Sulley Shittu (born 15 April 1946 in

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) is a

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, and

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boxer of the 1960s and 1970s who as an amateur represented Ghana at flyweight in the Boxing at the

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, Japan, losing to John McCafferty of the

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, won silver at the 1965 All-Africa Games in

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, won a

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at flyweight in the Boxing at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in

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, represented Ghana at bantamweight in the Boxing at the

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, losing to Horst Rascher of

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, and won a

at bantamweight in the Boxing at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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, Scotland and as a professional won the

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(ABU) bantamweight title, and Commonwealth bantamweight title.

1964 Olympic results

Below is the record of Sulley Shittu, a Ghanaian flyweight boxer who competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Jumaat Ibrahim (Malaysia) by knockout * Round of 16: lost to Sean McCafferty (Ireland) by decision, 2-3

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* 1946 births Bantamweight boxers Flyweight boxers Living people Olympic boxers for Ghana Boxers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 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 African Boxing Union champions African Games silver medalists for Ghana African Games silver medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1965 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games People from Koforidua Sportspeople from Eastern Region (Ghana) 20th-century Ghanaian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing {{Ghana-boxing-bio-stub