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It’s A Family Affair In Ghana Boxing - Unique Stories Of Father-And-Son Teamwork

It’s A Family Affair In Ghana Boxing - Unique Stories Of Father-And-Son Teamwork
Paul Dogboe’s deep faith, sacrifice and hard work in guiding his son, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe, to become Ghana’s newest world boxing champion, has thrown the spotlight on the unique and successful father-son relationships in Ghana boxing.

Last month Isaac scored an 11th round TKO victory over Mexican-American, Jessie Magdaleno, to win the World Boxing Organisation super bantamweight title at the Liacouras Centre in Philadelphia to become Ghana’s ninth world boxing champion -- and the youngest -- at 23.

Early in the year, Isaac defeated Mexican Cesar Juarez via a fifth round TKO to win the WBO Interim super bantamweight title and laid down a marker before his giant-killing feat against Magdaleno on April 28.

Behind the WBO champion’s success story is a solid foundation laid by his father and trainer, Paul, who honed his son’s talent and oversaw his meteoric rise to fame.

However, Ghana boxing is replete with similar stories of boxers following in the path of their famous fathers into the ring. It is worth mentioning that before the father-son relationship of the Dogboes, there already existed a strong family tradition of fathers training their sons in boxing.

Among the most notable stories is that of legendary trainer, Attuquaye Clottey, a man credited for discovering Azumah Nelson, as a teenager.

Attuquaye trained his sons, Joshua Clottey, Judas Clottey and Emmanuel Clottey who all became professional boxers and made Ghana proud at some point in their careers.

Joshua was the most successful member of the Clottey family of boxers as a former IBF welterweight champion
There is also the famous Hammond family, which produced Ghana’s only medallist at the recent Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

Jessie Lartey, who won bronze at the Commonwealth Games is the grandson of Jones Hammond, a former boxer, who also trained his son, Lartekwei ‘Shocker’ Hammond , to win 21 fights out of 31 bouts as a super middleweight fighter in Ghana.

It is significant to note also that Lartekwei, the head coach of the national amateur team (Black Bombers), once trained his son, Jessie, during the early days of his amateur career.




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