Simplice Fotsala

{{Short description|Cameroonian boxer (born 1989)}}

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{{Infobox boxer

| name = Simplice Fotsala

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| weight = Bantamweight

| height = 4 ft 7 in

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|5|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Yaoundé, Cameroon

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| style = Orthodox

| total = 3

| wins = 2

| KO = 1

| losses = 1

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{{MedalCompetition| African Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Brazzaville | Light flyweight }}

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Simplice Fotsala (born 9 May 1989) is a Cameroonian professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/simplice-fotsala |title=Simplice Fotsala |access-date=8 August 2016 |work=Rio 2016 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806082557/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/simplice-fotsala |url-status=dead }}

In April 2018, he was one of eight Cameroonian athletes who went missing from their accommodation during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43720876 |title=Commonwealth Games: Eight Cameroon athletes 'desert' team |work=BBC News |date=11 April 2018 |accessdate=11 April 2018}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cairnspost.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/cameroon-stars-reportedly-flee-commonwealth-games/news-story/66ec407131565a40c76ea8f015cb9430 |title=Cameroon stars reportedly flee Commonwealth Games |work=Cairns Post|date=11 April 2018 |accessdate=11 April 2018 |last1=Young |first1=Matt |last2=Otto |first2=Tyson }}