Real name Raymond Akwete Narh Reach 71 in (180 cm) Wins 26 Role Boxer Total fights 32 Draws 0 Division Lightweight, Welterweight | Nickname(s) Sugar Ray Nationality Ghanaian Name Raymond Narh Height 1.78 m Stance Orthodox stance Losses 6 | |
Rated at Welterweight
Light Welterweight
Lightweight Born July 21, 1978 (age 45)
Akotolante, Ghana ( 1978-07-21 ) | ||
Jessie Vargas vs Ray Narh weigh in
Raymond Akwete "Ray" Narh (born 21 July 1978) is a Ghanaian professional boxer. He is a former WBC–USNBC light welterweight champion. As an amateur, Narh represented Ghana at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the second round of the lightweight bracket before losing to Andreas Kotelnik.
Contents
Steve quinonez jr vs ray narh video part 2
Amateur career
Narh was a gold medallist in the lightweight category at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. 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 Light Welterweight Champion Andriy Kotelnik.
Professional boxing career
Raymond'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 Lightweight Championship; the bout was held at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In March 2011, Raymond beat Freddie Norwood to retain his WBC USNBC Light Welterweight Championship.
On May 7, 2011 Narh lost to undefeated Mexican-American Mike Alvarado, with the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Championship on the line. This bout was on Showtime's televised portion of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley undercard.