On this day 4 June 1994, exactly 26 years ago, Ghana’s Ike Quartey won the WBA Welterweight title by dispatching Crisanto Espana of Venezuela to claim his first and only world title with an 11th round TKO.
The bout took place at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois-Perret in France.
Quartey had boxed well throughout the bout and matched España until the 11th round when he started to show his power and durability.
He set España up against the ropes and landed a flurry left and right hands to send the champion down to the canvas.
España survived the count but his decision to continue proved foolish as Quarter returned to punish him further with more right and left hands and eventually sent the Venezuelan down and out.
The referee stopped the bout and Quartey was the new world champion.
