By Matt Richardson

Former WBA Welterweight champion Ike "Bazooka" Quartey will return to the ring on January 14th for the first time in five years according to his new promoter, Lou DiBella. Quartey will be taking on an opponent to be announced in his native Accra, Ghana. After that he'll likely try to fight his way into the 154-160 lb. mix that includes Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, Bernard Hopkins and the recently resurrected Felix Trinidad. Quartey, 34-2-1 with 29 KO's, last fought against Fernando Vargas in April of 2000. He has not officially won a fight, however, since stopping Ralph Jones in 1997.
Friday, December 17 2004

As far as whether he'll be effective or automatically given a #1 spot in rankings (like some people after 1 win) all depends on who he fights for his warm up fight, and how good he looks. We have to wait and see how he looks, before we say that he'll be a worthy competitor, though..

That sounds great.It adds more depth to an already deep division.I think he can give trouble to all these guys and his fights r never boring.

tiw ill be interesting to see what he can do

its said when de la hoya trinidad wright and QUARTEY..get more respect at middleweight then JERMAIN TAYLOR...so what quartey is back..he dosent pose a real threat at the tittle...his best weight is 147

Can't wait to see how he fights & if he's got anything left. I hope so because I always wanted him to fight Tito when he was a Welter. That would've been an explosive fight.