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in the light-middleweight event where he reached the quarter finals before losing to

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of Great Britain. Earlier, Hamani defeated

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of Puerto Rico in his first bout and Anthony Richardson of the Netherlands in his second. Hamani was born in Igoufaf,

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. He later turned professional winning 24 of his 27 fights and was African Boxing Union super welterweight champion. One of his three professional losses was a second-round knockout against

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on 16 February 1980 in

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. He was awarded the African Golden Glove in 2005. He died of

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complications in 2021.

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