David "Little Tyson" Tetteh (born 5 July 1971 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional light/light welter/welterweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the Ghanaian lightweight title, African Boxing Union lightweight title, and Commonwealth lightweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) North American Boxing Organization (NABO) lightweight title against Harold Warren, his professional fighting weight varied from 134 lb (61 kg; 9 st 8 lb), i.e. lightweight to 143+3⁄4 lb (65.2 kg; 10 st 3.8 lb), i.e. welterweight.[1]
David Tetteh | |
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Born | David Odoi Tetteh 5 July 1971 Accra, Ghana |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Other names | Little Tyson |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | light/light welter/welterweight |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 22 |
Wins | 20 (KO 15) |
Losses | 4 (KO 0) |
Professional boxing record
edit22 fights | 20 wins | 2 losses |
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By knockout | 15 | 0 |
By decision | 5 | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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22 | Win | 20–2 | Victor Hugo Paz | KO | 4 (10), 0:45 | 2000-04-06 | Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
21 | Win | 19–2 | Joseph Charles | UD | 6 | 1999-09-10 | Harrah's Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | |
20 | Win | 18–2 | Elvin Peluyera | TKO | 5 (6) | 1999-06-18 | Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands | |
19 | Loss | 17–2 | Harold Warren | SD | 12 | 1999-06-04 | Harrah's Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA | For WBO-NABO lightweight title. |
18 | Win | 17–1 | Ossie Duran | PTS | 12 | 1998-06-06 | Accra, Ghana | Retained Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title. |
17 | Win | 16–1 | Billy Wright | UD | 12 | 1997-03-04 | Airport Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Won Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title. |
16 | Loss | 15–1 | Billy Wright | MD | 12 | 1996-10-11 | International Plaza Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Lost Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title. |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Óscar Palomino | PTS | 8 | 1996-09-07 | Stadthalle, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Dick Dosseh | KO | 2 (8) | 1996-07-27 | Accra, Ghana | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Billy Schwer | TKO | 12 (12) | 1995-11-25 | Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, London, England | Won Commonwealth (British Empire) lightweight title. |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Tunde Tyler | TKO | 3 (?) | 1995-11-11 | Accra, Ghana | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Isaac Nyaku | KO | 4 (12) | 1995-05-27 | Accra, Ghana | Retained Ghanaian lightweight title. |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Ali Mohammed | KO | 2 (6) | 1995-05-06 | Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Douglas Odame | KO | 4 (12) | 1993-12-04 | Lusaka, Zambia | Won vacant African lightweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Awel Abdulai | PTS | 12 | 1993-09-23 | Accra, Ghana | Won Ghanaian lightweight title. |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Hammond Kotey | KO | 4 (?) | 1993-08-05 | Accra, Ghana | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Young Atenga | KO | 2 (?) | 1993-07-03 | Kaneshie Sports Complex, Accra, Ghana | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Joseph Lartey | KO | 4 (?) | 1993-05-29 | Accra, Ghana | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Sammy Adjei | KO | 6 (?) | 1993-05-01 | Accra, Ghana | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Marciano Commey | KO | 1 (?) | 1993-04-10 | Accra, Ghana | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Issah Kabako | KO | 4 (?) | 1993-03-09 | Accra, Ghana | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Joe Ketenga | KO | 1 (?) | 1993-01-09 | Accra, Ghana | Professional debut. |
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
edit- Boxing record for David Tetteh from BoxRec (registration required)