Frank Oppong
| Frank Oppong | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Frank Oppong |
| Nickname(s) | "Oppont" |
| Rated at |
Middleweight Super Middleweight |
| Nationality | Ghanian |
| Born |
23 November 1979 Accra, Ghana |
| Stance | orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 15 |
| Wins | 8 |
| Wins by KO | 5 |
| Losses | 7 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Frank Oppong is a Ghanaian Middleweight boxer from Accra, Ghana who now lives in La Coruna, Galicia, Spain. The Spanish people call him The Warrior of Africa.[citation needed]
Oppong still fights in Spain with Antonia Postigo as his trainer. Oppong fought against Roberto Santos on 11 April 2009 in the Arena of Malaga.
Amateur
Oppong started his training at the age of 14 in Akotoku Academie Gym where Azuma Nelson and Ike Quartey trained. Oppong had a good boxing amateur in welterweight in Ghana Black Bombers Team. Ghana Black Bombers travelled to the all the African Games hosted in South Africa. He won a Gold medal in the South Africa games of 1994.
They went to other games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and he won a Gold medal in 1995. Oppong is a good boxer in amateur team. Ghana amateur team took them to New York for junior games organized by the American team where he took a Gold.
Lawyer N.N. Heward Mills is the one who put Oppong into Boxing. Oppong went to the Olympic games in Atlanta in 1996, after that in 1997 he went to Sydney for Games organized by the Australian federation boxing.
Professional
He turned professional fought his first bout in Accra sports stadium in 2000 and won by a knock out. He signed a 3-year contract in Sweden with Mister Mike Woolsen in Stockholm. After his 3 years contract he signed a 2 years contract in Berlin, Germany with Manager Eva Roller. In 2005, he signed a contract in Spain with Manager Chano in La Coronia. He traveled outside the country to fight in Las Vegas, France, Portugal, Germany, Madrid.
Oppong fought against Colombian world champion, Juan Urango in 2003 in Madrid. He lost by points. He fought Argentinian WBO Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez at Comunidad de Madrid and lost unanimous decision.