Ray Narh | |
Realname: | Raymond Akwete Narh |
Nickname: | Sugar Ray |
Weight: | |
Height: | 6 ft 0 in |
Reach: | 71 in |
Nationality: | Ghanaian |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1978 |
Birth Place: | Accra, Ghana |
Style: | Orthodox |
Total: | 32 |
Wins: | 26 |
Ko: | 21 |
Losses: | 6 |
Raymond Akwete "Ray" Narh (born 21 July 1978) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 2001 to 2014. He is a former WBC–USNBC light welterweight champion.[1] As an amateur, Narh represented Ghana at the 2000 Olympics, reaching the second round of the lightweight bracket before losing to Andreas Kotelnik.
Narh was a gold medallist in the lightweight category at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was also a member of the 2000 Ghanaian Summer Olympic team and his cousin Ben Neequaye was also a member of the team.[2] At Sydney, Australia he beat Victor Ramos but then lost to the silver medalist and future WBA Light Welterweight Champion Andriy Kotelnik.[3]
Narh's only loss was to a then undefeated Kid Diamond.[4]
He then beat Jadschi Green to win the North American Boxing Council Lightweight Championship; the bout was held at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[5]
In March 2011, Narh beat Freddie Norwood to retain his WBC USNBC Light Welterweight Championship.[6]
On May 7, 2011, Narh lost to undefeated Mexican-American Mike Alvarado, with the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight Championship on the line.[7] This bout was on Showtime's televised portion of the Pacquiao vs. Mosley undercard.[8] [9]
|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align="center" colspan=8|25 Wins (21 knockouts), 2 Losses, 0 Draw|- style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;"|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res.|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponent|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location|align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes|-align=center|Loss || 25-2 ||align=left| Mike Alvarado|TKO || 3 (3:00) || May 7, 2011 || align=left|MGM Grand, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.|align=left|For the WBC Continental Americas Light Welterweight title|-align=center|Win || 25-1 ||align=left| Freddie Norwood|UD || 10 (10) || March 4, 2011 || align=left|Jostens Center, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, U.S.|align=left|Retained his WBC USNBC title|-align=center