Record details

	Eddie BLAY
	Welterweight Male (Edward Blay) Ghana, Accra Based in Italy, Forlì, Emilia-Romagna Born: November 9, 1937, Accra, Ghana Died: October 15, 2006, Accra, Ghana Height: 5ft 7 1/2in, mt 1,72

as an amateur:

1960 Roma, Italy, Olympic Games lightweight preliminaries
1962 Cairo, Egypt, African Championships lightweight gold medal
1962 Perth, Australia, Commonwealth Games Lightweight gold medal
1964 Accra, Ghana, African Championships super-lightweight gold medal
1964 Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games super-lightweight bronze medal
1966 Lagos, Nigeria, African Championships welterweight silver medal
Final: L PTS Joseph Bessala (Cameroon)
1966 Kingston, Jamaica, Commonwealth Games Welterweight gold medal

Amateur Results


1960
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Roma, Italy, Olympic Games preliminaries, 60 kg
+ Aug. 29	Gualberto Gutierrez (URU)	Roma, Italy	WPTS 5:0
- Sept. 1	Dick McTaggart	Roma, Italy	LPTS 5:0


1961 No results recorded

1962
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Szczecin and Bydgoszcz, Poland, Dual Match Poland vs Ghana, 60 kg
+ Aug. 27	Jan Szczepanski	Szczecin, Poland	WPTS 3
+ Aug. 29	Rajmund Bielecki	Bydgoszcz, Poland	WPTS 3


1963 No results recorded

1964
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games bronze medal, 63,500 kg
+ Oct. 15	Preben Rasmussen (DEN)	Tokyo, Japan	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 18	Touch Nol	Tokyo, Japan	WKO 2
+ Oct. 20	Joao Henrique (BRA)	Tokyo, Japan	WPTS 5:0
- Oct. 21	Jerzy Kulej (POL)	Tokyo, Japan	LPTS 5:0

Professional record


1967
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 10	Giampaolo Piras	Pavia, Italy	W 6
+ Dec. 5	Romano Rubini	Milano, Italy	TKO 4 (Rtd)
- Dec. 19	Aldo Mondora	Milano, Italy	L 6

1968
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Luigi Patrini	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	cTKO 6
+ Feb. 17	Francesco De Angelis	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	W 8
+ Mar. 10	Emilio Riccetti	Padova, Italy	WDQ 3
+ Mar. 29	Mario Landolfi	Roma, Italy	W 6
+ May 10	Romano Fanali	Roma, Italy	W 8
+ June 14	Giovanni Murgia	Reggio Emilia, Italy	cTKO 6
+ Aug. 3	Rodwell Lekay	Castrocaro, Italy	TKO 7
+ Nov. 9	Giuseppe Occhipinti	Forli, Italy	W 8
+ Dec. 26	Aldo Mondora	Reggio Emilia, Italy	W 8

1969
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 6	Angelo Scalvenzi	Ravenna, Italy	TKO 5
+ Mar. 13	Giuliano Nervino	Roma, Italy	cTKO 3
+ Mar. 29	Carlo Sambusiti	Forlì, Italy	KO 3
+ May 17	Walter Guernieri	Bologna, Italy	cTKO 4
+ June 20	Lakdar El Harizi	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 3	Carlo Sambusiti	Pavia, Italy	TKO 5
+ Oct. 30	Ferdinand Ahumibe	Milano, Italy	W 8
+ Nov. 8	Luigi Piras	Ravenna, Italy	cTKO 2
+ Nov. 28	Abderamane Faradji	Milano, Italy	KO 2
+ Dec. 19	Dante Pelaez	Milano, Italy	KO 5

1970
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Mar. 20	Giampiero Salami	Forlì, Italy	Draw 8
= May 23	Antonio Ortiz	Madrid, Spain	Draw 8
= June 26	Alfonso Frazer	Madrid, Spain	Draw 8
- Sept. 10	Silvano Bertini	Milano, Italy	L 10

1971
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 2	Horst Brinkmeyer	Berlin, Germany	TKO 6
+ Feb. 27	Obletey Commey	Accra, Ghana	W 10
+ Apr. 17	Giampiero Salami	Milano, Italy	TKO 5
- June 18	Antonio Torres	Barcelona, Spain	L 8
+ Oct. 1	Armstrong Vasco	Forli, Italy	W 8
+ Oct. 14	Pasquino Andreoli	Siracusa, Italy	W 8
+ Nov. 12	Pasquino Andreoli	Milano, Italy	TKO 5

1972
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 14	John White	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ June 10	Guy Vercoutter	Genova, Italy	TKO 5
= June 28	Antonio Ortiz	Madrid, Spain	Draw 8
+ Sept. 13	Pietro Gasparri	Cagliari, Italy	W 8
+ Nov. 19	Joergen Hansen	Aarhus, Denmark	cTKO 8

1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 12	Clyde Gray	Toronto, Canada	L 15
(For vacant Commonwealth Welterweight Title)
- May 25	Eddie Perkins	Vienna, Austria	L 10
- June 14	Joergen Hansen	Copenhagen, Denmark	L 8
+ Dec. 14	Tiger Quaye	Kumasi, Ghana	W 10

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Walter Peters	Milano, Italy	TKO 8
+ Mar. 15	Pietro Gasparri	Milano, Italy	W 8
- Mar. 30	Salem Ouedraogo	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	cTKO by 13
(For vacant ABU Wlterweight Title)
+ Apr. 27	Max Hebeisen	Zurich, Switzerland	TKO 8
= Aug. 24	Salem Ouedraogo	Viareggio, Italy	Draw 8
- Nov. 30	Joseph Bessala	Yaoundé, Cameroon	L 15
(For vacant ABU Wlterweight Title)
+ Dec. 20	Walter Blaser	Zurich, Switzerland	TKO 9

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 31	Jesus Gonzalez Dopico	Geneva, Switzerland	KO 8
- May 9	Mimoun Mohatar	Milano, Italy	L 8
- July 4	Mongi Lahdilli	Tunis, Tunisia	LDQ 6