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Soccer News of Sunday, 11 February 2001

Source: By Eric Enchill

Narh scores tko in pro debut

“Graphic Pride” Raymond Narh last Saturday made a triumphant entry into professional boxing when he dismantled Dan Fynn in 4minutes, 47 seconds in their six round lightweight contest at the Kaneshie Sports Complex.

With his amateur instincts fully on display, Narh’s pro outing cannot be described as matured as he committed some fighting blunders which could have cost him badly had his opponent, Fynn, capitalised on them.

In one such blunder, Fynn unleashed a straight right, which dazed the former amateur champion for a while.

However, Narh dominated the remaining minutes, opening a cut on the upper right eye with a flurry of punches in the second round.

Fynn could not find answers to Narh’s speed, and in his confused state left his guard open for Narh to power through. The devastating blows worsened Fynn’s injury, and with blood continuously flowing from his wound, the referee had no option but to stop the fight after 1minute, 47 seconds in the second round.

The fight of the night however was the explosive eight rounds featherweight contest between Alfred Tetteh and Samuel Danso, which ended in a controversial unanimous decision for Tetteh.

Danso, unloading big shots in the first round shocked all when he capitalised on Tetteh’s flimsy defence to knock him down.

Tetteh recovered to put up a fierce challenge in the second and third rounds, using his right to advantage but that did little to slow Danso who delivered a successive left to send Tetteh to the canvas again.

Tetteh shook Danso with identical shots in the fourth and fifth rounds, sending him to the canvas twice.

Danso came back fighting in the remaining rounds, dazing Tetteh with seconds to end the bout but Tetteh showed enough defiance to travel through.

In another thriller, former amateur champion, Ben Neequaye received some boxing lessons in his debut professional fight from Kwabena Sarfo but in the end won a unanimous decision in their super lightweight bout.

The well-built but diminutive Sarfo was not an easy push-over for Neequaye who picked his punches with his long reach.

After occasionally upsetting Neequaye with his power punches, Sarfo however failed in the latter rounds when Neequaye targeted the body and fired in a right-left.

Another dramatic fight saw Bremah Kamoko floor Flash Issaka Ibole twice to win their six-round super middleweight contest.

Ibole visited the canvas in the first and fifth rounds, which saw Kamoko giving a good account of himself.

In other fights, Laatekwei Hammond dismissed Togolese Sarouna Fatiou in less than 30 seconds while Theophilus Quaye won a unanimous verdict over Ali Alabi.