Via Ken Hissner: Representing Ghana at the 2008 Olympics, Prince Dzanie lost to Idle Torriente of Cuba. After winning 22 in a row in Ghana, undefeated Prince Dzanie made his US debut on August 10 at the Garden Theater, Detroit, Michigan, stopping Dominican Juan Gabriel Medina, 11-14, with 12 stops on the Salita Promotions card.
This fight can be viewed on www.youtube.com. He’s reminiscent of one of Sabastian’s “Towering Inferno” Fundora.
After scoring the winning goal in his first seven fights, Dzanie stopped Michael “The Shoe” Barnor, 13-5-2, in two rounds for the Ghana bantamweight title. In 2017, he stopped Isaac “Pretty Boy Junior” Quaye, 31-13-1, in a WBO Africa belt defense. He uses his “bolo” right arm like the great Kid Gavilan used to do before. In 2019, he beat Raymond Commey 19-7. He then scored the winning goal in his next and final matches.
In an interview, Dzanie said: “I started boxing when I was 7 years old. My favorite fighters in Ghana are Azuma Nelson and Ike Quartey.”
Dzanie is currently ranked 7th in the IBF at super bantamweight. He is training in South Philadelphia at the Marion Anderson Rec Center under coach Aaron Ford and his support is Dhafir “No Fear” Smith.
Dzanie is 23-0 with 19 saves, making his debut in October 2012. Dzanie is managed by Vincent Scolpino and promoted by Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions.
According to writer and former amateur boxer George Hanson, who trains boxers at Marion Anderson’s gym, he put it like this: “Stand 5:09 and flip at 121 lbs. with extremely long arms – Octopus Prince Dzanie, he can tie his shoelaces without bending and pack explosives in both gloves! “
He added, “watching him fight today with Philly’s invincible welder” Dangerous Daryl Jones – only cements my position – he is simply too skilled, too big and too big. strong for anyone between 122 and 135″.
“My manager, Vinnie Scalpino from New Jersey, wanted to bring him here from Ghana. I told him I couldn’t coach him full time but Aaron Ford could. We’re trying to get more American style to go with his punching prowess,” said Dhafir Smith. Smith has attended training camps with Artur Beterbiev, Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin, Andre Ward and Lucian Bute, along with training several Philly boxers.
It has been four years since Ghana produced a world boxing champion when Isaac “Royal Storm” Dogboe stopped WBO Junior Welterweight champion Jesse Magdaleno in the 11th round at the Liacouras Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Aaron Ford said: “He was a hard worker, dedicated and able to fight. Ford worked with Philly boxer Derek “Pooh” Ennis, USBA champion, Willie Taylor, USBA champion, Willie “The Gladiator” Gibbs, USBA champion, Rasheem “Untouchable” Brown, Tri-champion State, Frankie Trader and Hank Lundy, the NABO champion.
At 37, Dzanie has no time to waste. In his last six matches, he has resisted stiffer opposition than in his previous matches, what in Ghana are known as “record-makers!”
