Career
He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. After the competition, he defected. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968 (Mexico City).
1968 (as a welterweight)
Lost to Joseph Bessala (Cameroon) TKO 3 (quarterfinal match)
1972 (as a welterweight)
Lost to David Jackson (Uganda) 2-3
1976 (as a welterweight)
1st round bye
Defeated Amon Kotey (Ghana) walk-over, country boycotted
Defeated Colin Jones (Great Britain) 5-0
Defeated Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) 3-2
Lost to Jochen Bachfeld (East Germany) 2-3.