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In November 2024 she became the first Ghanaian woman to win a world boxing title, in a country with one of the longest male boxing traditions in Africa.
Ghana has produced world champions in boxing for half a century — Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey, Alfred Kotey — and every one of them until now has been a man. Bukom, the fishing quarter of Accra where most of them came from, is one of the densest producers of championship boxers anywhere in the world, and its gyms were not built with women in mind.
Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey boxed through the amateur ranks and turned professional, fighting for African and Commonwealth honours at super-bantamweight before getting her chance at a world title.
She took it in November 2024, becoming the first Ghanaian woman to hold a world boxing championship. The win was received at home as a national event and as a door opening: the women's programme in Ghanaian boxing had been chronically under-funded and is now the thing every young fighter in Bukom points at.
Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey boxed through the amateur ranks and turned professional, fighting for African and Commonwealth honours at super-bantamweight before getting her chance at a world title.
She took it in November 2024, becoming the first Ghanaian woman to hold a world boxing championship. The win was received at home as a national event and as a door opening: the women's programme in Ghanaian boxing had been chronically under-funded and is now the thing every young fighter in Bukom points at.
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