Frank Oppong
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Frank Oppong is a Ghanaian Middleweight boxer from Accra, Ghana who now lives in La Coruna, Galicia, Spain
Spain
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.
The Spanish
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 people call him The Warrior of Africa.

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
Ike Quartey
Ike "Bazooka" Quartey is a former WBA Welterweight champion boxer. He has fought numerous world champion boxers including Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas, Vernon Forrest and Ronald "Winky" Wright.-Biography:...

 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
South Africa
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. 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
Sweden
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 with Mister Mike Woolsen in Stockholm
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. After his 3 years contract he signed a 2 years contract in Berlin
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, Germany
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 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 Colombia
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n world champion, Juan Urango
Juan Urango
Juan "Iron Twin" Urango is a professional boxer in the junior welterweight division.-Pro Career:...

 in 2003 in Madrid
Real Madrid
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. He lost by points.
He fought Argentinian
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 WBO
World Boxing Organization
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 Middleweight Champion Sergio Martinez
Sergio Gabriel Martínez
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 at Comunidad de Madrid and lost unanimous decision.

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