Azumah Nelson Record

38-6-2

Total Fights	46
Wins	38
Losses	6
Draws	2
No-Contests	0

Title Wins	3
Title Defenses	17
Title-Fight KOs	12
KO Wins	27
KO Losses	1

Azumah Nelson's Record — Azumah Nelson's boxing record and career infographic

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What is Azumah Nelson's record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 28 years and six months, Azumah Nelson fought 46 times with 38 wins, 6 losses, and 2 draws.

Nelson retired from professional boxing with a record of 38-6-2, which included three world-title wins and 17 successful title defense fights at two weight classes — featherweight and super-featherweight. He had a 58.7% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 27 of his total 46 fights being knockout wins, 12 of which were in title fights. The only knockout loss in Nelson's career was a 15th round TKO loss to Salvador Sánchez in a featherweight title fight.

His last fight was a 10-round majority decision defeat to Jeff Fenech on June 24, 2008.

Some of Nelson's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Jeff Fenech and Wilfredo Gómez), Gabriel Ruelas, Jesse James Leija, and Juan Laporte.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
46	Jun 24, 2008	49	Jeff Fenech	Loss	MD
45	Jul 11, 1998	39	Jesse James Leija	Loss	UD
44	Mar 22, 1997	38	Genaro Hernández	Loss ^*	SD
43	Jun 1, 1996	37	Jesse James Leija	Win ^*	TKO6
42	Dec 1, 1995	37	Gabriel Ruelas	Win ^*	TKO5
41	May 7, 1994	35	Jesse James Leija	Loss ^*	UD
40	Sep 10, 1993	35	Jesse James Leija	Draw ^*	SD
39	Feb 20, 1993	34	Gabriel Ruelas	Win ^*	MD
38	Nov 7, 1992	34	Calvin Grove	Win ^*	UD
37	Mar 1, 1992	33	Jeff Fenech	Win ^*	TKO8
36	Jun 28, 1991	32	Jeff Fenech	Draw ^*	SD
35	Mar 16, 1991	32	Daniyal Mustapha Ennin	Win	KO4
34	Oct 13, 1990	32	Juan Laporte	Win ^*	UD
33	May 19, 1990	31	Pernell Whitaker	Loss ^*	UD
32	Nov 5, 1989	31	Jim McDonnell	Win ^*	KO12
31	Feb 25, 1989	30	Mario Martínez	Win ^*	TKO12
30	Dec 10, 1988	30	Sidnei Dal Rovere	Win ^*	KO3
29	Jun 25, 1988	29	Lupe Suarez	Win ^*	TKO9
28	Feb 29, 1988	29	Mario Martínez	Win ^*	SD
27	Aug 29, 1987	29	Marcos Villasana	Win ^*	UD
26	Mar 7, 1987	28	Mauro Gutierrez	Win ^*	KO6
25	Jun 22, 1986	27	Danilo Cabrera	Win ^*	TKO10
24	Feb 25, 1986	27	Marcos Villasana	Win ^*	MD
23	Oct 12, 1985	27	Pat Cowdell	Win ^*	KO1
22	Sep 6, 1985	27	Juvenal Ordenes	Win ^*	TKO5
21	Dec 8, 1984	26	Wilfredo Gómez	Win ^*	KO11
20	Mar 9, 1984	25	Hector Cortez	Win	UD
19	Nov 25, 1983	25	Kabiru Akindele	Win	KO9
18	Sep 23, 1983	25	Alberto Collazo	Win	TKO2
17	Aug 17, 1983	25	Alvin Fowler	Win	TKO2
16	Feb 12, 1983	24	Ricky Wallace	Win	UD
15	Oct 31, 1982	24	Irving Mitchell	Win	TKO5
14	Jul 21, 1982	24	Salvador Sánchez	Loss ^*	TKO15
13	Jun 26, 1982	23	Mukaila Bukare	Win	TKO6
12	Feb 28, 1982	23	Charm Chiteule	Win	TKO10
11	Dec 4, 1981	23	Kabiru Akindele	Win	KO6
10	Sep 26, 1981	23	Brian Roberts	Win	TKO5
9	Aug 18, 1981	23	Miguel Ruiz	Win	TKO4
8	May 2, 1981	22	Don George	Win	KO5
7	Mar 6, 1981	22	Aziza Bossou	Win	PTS
6	Dec 13, 1980	22	Joe Skipper	Win	TKO10
5	Oct 4, 1980	22	David Capo	Win	PTS
4	Aug 2, 1980	22	Abdul Rahman Optoki	Win	TKO8
3	Mar 1, 1980	21	Henry Saddler	Win	TKO9
2	Feb 2, 1980	21	Nii Nuer	Win	TKO3
1	Dec 1, 1979	21	Billy Kwame	Win	PTS

* World-title fight

Boxing career

Azumah Nelson (The Professor) is a 65-year old retired Ghanaian professional boxer. He was born in Accra, Ghana on July 19, 1958. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Nelson was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2004. His professional boxing career spanned more than 28 years — from 1979 to 2008.

Nelson made his professional boxing debut against Billy Kwame at the age of 21 on December 1, 1979, defeating Kwame via 10 round PTS. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 10 wins via stoppage.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on July 21, 1982 after 13 professional fights, against Salvador Sánchez for the WBC and The Ring titles. He lost to Sánchez via 15th round TKO.

Nelson has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Nelson's world title wins and defenses refer to "Azumah Nelson World Titles".

Nelson had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.

His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Australian boxer Jeff Fenech on June 24, 2008. Nelson lost the fight via 10 round majority decision. It's been 15 years, 5 months, and 15 days since this fight.

For a very detailed list Nelson's fights refer to "All of Azumah Nelson's fights".

Highlights

Nelson fought a total of 46 times during his professional career, which includes 24 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.

July 21, 1982: In his first world-title fight, Azumah Nelson loses to Salvador Sánchez via 15th round TKO. He was fighting for the WBC and The Ring featherweight titles.
December 8, 1984: Nelson wins the WBC featherweight title from Wilfredo Gómez, by beating Gómez via 11th round KO.
October 13, 1990: Nelson successfully defends the WBC super-featherweight title against Juan Laporte, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 1, 1992: Nelson successfully defends the WBC super-featherweight title against Jeff Fenech, winning the fight via 8th round TKO.
December 1, 1995: Nelson wins the WBC super-featherweight title from Gabriel Ruelas, by beating Ruelas via 5th round TKO.

World Titles

Nelson was a two-weight-division world champion. He has held three world titles, one of which was a vacant title win, and the rest two were lineal championship wins.

Weight Division	World Titles Held
Super-featherweight	WBC 2x
Featherweight	WBC