Nationality Great Britain Division Light heavyweight | Sport Boxing Height 1.85 m | |
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Joshua buatsi vs mateusz tryc 81kg
Joshua Buatsi (born 14 March 1993) is a Ghanaian-born British boxer who competed and won a Bronze Medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the light heavyweight division.
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- Joshua buatsi vs mateusz tryc 81kg
- An insight into olympian joshua buatsi
- Personal life
- Boxing
- References
An insight into olympian joshua buatsi
Personal life
Buatsi was born on 14 March 1993 in Accra, Ghana. After his family moved to the UK, they reside in Croydon, and he is studying at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
Boxing
At the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Samsun, Turkey, Buatsi defeated Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak in his semifinal and Dutch boxer Peter Müllenberg in the final of the light-heavyweight tournament to secure his place in Rio as part of the Great Britain team.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's light-heavyweight competition, he defeated Elshod Rasulov of Uzbekistan with a third round knock-out, to progress to the quarter finals.
