Accra, Jan. 29, GNA - Osumanu Yahya Ghanaian amateur boxing coach based in the United States of America (USA), has been awarded with the Barry Goss Memorial Award, for his contribution to amateur boxing in New Jersey.
Yahaya, also known as Ossie Duran, he expressed appreciation to the organisers for the recognition and promised to work harder to produce more great boxers.
The former boxer, said, he was some of his boxers would make it to the USA team for the 2020 Olympic Games and other international championships.
He said “I am very happy to receive the Barry Goss Memorial award from the New Jersey boxing hall of fame.
Yahya was Ghana National, African and Commonwealth Champion.
He was a member of the Black Panthers Boxing Gym with the Clottey brothers under the late Emmanuel Akisi Lamptey and he won the SWAG boxer of the Year award once.
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