Joseph Bessala
Joseph Bessala (1 January 1941 – 25 April 2010) was a welterweight boxer from Cameroon. Amateur
In 1965, Bessala won the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. He twice won the African Championships in welterweight: in 1966 in Lagos, Nigeria, (prevailing over Ghanaian, Eddie Blay in the final) and 1968 in Lusaka, Zambia, where he prevailed in the final fight over the Zambian, Julius Luipa, whom he beat again at the Olympic Games. He won the silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. In the final, he was lost to East Germany's Manfred Wolke. Amateur highlights 
1965 won the All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo. Beat in the final Issake Dabore (Nigeria) by TKO-2. 1966 won the African Championships in Lagos, Nigeria. Beat Eddie Blay (Ghana) in the final. 1968 won the African Championships in Lusaka, Zambia. Beat Julius Luipa (Zambia) in the final. 1968 Olympic results 
Below are the results of Joseph Bessala, a welterweight boxer from Cameroon, who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics:

 Round of 64: bye
 Round of 32: defeated Luis Gonzales (Chile) on points, 5-0
 Round of 16: defeated Julius Luipa (Zambia) by a second-round knockout
 Quarterfinal: defeated Victor Zilberman (Romania) by a third-round technical knockout
 Semifinal: defeated Mario Guilloti (Argentina) on points, 5-0
 Final: lost to Manfred Wolke (East Germany) on points, 1-4 (was awarded silver medal)

Professional
In October, Bessala started his professional career with a victory, where he defeated the Belgium's Jean-Pierre Heirmann with a first-round technical knockout. Six victories, one draw, and yet another five victories followed. In November 1974, the last victory over Eddie Blay from Ghana, who had won the bronze medal in the class of super lightweight in 1964, gained Bessala the African title in the welterweight class. The title was taken from him by Salem Ouedraogo from the Côte d'Ivoire in January 1976. After a longer break, Bessala gained back the African title from his fellow countryman, Bechir Boundka in June 1978. He aimed to defend this title again in his 16th fight, but Mimoun Mohatar from Morocco knocked him out in the 12th round in December 1978. Bessala retired from boxing shortly thereafter. References

Joseph Bessala's obituary
Joseph Bessala's profile at Sports Reference.com

1941 births
2010 deaths
Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for Cameroon
Olympic silver medalists for Cameroon
Sportspeople from Douala
Olympic medalists in boxing
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Cameroonian male boxers
African Games gold medalists for Cameroon
African Games medalists in boxing
Boxers at the 1965 All-Africa Games
Welterweight boxers
African Boxing Union champions
20th-century Cameroonian people