1.African Championships

Gezira Island, Cairo, Egypt 

March 17-23, 1962

results & names' spelling may be inaccurate


Preliminaries & Quarterfinals (incomplete)

57kg Tahar Belhassen  TUN Soriba Kaloko GUI ???
67kg Joe Darkey GHA Abdel Nabi MAR PTS
71kg Jean Bly GUI A.Zablon KEN ???
51kg Khalifa Ben Osman TUN Asebi Boakye GHA ???
51kg Mahmoud Hamza EGY Soliman Dembele MLI ???
54kg Mohamed Noor KEN Adam Toure MLI ???
54kg Abdelmoneim el-Guindy  EGY Taher Sialla TUN ???
57kg Sayed Abdel Gadir SUD Sayed Ahmed EGY TKO
57kg Tahar Belhassen  TUN J.Kamya UGA ???
67kg Sayed El-Nahas  EGY Hadi Chaabane TUN KO 1
67kg Joe Darkey GHA Zobeir SUD TKO 2
71kg Eddie Davies GHA Jean Bly GUI PTS
75kg Olayinka NGA Salah Abdul Rehim EGY PTS
75kg Brimah al-Hassan  GHA Abdel Latif Abbas SUD PTS
81kg Jojo Miles GHA Benmohammed MAR TKO 2

Semifinals

51kg ??? ??? Khalifa Ben Osman TUN ???
51kg ??? ??? Hayder Mahmoud SUD ???
54kg ??? ??? Mohamed Noor KEN ???
54kg ??? ??? Omar Hamdaoui MAR ???
57kg Sayed Abdel Gadir SUD Hassan Kebba MAR ???
57kg Tahar Belhassen  TUN Gakungu KEN ???
60kg ??? ??? Alkaly Daffe GUI ???
60kg ??? ??? Lakhdar Ben Ahmed Lamine TUN ???
63,5kg Clement Quartey GHA Ahmed Harfoush EGY ???
63,5kg Gilbert Osoba NGA Abdelkader Gangani MAR DQ 2
67kg Ernest Powell Mabwa UGA Joe Darkey GHA ???
67kg Sayed El-Nahas  EGY Nojim Maiyegun  NGA ???
71kg Hussein Saddik  EGY Diallo MLI ???
71kg Eddie Davies GHA Mohamed Bouchaid MAR WO.
75kg Hakaba GUI Olayinka NGA PTS
75kg Brimah al-Hassan  GHA Mustapha Ben Lahbib MAR WO.
81kg Jojo Miles GHA Sayed Mersal  EGY PTS
81kg Echefu NGA Camara Mami GUI ???
+81kg James Mazher  EGY Lahbib Hamadi TUN ???
+81kg Vincent Opiyo KEN Aboubacar SUD ???

Finals

51kg Karimu Young  NGA Mahmoud Hamza EGY ???
54kg Abdelmoneim el-Guindy  EGY Ahmed Moussa El Hag SUD ???
57kg Sayed Abdel Gadir SUD Tahar Belhassen  TUN TKO
60kg Eddie Blay GHA Mohamed Saouita MAR ???
63,5kg Clement Quartey GHA Gilbert Osoba NGA ???
67kg Sayed El-Nahas  EGY Ernest Powell Mabwa UGA PTS
71kg Hussein Saddik  EGY Eddie Davies GHA PTS
75kg Brimah al-Hassan  GHA Hakaba GUI ???
81kg Jojo Miles GHA Echefu NGA ???
+81kg James Mazher  EGY Vincent Opiyo KEN ???

according to old AIBA website we have another names of some bronze medalist: 51kg Hammous (SUD); 54kg Sahraoui (MAR); 57kg Ahmed (EGY) - not Kebba (MAR)!; 


sources: "Arab Observer" vol 80-92 - 1962 & "Assabah" - April 10, 1962 (via https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Championnats_'Afrique_de_boxe_amateur_1962) & www.aiba.net (archived site) & https://www.britishpathe.com


African Championships History | 1962 Results