Rafael Mensah: ‘I will teach Machado a boxing lesson and win the WBA world title’

07/21/201807/21/2018 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s Rafael Mensah is overly confident he will emerge winner of his crunch challenge for the WBA super featherweight world championship against the title holder, Alberto Machado of Puerto Rico on Saturday night.

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Jaime Munguia vs Liam Smith, Mensah vs Machado – Live on HBO

07/18/2018 HBO Boxing

HBO Sports returns to the vibrant junior middleweight division when one of 2018’s breakout stars defends his crown for the first time on HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JAIME MUNGUIA VS.

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Isaac Dogboe backs Rafael Mensah to make Ghana proud, beat Machado for WBA world title

07/18/2018 Prince Dornu-Leiku

WBO junior featherweight champion, Isaac ‘Royal Storm’ Dogboe and his dad/trainer, Paul Dogboe are urging countryman, Rafael Mensah to believe in God, go all out and fight for what belongs to him to make himself, his family and Ghana proud on Saturday night when the man nicknamed ‘Sweet Pea’ steps into the ring against Alberto Machado of Puerto Rico for the WBA super featherweight title of the world.

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Mensah-Machado set for Munguia-Smith undercard in Las Vegas July 21

06/22/201806/21/2018 Prince Dornu-Leiku

The on, off, on again impending world title fight between Ghana’s Rafael Mensah and Alfredo Machado is now tentatively set to take place at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 21 alongside the WBO junior middleweight title fight between Jaime Munguia and Liam Smith.

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Confirmed: Rafael Mensah to challenge Machado for WBA title in LA July 21

06/15/2018 Prince Dornu-Leiku

It’s official, Ghana’s Rafael Mensah (31-0, 23 KOs) will bid to become Ghana’s next boxing world champion when he challenges WBA super featherweight champion, Alberto Machado (19-0, 16 KOs) of Puerto Rico at a new venue of Staples Centre in Los Angeles, California and a new date of July 21, 2018.

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Rafael Mensah versus Fatiou Fassinou rescheduled to March 24

01/30/2017 Prince Dornu-Leiku

The highly anticipated ring battle between Ghana’s WBA number 3 rated super featherweight, Rafael Mensah and Fatiou Fassinou of Benin in the UK has been rescheduled to Friday March 24, a week later than the earlier announced March 18.

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Rafael Mensah versus Fatiou Fassinou in London March 18

01/22/201701/21/2017 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghana’s WBA number 3 rated super featherweight, Rafael Mensah whose only previous fight outside Ghana was when claiming a TKO victory over Sunday Ajayi in Coutonou, Benin in December 2011, will have the chance to fight outside Africa for the first time when he faces Fatiou Fassinou of Benin in the UK on March 18.

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Rafael Mensah vs Emmanuel Tagoe in the works

02/17/2015 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Ghanaian boxing bragging rights will be on the line when undefeated Rafael ‘Sweet Pea’ Mensah faces compatriot Emmanuel ‘Game Boy’ Tagoe in a battle of two of Ghana’s best lightweight boxers in Accra in May.

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Rafael Mensah ready for world’s best Lightweights

03/13/2014 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Unbeaten Ghanaian Lightweight, Rafael Mensah remains resolute in the pledge to follow in the footsteps of childhood hero, Ike Bazooka Quartey and bring Ghana another WBA world title.

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Rafael Mensah dares WBA champs Abril and Gamboa

08/13/201308/13/2013 Prince Dornu-Leiku

Fresh from earning a career high number 9 ranking on the WBA Lightweight ratings, young Ghanaian pugilist, Rafael Mensah is knocking on the doors to the WBA Lightweight championship.

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