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Breaking News: Ghanaian boxer disqualified from final bout at Commonwealth Games on medical ground

The youngster has been ruled out of the final due to ill health and will now have to settle for a silver medal

Ghanaian boxer Joseph Commey has been ruled out of the final of Featherweight division at 2022 Commonwealth Games ongoing in Birmingham on Sunday.

The youngster made it to the final stage and was hoping to win gold after defeating Indian boxer Mohamed Hussan Uddin at the National Exhibition Centre on Saturday.

However, his hopes have been dashed as he has been ruled out of the final bout due to sickness. After several medical check ups, doctors insisted that Commey isn’t medically fit to fight and will as a matter of urgency have to settle for silver medal.

Ghana’s contingent have picked one silver and two bronze medals so far in the competition. Abraham Mensah will fight in the evening for a gold medal.

Joseph Commey makes it to final of Featherweight division at 2022 Commonwealth Games

The young prodigy prevented his opponent from having his usual game as he narrowly pipped him to the final

Ghanaian boxer Joseph Commey has made it to the final of Featherweight division at 2022 Commonwealth Games ongoing in Birmingham UK after defeating Mohamed Hussan Uddin at the National Exhibition Centre on Saturday.

This was the bout almost all the Ghanaian contingent in Birmingham were afraid of ahead of kick off as the Indian was one of the best rated boxers to win Gold in the division.

However, Commey narrowly defeated him through a split decision to make it to the final and challenge for either gold or silver at this juncture.

Mensah secures another medal in Boxing for Ghana at 2022 Commonwealth Games

The 18-year-old outmatched his opponent in the last eight and has now secure the country’s third medal at the Commonwealth Games

Ghanaian Bantamweight boxer Abraham Mensah defeated Rukmal Prasanna from Sri Lanka in the quarterfinals bout of 2022 Commonwealth Games to secure a place in the semifinals.

Mensah won both the first and second rounds after perfectly landing a lot of punches on the face of his opponent.

Although, Mensah was deducted a point on the third round, he held on to pick a win as the judges ruled in his favour.

Mensah has now joined Omar Wahib and Joseph Commey as the three Ghanaians to have automatically won a medal for Ghana in the competition.

Video: Watch how Joseph Commey ‘mercilessly’ defeated Mukuka to win Ghana’s first medal at 2022 Commonwealth Games

The highly-rated boxer made it look easy as he brushed aside his tough opponent to annex Ghana’s first medal at the games ongoing in Birmingham

Ghanaian Featherweight boxer Joseph Commey defeated New Zealand’s Alex Mukuka to make it to the semifinals and automatically win the country’s first medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games ongoing at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

Commey, who began his journey at the Games by defeating Allan Oiake of Papua New Guinea in the preliminary round, was the favorite to progress right from the start as he dominated proceedings.

It was not surprising that the Accra-based boxer won the bout unanimously as all the judges ruled it in his favour.

According to the rules and regulations governing boxing at the Commonwealth Games, once a boxer reaches the last four, he or she automatically wins a bronze medal.

However, Commey could win a silver or gold medal if he wins his next bout scheduled for Friday.

Watch as Joseph Commey beat Alex Mukuka from New Zealand