Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson
Born (1958-07-19) 19 July 1958 (age 66)
Accra, Ghana
Other names
  • The Professor
  • Zoom Zoom
  • The Terrible Warrior[2]
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Reach68 in (173 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights47
Wins39
Wins by KO28
Losses6
Draws2
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Ghana
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton Featherweight
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Algiers Featherweight

Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor)[3] is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice between 1988 and 1997. He also challenged once for the unified WBC and IBF lightweight titles in 1990. At regional level, he held the ABU, and Commonwealth featherweight titles between 1980 and 1982. Widely considered one of the greatest African boxers of all time,[4][5] he is currently ranked as the 69th greatest pound for pound boxer of all time by BoxRec.[6]

  1. ^ a b HBO Sports tale of the tape prior to the third Jesse James Leija fight.
  2. ^ "BOXING; A Fight for Recognition and 2 Titles". The New York Times. 19 May 1990. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Comfort Atwei Quarcoo: The womb that birthed the legend Azumah Nelson". GhanaWeb. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  4. ^ Errol Barnett (11 August 2012). "Is Azumah Nelson Africa's greatest boxer?". CNN. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  5. ^ Timothy W. Smith (11 July 1998). "Story: BOXING: The Best Boxer Nobody Knows; After 19 Years, the Career of a Ghanaian Legend Nears an End". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  6. ^ "BoxRec: Ratings". Boxrec.com. Retrieved 12 February 2019.