As an amateur he represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Kotey died on 30 June 2020 in New York City where he was receiving medical treatment for a stroke and other complications.
[2][3][4] Kotey represented Ghana as a flyweight at the 1988 Olympic Games.
His results were: After his victory over Puerto Rico's Rafael Del Valle, he won the WBO bantamweight world title and became Ghana's fifth world champion.
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