Francis Ampofo
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Francis "The Pocket Battleship" Ampofo (born 5 June 1967, in Kumasi) is a Ghanaian/British professional fly/super fly/bantam/super bantamweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s, who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British flyweight title, International Boxing Organization (IBO) Inter-Continental bantamweight title, and Commonwealth flyweight title (twice), and was a challenger for World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight title against Jacob Matlala, BBBofC Southern Area bantamweight title against Vince Feeney[1], Commonwealth bantamweight title against Paul Lloyd, and Ady Lewis, and BBBofC British bantamweight title against Paul Lloyd, Noel Wilders[2], and Ady Lewis, and World Boxing Union bantamweight title against Johnny Armour (3 times), his professional fighting weight varied from 111 lb (50 kg; 7 st 13 lb), i.e. flyweight to 120 3⁄4 lb (54.8 kg; 8 st 8.8 lb), i.e. featherweight.