Azumah Nelson

Career, Record, Stats
Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson (The Professor) is a 66-year-old retired Ghanaian professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 28 years, 6 months, and 23 days, Nelson amassed a record of 38-6-2, which includes 27 wins via KO, 12 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2004.

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LEGEND

Azumah Nelson's Boxing Career

Azumah Nelson was born in Accra, Ghana on July 19, 1958. He made his professional debut at the age of 21 years on December 1, 1979 against Billy Kwame. Nelson defeated Kwame via 10 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Nelson got his first world-title fight at the age of 24 after 13 professional fights. On July 21, 1982 Nelson challenged Salvador Sánchez' WBC and The Ring featherweight titles but lost via 15th round TKO.

He became a world champion on December 8, 1984 at the age of 26 years, after by defeating Wilfredo Gómez, the then-reining WBC featherweight champion, via 11th round KO. This was his 21st fight as a professional.

Nelson then went on to successfully win the super-featherweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.

Nelson's last fight was a majority decision loss to Jeff Fenech at age 49, on June 24, 2008.

Some of Azumah Nelson's best fights have been against Wilfredo Gómez (HOFer), Jeff Fenech (HOFer), Gabriel Ruelas, Jesse James Leija, Mario Martínez, and Juan Laporte. For a complete list of Nelson's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Azumah Nelson".

Nelson has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Azumah Nelson Losses".

Azumah Nelson's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
46
Jun 24, 2008 49 Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech 44 28-3-1
loss
MD
10
45
Jul 11, 1998 39 Jesse James Leija Jesse James Leija 32 36-3-2
loss
UD
12
44
Mar 22, 1997 38 Genaro Hernández Genaro Hernández 30 34-1-1
loss
SD
12
43
Jun 01, 1996 37 Jesse James Leija Jesse James Leija 29 30-2-2
win
TKO
6
42
Dec 01, 1995 37 Gabriel Ruelas Gabriel Ruelas 25 41-2
win
TKO
5
41
May 07, 1994 35 Jesse James Leija Jesse James Leija 27 27-0-2
loss
UD
12
40
Sep 10, 1993 35 Jesse James Leija Jesse James Leija 27 26-0-1
draw
SD
12
39
Feb 20, 1993 34 Gabriel Ruelas Gabriel Ruelas 22 33-1
win
MD
12
38
Nov 07, 1992 34 generic fighter pic Calvin Grove
win
UD
12
37
Mar 01, 1992 33 Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech 27 26-0-1
win
TKO
8
36
Jun 28, 1991 32 Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech 27 25-0
draw
SD
12
35
Mar 16, 1991 32 generic fighter pic Daniyal Mustapha Ennin
win
KO
4
34
Oct 13, 1990 32 Juan Laporte Juan Laporte 30 36-9-1
win
UD
12
33
May 19, 1990 31 Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker 26 21-1
loss
UD
12
32
Nov 05, 1989 31 generic fighter pic Jim McDonnell
win
KO
12
31
Feb 25, 1989 30 Mario Martínez Mario Martínez 23 47-4-2
win
TKO
12
30
Dec 10, 1988 30 generic fighter pic Sidnei Dal Rovere
win
KO
3
29
Jun 25, 1988 29 generic fighter pic Lupe Suarez
win
TKO
9
28
Feb 29, 1988 29 Mario Martínez Mario Martínez 22 46-3-2
win
SD
12
27
Aug 29, 1987 29 generic fighter pic Marcos Villasana
win
UD
12
26
Mar 07, 1987 28 generic fighter pic Mauro Gutierrez
win
KO
6
25
Jun 22, 1986 27 generic fighter pic Danilo Cabrera
win
TKO
10
24
Feb 25, 1986 27 generic fighter pic Marcos Villasana
win
MD
12
23
Oct 12, 1985 27 generic fighter pic Pat Cowdell
win
KO
1
22
Sep 06, 1985 27 generic fighter pic Juvenal Ordenes
win
TKO
5
21
Dec 08, 1984 26 Wilfredo Gómez Wilfredo Gómez 28 41-1-1
win
KO
11
20
Mar 09, 1984 25 generic fighter pic Hector Cortez
win
UD
10
19
Nov 25, 1983 25 generic fighter pic Kabiru Akindele
win
KO
9
18
Sep 23, 1983 25 generic fighter pic Alberto Collazo
win
TKO
2
17
Aug 17, 1983 25 generic fighter pic Alvin Fowler
win
TKO
2
16
Feb 12, 1983 24 generic fighter pic Ricky Wallace
win
UD
10
15
Oct 31, 1982 24 generic fighter pic Irving Mitchell
win
TKO
5
14
Jul 21, 1982 24 Salvador Sánchez Salvador Sánchez 23 43-1-1
loss
TKO
15
13
Jun 26, 1982 23 generic fighter pic Mukaila Bukare
win
TKO
6
12
Feb 28, 1982 23 generic fighter pic Charm Chiteule
win
TKO
10
11
Dec 04, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Kabiru Akindele
win
KO
6
10
Sep 26, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Brian Roberts
win
TKO
5
9
Aug 18, 1981 23 generic fighter pic Miguel Ruiz
win
TKO
4
8
May 02, 1981 22 generic fighter pic Don George
win
KO
5
7
Mar 06, 1981 22 generic fighter pic Aziza Bossou
win
PTS
8
6
Dec 13, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Joe Skipper
win
TKO
10
5
Oct 04, 1980 22 generic fighter pic David Capo
win
PTS
10
4
Aug 02, 1980 22 generic fighter pic Abdul Rahman Optoki
win
TKO
8
3
Mar 01, 1980 21 generic fighter pic Henry Saddler
win
TKO
9
2
Feb 02, 1980 21 generic fighter pic Nii Nuer
win
TKO
3
1
Dec 01, 1979 21 generic fighter pic Billy Kwame
win
PTS
10
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