Hogan Bassey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Boxing career== After 14 contests in Nigeria, Bassey went to [[Liverpool]], England, arriving there three days before Christmas 1951.<ref>{{cite web|work=Independent (London)|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980406/ai_n14157075|title=Obituary: Hogan Bassey|publisher=FindArticles.com|accessdate=5 August 2013}}</ref> After winning the Empire featherweight championship, he won the [[World Boxing Association|WBA]] world featherweight title by defeating French Algerian [[Cherif Hamia]] in Paris on the 24 June 1957. He lost the title to US fighter [[Davey Moore (1960s)|Davey Moore]] on 18 March 1959. Other opponents include [[Billy Kelly (boxer)|Billy "Spider" Kelly]], [[Percy Lewis (boxer)|Percy Lewis]], Tommy Profitt, Sammy McCarthy, [[Ricardo Moreno]], and [[Willie Pep]].{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page