Issa/Issah Samir (born July 26, 1989) is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

ian boxer who won silver in the bantamweight division at the

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. Besides Algeria, only Nig ...

and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of light-heavyweight Bastir Samir.

Career

At the All Africa Games he lost the final to local

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n Abdelhalim Ouradi. At the first qualifier he lost to Hicham Mesbahi, but won the second African qualifier beating southpaw

Bruno Julie Louis Richard Bruno Julie (born July 11, 1978), known as Bruno Julie, is a Mauritian bantamweight boxer who won a number of medals in international tournaments and competed in the 2008 Olympics when he won the first-ever Olympic medal for the isl ...

in the final. He lost his Olympic debut to Héctor Manzanilla 10:13. As a professional he won the Ghanaian National Super Welterweight Champion against Ishmael Tetteh on September 29, 2012, and also won an IBF Super Welterweight Youth World Title against Robizon Omsarashvili of Georgia on May 3, 2013, via TKO round 3 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Issah won the title coming into the fight as an undefeated with 12 fights with 11 ko's.

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Olympic qualifier

Living people Bantamweight boxers 1989 births Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Ghana Ghanaian male boxers African Games silver medalists for Ghana African Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub