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Azumah Nelson
(the "Professor")

BORN   July 19 1958; Accra, Ghana
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 124-152 lbs

Nelson was a popular fighter - and an outstanding one; He was a very talented battler who was quick and could box or punch; He compiled a record of 39-6-2 with 28 knockouts during his career and won the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the WBC Featherweight Championship of the World, the Featherweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth) and the Featherweight Championship of Ghana

Azumah defeated such men as Gabriel Ruelas, Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez, Jesse James Leija, Calvin Grove, Jeff Fenech, Juan La Porte, Jim McDonnell, Mario Martinez, Marcos Villasana, Lupe Suarez, Mauro Gutierrez, Danilo Cabrera, Sidnei Dal Rovere, Pat Cowdell, Juvenal Ordenes, Hector Cortez, Irving Mitchell, Charm Chiteule and Brian Roberts

Nelson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004

*** AMATEUR BOUTS (50-2) *** 

*** PROFESSIONAL BOUTS  *** 

1979
Dec  1 Billy Kwame                Accra, Ghana                       W  8

1980
Feb  2 Nii Nuer                   Accra, Ghana                      KO  3
Mar  3 Henry Saddler              Accra, Ghana                      KO  9
          -Featherweight Championship of Ghana
Apr 17 Henry Optoki               Accra, Ghana                      KO  8
Jul  4 David Capo                 Accra, Ghana                       W 10
Dec 13 Joe Skipper                Accra, Ghana                      TK 10

1981
Feb 24 Bossou Aziza               Lome, Togo                         W 10
May  2 Don George                 Accra, Ghana                      KO  5
Aug 18 Miguel Ruiz                Bakersfield, Ca                   TK  3
Sep 26 Brian Roberts              Accra, Ghana                      TK  5
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
Dec  4 Kabiru Akindele            Freetown, Sierra Leone            KO  6
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)

1982
Feb 28 Charm Chiteule             Lusaka, Zambia                    TK 10
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)
Jun 26 Mukaila Bukare             Accra, Ghana                      TK  6
Jul 21 Salvador Sanchez           New York, NY                      LT 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 31 Irving Mitchell            McAfee, NJ                        TK  5

1983
Feb 12 Ricky Wallace              Cleveland, Oh                      W 10
Aug 17 Alvin Fowler               Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  2
Sep 23 Alberto Collazo            Richfield, Oh                     TK  2
Nov 23 Kabiru Akindele            Lagos, Nigeria                    KO  9
          -Featherweight Championship of the British Empire (Commonwealth)

1984
Mar  9 Hector Cortez              Las Vegas, Nv                      W 10
Dec  8 Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez   San Juan, Puerto Rico             KO 11
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1985
Sep  6 Juvenal Ordenes            Miami, Fl                         TK  5
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 12 Pat Cowdell                Birmingham, England               KO  1
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1986
Feb 25 Marcos Villasana           Inglewood, Ca                      W 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 22 Danilo Cabrera             San Juan, Puerto Rico             TK 10
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Aaron Duribe               Accra, Ghana                      KO  6

1987
Mar  7 Mauro Gutierrez            Las Vegas, Nv                     KO  6
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Aug 29 Marcos Villasana           Los Angeles, Ca                    W 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1988
Feb 29 Mario Martinez             Inglewood, Ca                      W 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 25 Lupe Suarez                Atlantic City, NJ                 TK  9
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec 10 Sidnei Dal Rovere          Accra, Ghana                      KO  3
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1989
Feb 25 Mario Martinez             Las Vegas, Nv                     TK 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov  5 Jim McDonnell              London, England                   TK 12
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1990
May 19 Pernell Whitaker           Las Vegas, Nv                      L 12
          -WBC Lightweight Championship of the World;
          IBF Lightweight Championship of the World
Oct 13 Juan La Porte              Sydney, NSW, Australia             W 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1991
Mar 16 Daniel Mustapha            Zaragoza, Spain                   KO  4
Jun 28 Jeff Fenech                Las Vegas, Nv                      D 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1992
Mar  1 Jeff Fenech                Melbourne, Vic, Australia         TK  8
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Nov  7 Calvin Grove               Stateline, Nv                      W 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1993
Feb 20 Gabriel Ruelas             Mexico City, Mexico                W 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 10 Jesse James Leija          San Antonio, Tx                    D 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1994
May  7 Jesse James Leija          Las Vegas, Nv                      L 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1995
Dec  1 Gabriel Ruelas             Indio, Ca                         TK  5
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1996
Jun  1 Jesse James Leija          Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  6
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1997
Mar 22 Genaro Hernandez           Corpus Christi, Tx                 L 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1998
Jul 11 Jesse James Leija          San Antonio, Tx                    L 12
          -IBA Lightweight Championship of the World 

2008
Jun 24 Jeff Fenech                Melbourne, Vic, Australia          L 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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