Alfred Kotey

Alfred Kotey, born 3 June 1968 and died 30 June 2020, was a Ghanaian professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2012. He held the WBO bantamweight title from 1994 to 1995 and, at regional level, the Commonwealth flyweight title from 1989 to 1990. As an amateur he represented Ghana as a flyweight at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he had a first round bye, beat Husain Al-Mutairi of Kuwait and Benjamin Mwangata of Tanzania, and lost to Mario González of Mexico. After beating Puerto Rico's Rafael Del Valle at York Hall in London in 1994 he won the WBO bantamweight world title and became Ghana's fifth world champion. He died in New York City on 30 June 2020 while receiving medical treatment for a stroke and other complications.