Azumah Nelson

Azumah Nelson
Nelson c. 1986
Personal information
Nicknames
  • The Professor
  • Zoom Zoom
  • The Terrible Warrior
Born (1958-07-19) 19 July 1958
Accra, Ghana
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight
Boxing career
Reach68 in (173 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights47
Wins39
Win by KO28
Losses6
Draws2
Medal record
Men's boxing
Representing  Ghana
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton Featherweight
All-Africa Games
1978 Algiers Featherweight

Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the World Boxing Council (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 International Boxing Federation (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, he is currently ranked as the 69th greatest pound for pound boxer of all time by BoxRec.