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Eddie Blay
Male
(Edward Blay)
Welterweight, 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
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Amateur results| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1960 | |
| Roma, Italy, Olympic Games preliminaries, 60 kg | + Aug. 29 | Gualberto Gutierrez | Roma, Italy | WPTS 5:0 | | - Sept. 1 | Dick McTaggart | Roma, Italy | LPTS 5:0 | 1961
No results recorded | | 1962 | |
| 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 | |
| Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games bronze medal, 63,500 kg | + Oct. 15 | Preben Rasmussen | Tokyo, Japan | WPTS 5:0 | | + Oct. 18 | Touch Nol | Tokyo, Japan | WKO 2 | | + Oct. 20 | Joao Henrique | Tokyo, Japan | WPTS 5:0 | | - Oct. 21 | Jerzy Kulej | Tokyo, Japan | LPTS 5:0 |
Professional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1967 | | + 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 | | + 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 | | + 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 | | = 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 | | + 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 | | + 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 | | - 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 | | + 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 | | + 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 |
Summary
Total bouts: 52, Won: 37 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 5, NC: 0
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