Joe Darkey (born 22 May 1942) is a former

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 professional

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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 The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica, from 4 to 13 August 1966. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Dominions. They were followed by the 1966 Commonwealth Para ...

and won a gold medal.Joe Darkey
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1964 Olympic results

Below is the Olympic record of Joe Darkey, a Ghanaian middleweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated James Rosette (United States) by decision, 3-2 * Quarterfinal: lost to Valery Popenchenko (Soviet union) by decision, 0-5

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1942 births Living people Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Middleweight boxers Olympic boxers for Ghana Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Boxers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Boxers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Ghanaian male boxers Commonwealth Games medallists in boxing Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub