WBO Africa Bantamweight Champion Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey is leading the Boxing Ghana Pound for Pound ratings for the month of September 2025.

He has overtaken Holy Dorgbetor who reigned for two months.

Daniel Gorsh who led at the beginning of the year has dropped to fourth position as others are climbing.

WBO Africa Lightweight Champion Faisal Abubakar aka Poncho Power has moved up to the third position, Shakul Samed who fought at the WBC Grand Prix is at the fifth position, Joseph Commey, the National and UBO Lightweight Champion is at number 6. while another power puncher Emmanuel Mankatah who holds the UBO Africa Super Featherweight title has joined the top ranks.

The Boxing Ghana monthly rankings is based on fight frequently, performance, media appearances, activeness and quality of fight platforms or organisations staging bouts such as WBC, IBF, WBA, WBO, ABU or ABU.

Recently a number of Ghanaian boxers have been rated by the African Boxing Union ABU where Theo Allotey is number 5.

He is number 5 at IBF, 15 in the WBO recent ratiings 8 at IBO Intercontinental and 9 at IBC respectively.

Theo Allotey who is preparing for a WBC International shot told Yours Truly on The Big Fight Night at Omashi TV, he is very happy with his new status as number one in Ghana and his journey to reach the top and claim the ultimate world title has just began.

He said the new ratings has motivated and inspired him to push harder.

His trainer Coach Dr. Ofori Asare also said Theo is coming like a rocket and should be supported to realise his dream after representing Ghana and excelling at the amateur level.

He expressed that within eleven months they have really worked very hard and leaving no stone unturned till they achieve the goal if winning a world title.

He appealed to the government and companies to support Team Allotey.

Allotey was the shining star at the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifiers and won a medal for Ghana at the African Games before turning professional.

He currently holds the National and UBA Africa Super Flyweight title and showed his talent, skill and power against Daniel Gorsh for the WBO Africa Bantamweight Championship.

By Sammy Heywood Okine