Ahmed Saraku
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Ahmed Saraku is a Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

ian amateur boxer who won silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games
Boxing at the 2007 All-Africa Games
The Boxing Tournament at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held in Algiers, Algeria from July 12 to July 21. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. The number one and two earned a ticket for the Olympic tournament.- Medal winners :-Medals table:...

 at middleweight and qualified for the Olympics.

Career

He became national welterweight champion in 2005 and went to the Commonweaalth Games 2006 where he lost his first bout 7:13 to Neil Perkins
Neil Perkins
Neil Perkins is a British amateur boxer who has won several medals in international tournaments at welterweight.-Career:Southpaw Perkins fights for Kirkdale ABC in Liverpool...

.

At the African Championships he competed at light heavy and won silver.

At the AllAfrica Games he dropped down to middleweight and lost the final only 8:9 to local hero Nabil Kassel
Nabil Kassel
Nabil Kassel is an Algerian boxer best known to win the middleweight gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. The family name is Kassel, Algerians generally write this first .-Career:...

, at the world championships he lost his first bout to Bosco Draskovic.

He qualified for the Olympics by winning two bouts in a qualifier, one against Daniel Shishia.

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