Career
He is the brother of light-heavyweight Bastir Samir. At the All Africa Games he lost the final to local Algerian Abdelhalim Ouradi. He lost his Olympic debut to Héctor Manzanilla 10:13.
He is the brother of light-heavyweight Bastir Samir. At the All Africa Games he lost the final to local Algerian Abdelhalim Ouradi. He lost his Olympic debut to Héctor Manzanilla 10:13.
At the first qualifier he lost to Hicham Mesbahi, but won the second African qualifier beating southpaw Bruno Julie in the final. As a professional he won the Ghanaian National Super Welterweight Champion against Ishmael Tetteh on September 29, 2012 and also won an IBF Super Welterweight Youth World Title against Robizon Omsarashvili of Georgia on May 3, 2013 via TKO round 3 at the Accra Sports Stadium. Issah won the title coming into the fight as an undefeated with 12 fights with 11 ko"son