Raymond Akwete "Ray" Narh (born 21 July 1978) is a Ghanaian former

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who competed from 2001 to 2014. He is a former WBC–USNBC

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champion. As an

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, Narh represented Ghana at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the second round of the

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bracket before losing to

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Amateur career

Narh was a gold medallist in the lightweight category at the

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. He was also a member of the 2000 Ghanaian Summer Olympic team and his cousin Ben Neequaye was also a member of the team. At Sydney, Australia he beat Victor Ramos but then lost to the silver medalist and future WBA

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Champion Andriy Kotelnik.

Professional boxing career

Narh's only loss was to a then undefeated Kid Diamond.

NABC lightweight champion

He then beat Jadschi Green to win the North American Boxing Council

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Championship; the bout was held at Heinz Field in

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. In March 2011, Narh beat Freddie Norwood to retain his WBC USNBC

Championship. On May 7, 2011, Narh lost to undefeated Mexican-American Mike Alvarado, with the WBC Continental Americas

Championship on the line. This bout was on Showtime's televised portion of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley undercard.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Narh, Raymond Olympic boxers for Ghana Welterweight boxers 1978 births Living people Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Ghana Ghanaian male boxers Boxers from Accra Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing