Female boxer Janet Acquah has won bronze in the women's minimum weight (48kg) contest at the ongoing African Games.

Acquah secured the bronze medal despite a majority decision (4-1) loss to Algeria's Mansouri Fatiha.

The bronze medal is little surprise given Janet Acquah's remarkable progress in the past year.

In September 2023, Acquah was part of Ghana's Black Hitters team at the Olympic Qualifier in Dakar.

Despite making it to the quarter-final stage of the tournament, she was unable to secure qualification for the tournament in Paris.

In February this year, Acquah was again selected for the Olympics Qualifier in Bursto-Arsizio, Italy.

Acquah lost to Tapei's Guo-Yi-Xuan in the women's Flyweight division.

Competing in successive international competitions has helped her hone her ring craft.

Meanwhile, two other boxers; Mohammed Aryeetey and Joseph Commey have qualified for the finals for their respective divisions.

Aryeetey was the first to qualify on Wednesday after winning his semi-final contest with Morocco's Hamza Essaidi via a unanimous (5-0) decision.

All five judges scored in favour of the minimum weight boxer in the men's 48k contest at the Boxing Arena in the Trust Sports Emporium, Bukom.

An hour later, Joseph Commey also dispatched Algerian Oussama Mordjane.
The lightweight boxer qualified with a majority (4-1) decision in the men's 60kg event.

Later today, the following Ghanaian boxers will be involved in various semi-final contests:

1. Theophilus Kpakpo Allotey - Flyweight -51kg.
2. Amadou Mohammed - Bantamweight -54Kg
3. Samuel Takyi - Light Welterweight -63.5Kg
4. Abubakar Kamoko - Cruiserweight -86Kg

Whatever happens tonight, Ghana are guaranteed seven medals (out of the 16 presented) by the end of the boxing competition.