Eddie Blay

Name: Eddie Blay
Hometown: Italy
Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Died: 2006-10-15 (Age:63)
Height: 171cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Highlights

• 1960 represented Ghana as a lightweight at the Rome Olympic games. Results were:
  • Defeated Gualberto Gutierrez (Uruguay) 5-0
  • Lost to Richard McTaggart (Great Britain) 0-5
• 1962 won the African Championships in Cairo, Egypt as a Lightweight.
• 1962 won the Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia as a Lightweight. Results were:
  • Defeated B. V. Renny (Great Britain) PTS
  • Defeated Thomas Donovan (New Zealand) PTS
  • Defeated Kesi Odongo (Uganda) PTS
• 1964 won the African Championships in Accra, Ghana as a Light Welterweight. Beat John Olulu (Kenia) in the final.
• 1964 won the Light Welterweight bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Results were:
  • Defeated Preben Rasmussen (Denmark) PTS (5-0)
  • Defeated Nol Touch (Cameroon) KO-2
  • Defeated Joao da Silva (Brasil) PTS (5-0)
  • Lost to Jerzy Kulej (Poland) PTS (0-5)
• 1966 2nd place at the African Championships in Lagos, Nigeria as a Welterweight. Lost the final to Joseph Bessala (Cameroon)
• 1966 won the Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica as a Welterweight. Beat Bobby Arthur (Great Britain) in the final.