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David Kotey

3624 KOs

73 KOs

1Draws

Last six: L-W-W-L-W-L

Career

division

Featherweight

status

inactive

bouts

44

rounds

313

KO %

66.7%

KO wins

24

KO losses

3

career

1966–1989

debut

1966-09-03

last fight

1989-01-01

Profile

alias

David Poison

sex

M

height

5′ 8″ / 173cm

origin

Accra, Ghana

dob

1950-12-07

age

75

Latest news

New Faces: Richard Commey

2013-12-03 · fightnews.com

Ghana is a country that has been prolific in producing talented boxers like Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, David Kotey, Joshua Clottey etc. The latest and most promising boxer to hail from the West African nation is 26-year-old lightweight prospect…

Gov't to construct boxing gymnasium

2013-03-08 · GhanaWeb

Mr Afriyie Ankrah made these commitments yesterday when he toured some boxing gyms in the Greater Accra Region to familiarise himself with state of the gyms that produced the like of legendary Azumah Nelson, David Kotey Poison, Ike Quartey and…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

3 2 0

L-KO

5 of 12

0 0 0

W-TKO

Accra, Ghana

5 of 10

12 0 0

L-KO

Lagos, Nigeria

9

2 8 1

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

10 of 10

0 0 0

W-TKO

Accra, Ghana

8

9 0 0

L-PTS

Lagos, Nigeria

Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title

15 of 15

34 3 0

L-TKO

Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

WBC World featherweight title

6 of 15 · 125 / 126 lbs · 1:18

Referee: Ray Solis

0 1 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

3

2 0 0

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

15 of 15

5 22 1

W-KO

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

5

30 3 0

L-UD

Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana

WBC World featherweight title

15 of 15 · 126 / 126 lbs

Referee: Harry Gibbs

26 8 3

W-TKO

Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

WBC Featherweight Title

3 of 15

10 2 1

W-TKO

Accra, Ghana

WBC Featherweight Title

12 of 15

7 8 1

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

10 of 10

38 10 1

W-TKO

Accra, Ghana

Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title

10 of 15

0 0 0

W-TKO

Accra, Ghana

5

22 7 3

W-KO

Tunis, Tunisia

1 of 12

0 0 0

W-KO

Kumasi, Ghana

2

10 6 2

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

6

0 1 1

W-PTS

International Hotel, Essendon, Victoria, Australia

10 of 10 · 125 / 126 lbs

7 3 0

W-KO

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

3

12 4 2

L-PTS

South Sydney Rugby League Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

10 of 10 · 132 / 130 lbs

Referee: Jimmy Carruthers

16 10 4

W-TKO

South Sydney Rugby League Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

10 of 10 · 127 / 131 lbs

Referee: Jimmy Carruthers

8 7 1

W-PTS

Dorsett Gardens, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

10 of 10 · 127 / 128 lbs

Referee: Gus Mercurio

8 0 2

L-PTS

Festival Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

8 of 8 · 131 / 127 lbs

Cassimo Alhassan

0 1 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

3

0 0 0

D-PTS

Accra, Ghana

10 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

3

0 0 0

W-KO

Koforidua, Ghana

2

0 0 0

W-KO

Tamale, Ghana

3

0 1 0

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

8 of 8

0 0 0

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

8 of 8

Cassimo Alhassan

0 0 0

W-KO

Takoradi, Ghana

3

0 0 0

W-KO

Precipe, Ghana

10

0 2 0

W-KO

Black Star, Ghana

4

0 1 0

W-PTS

Brigade Gas Factory, Ghana

8 of 8

0 0 0

W-PTS

Accra, Ghana

8 of 8

0 1 0

W-PTS

Tamale, Ghana

8 of 8

0 0 0

W-KO

Precipe, Ghana

8

0 0 0

W-PTS

Togo

10 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

3

Emmanuel Dudzro

0 0 0

W-PTS

Togo

8 of 8

8 6 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

6 of 10

0 0 0

W-KO

Accra, Ghana

4