He is the sole surviving member of Ghana's six-man Olympic boxing team, Black Bombers, after defeating experienced Filipino Harry Tanamor 6-3 in their light flyweight contest in Beijing last Wednesday.
Tomorrow morning, the Ghanaian lone ranger mounts the ring again at the Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing to fight Brazil's Paulo Carvalho, who defeated Moroccan Redouane Bouchtouk, for a place in the one-sixteenth round.
Fact-file:
Name: Manyo Plange
Nationality: Ghanaian
Date of Birth: January 18, 1987
Career Highlights:
Silver Medallist, 2007 All Africa Games (Algiers)
Second Round, 2006 Commonwealth Games (Melbourne)
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