Ghanaian](/source/Ghanaian_people) [professional](/source/professional) [super feather](/source/super_featherweight)/[light](/source/lightweight)/[light welterweight](/source/light_welterweight) [boxer](/source/Boxing) of the 1950s, '60s and '70s who won the Ghanaian featherweight title, and [inaugural](/source/Inauguration) [British Commonwealth light welterweight title](/source/List_of_Commonwealth_Boxing_Council_Champions), and was a challenger for the West African featherweight title against [Lat Shonibare](/source/Lat_Shonibare), British Commonwealth featherweight title against [Floyd Robertson](/source/Floyd_Robertson_(boxer)), and All African lightweight title [Ould Makloufi](/source/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](/source/super_featherweight) to {{convert|139+1/2|lb|kg stlb||abbr=on}}, i.e. [light welterweight](/source/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](/source/Sweden), [Australia](/source/Australia), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand), [Italy](/source/Italy), the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)—where he fought frequently—[Spain](/source/Spain) and [France](/source/France). In his last bout as a professional, he boxed [Ken Buchanan](/source/Ken_Buchanan), being knocked out in three rounds by the Scottish future world champion and member of the [International Boxing Hall of Fame](/source/International_Boxing_Hall_of_Fame).

==References==
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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 }}

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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

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