| Ossie Duran | |
| Real Name: | Osumanu Yahaya |
| Nickname: | The Ghanaian Gladiator |
| Weight: | Lightweight Light welterweight Welterweight Light middleweight Middleweight Super middleweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Reach: | 720NaN0 |
| Nationality: | Congolese |
| Birth Date: | 23 April 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
| Stance: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 42 |
| Wins: | 28 |
| Ko: | 11 |
| Losses: | 11 |
| Draws: | 3 |
Ossie "The Ghanaian Gladiator" Duran (born 23 April 1977) is a Ghanaian professional boxer, whose career has spanned over 3 decades (1990's/2000's/2010's).
He has won the Ghanaian lightweight title, World Boxing Federation (WBF) Pan-European welterweight title, WBF European Welterweight Title, United States Boxing Association (USBA) Atlantic Coast Region middleweight title, Commonwealth welterweight title, and Commonwealth light middleweight title, drew with Eromosele Albert[1] for the vacant International Boxing Federation (IBF) Continental Africa light middleweight title, and was a challenger for the Commonwealth lightweight title against David Tetteh, World Boxing Organization (WBO) North American Boxing Organization (NABO) middleweight title against Fernando Guerrero, and World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver middleweight title against Avtandil Khurtsidze.[2]
His professional fighting weight varied from 135NaN, (lightweight) to 161NaN, (super middleweight).[3]
He is trained by Lenny DeJesus.[4]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | Draw |  Caleb Truax | UD | 10 | 3 Jan 2014 | | |||
| 41 | Loss | 28–11–2 |  Matt Korobov | KO | 3 (8), | 15 Jun 2013 | | ||
| 40 | Win | 28–10–2 | Joshua Snyder | UD | 6 | 13 Oct 2012 | | ||
| 39 | Loss | 27–10–2 |  Avtandil Khurtsidze | MD | 12 | 18 Dec 2011 |  | ||
| 38 | Loss | 27–9–2 | Brandon Gonzáles | SD | 8 | 28 Oct 2011 | | ||
| 37 | Win | 27–8–2 | Latif Mundy | TKO | 10 (10), | 22 Jun 2011 | | ||
| 36 | Win | 26–8–2 | Matt Vanda | UD | 10 | 12 Nov 2010 | | ||
| 35 | Win | 25–8–2 | Jamaal Davis | UD | 4 | 27 Feb 2010 | | ||
| 34 | Loss | 24–8–2 | Fernando Guerrero | MD | 10 | 10 Oct 2009 | | ||
| 33 | Loss | 24–7–2 |  David Alonso López | UD | 10 | 10 Apr 2009 | | ||
| 32 | Draw | 24–6–2 | Eromosele Albert | SD | 12 | 23 Sep 2008 | | ||
| 31 | Loss | 24–6–1 | James Kirkland | UD | 10 | 1 Jun 2007 | | ||
| 30 | Win | 24–5–1 | Jonathan Reid | UD | 8 | 9 Feb 2007 | | ||
| 29 | Win | 23–5–1 | Gil Reyes | UD | 6 | 7 Jul 2006 | | ||
| 28 | Win | 22–5–1 |  Marcos Primera | UD | 6 | 18 May 2006 | | ||
| 27 | Loss | 21–5–1 | Bradley Pryce | UD | 12 | 11 Mar 2006 | |||
| 26 | Win | 21–4–1 | Colin McNeil | UD | 12 | 23 Sep 2005 | |||
| 25 | Win | 20–4–1 |  Frank Daabisi | KO | 3 (8) | 18 Dec 2004 |  | ||
| 24 | Win | 19–4–1 | Jamie Moore | KO | 3 (12), | 26 Jun 2004 | |||
| 23 | Win | 18–4–1 | Dick Dosseh | TKO | 3 (8) | 3 Apr 2004 | | ||
| 22 | Win | 17–4–1 | Agoe Ashong | UD | 10 | 6 Mar 2004 | | ||
| 21 | Win | 16–4–1 | Joshua Okine | PTS | 12 | 26 Dec 2003 | | ||
| 20 | Loss | 15–4–1 | Sergey Stepkin | UD | 12 | 19 Jun 2003 | | ||
| 19 | Win | 15–3–1 | Glenn McClarnon | TKO | 2 (8), | 22 Mar 2003 | |||
| 18 | Win | 14–3–1 | Delroy Mellis | PTS | 10 | 13 Dec 2001 | |||
| 17 | Win | 13–3–1 | Howard Clarke | PTS | 6 | 10 Nov 2001 | |||
| 16 | Win | 12–3–1 | Geoff McCreesh | PTS | 6 | 26 Apr 2001 | |||
| 15 | Win | 11–3–1 | David Kirk | PTS | 8 | 28 Feb 2001 | |||
| 14 | Win | 10–3–1 |  Yuri Tsarenka | PTS | 4 | 31 Oct 2000 | |||
| 13 | Win | 9–3–1 | Mark Ramsey | TKO | 2 (8), | 28 Sep 2000 | |||
| 12 | Win | 8–3–1 |  Vincent Nobela | PTS | 6 | 19 Apr 2000 | |||
| 11 | Loss | 7–3–1 | Ganny Dovidovas | PTS | 4 | 9 Mar 2000 | |||
| 10 | Loss | 7–2–1 | David Tetteh | PTS | 12 | 6 Jun 1998 | | ||
| 9 | Win | 7–1–1 | Tony Danso | UD | 12 | 4 Oct 1997 | | ||
| 8 | Win | 6–1–1 | Iron Cutter Cudjoe | TKO | 2 (?) | 6 Sep 1997 | | ||
| 7 | Draw | 5–1–1 | Tony Danso | PTS | 12 | 28 Jun 1997 | | ||
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Abbas De Souza | TKO | 6 (?) | 26 Apr 1997 | | ||
| 5 | Loss | 4–1 | Ike Obi | PTS | 10 | 5 Mar 1997 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Neuziwere Apolo | TKO | 1 (?) | 28 Dec 1996 | | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | David Allotey | PTS | 8 | 30 Nov 1996 | | ||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 |  Victor Abbey | TKO | 2 (?) | 20 Sep 1996 | | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Dick Dosseh | TKO | 4 (?) | 28 Aug 1996 |
