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Azumah NELSON
Male
"Professor"
(Samuel Azumah Nelson)
Super-Welterweight, Ghana, Accra
Born: July 19, 1958, Accra, Ghana
Height 5ft 5in, mt 1,64
as an amateur:
1978 Algiers African Games Featherweight gold medal
1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games Featherweight gold medal
1979 World Military Games Featherweight gold medal
amateur record: 50-2-0
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1979 | | + Dec. 1 | Billy Kwame | Accra, Ghana | W 10 | | 1980 | | + Feb. 10 | Henry Saddler | Accra, Ghana | KO 9 | | (Won vacant Ghana Featherweight Title) | | + Apr. 17 | Henry Optoki | Accra, Ghana | KO 8 | | + July 4 | David Capo | Accra, Ghana | W 10 | | + Sept. 11 | Nii Nuer | Accra, Ghana | KO 3 | | + Dec. 13 | Joe Skipper | Accra, Ghana | TKO 10 | | (Won vacant African - ABU - Featherweight Title) | | 1981 | | + Feb. 24 | Bossou Aziza | Lomé, Togo | W 10 | | + May 2 | Don George | Accra, Ghana | KO 5 | | + Aug. 18 | Miguel Rúiz | Bakersfield, California | TKO 3 | | + Sept. 26 | Brian Roberts | Accra, Ghana | TKO 5 | | (Won vacant Commonwealth Featherweight Title) | | + Dec. 4 | Kabiru Akindele | Freetown, Sierra Leone | KO 6 | | (Retained African & Commonwealth Featherweight Titles) | | 1982 | | + Feb. 28 | Charm Chiteule | Lusaka, Zambia | KO 10 | | (Retained African & Commonwealth Featherweight Titles) | | + June 26 | Mukaila Bukare | Accra, Ghana | TKO 6 | | - July 21 | Salvador Sanchez | New York City, New York | TKO by 15 | | (For WBC Featherweight Title) | | + Oct. 31 | Irving Mitchell | McAfee, New Jersey | TKO 5 | | 1983 | | + Feb. 12 | Ricky Wallace | Cleveland, Ohio | W 10 | | + Aug. 17 | Alvin Fowler | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 2 | | + Sept. 23 | Alberto Collazo | Richfield, Ohio | TKO 2 | | + Nov. 26 | Karibu Akindele | Lagos, Nigeria | KO 9 | | (Retained African & Commonwealth Featherweight Titles) | | 1984 | | + Mar. 9 | Hector Cortez | Las Vegas, Nevada | W 10 | | + Dec. 8 | Wilfredo Gomez | San Juan, Puerto Rico | TKO 11 | | (Won WBC Featherweight Title) | | 1985 | | + Sept. 6 | Juvenal Ordenes | Miami, Florida | TKO 5 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | + Oct. 12 | Pat Cowdell | Birmingham, Gt.Britain | KO 1 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | 1986 | | + Feb. 25 | Marcos Villasana | Inglewood, California | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | + June 22 | Danilo Cabrera | San Juan, Puerto Rico | KO 10 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | + Dec. 13 | Aaron Duribie | Accra, Ghana | TKO 6 | | 1987 | | + Mar. 7 | Mauro Gutierrez | Las Vegas, Nevada | KO 6 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | + Aug. 29 | Marcos Villasana | Los Angeles, California | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Featherweight Title) | | 1988 | | + Feb. 29 | Mario Martinez | Inglewood, California | W 12 | | (Won vacant WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | + June 25 | Lupe Suarez | Atlantic City, New Jersey | TKO 9 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | + Dec. 10 | Sidnei dal Rovere | Accra, Ghana | KO 3 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1989 | | + Feb. 25 | Mario Martinez | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | + Nov. 5 | Jim McDonnell | Kensington, Gt.Britain | TKO 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1990 | | - May 19 | Pernell Whitaker | Las Vegas, Nevada | L 12 | | (For WBC & IBF Lightweight Titles) | | + Oct. 13 | Juan La Porte | Sydney, Australia | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1991 | | + Mar. 16 | Daniyai Mustapha | Zaragoza, Spain | TKO 4 | | = June 28 | Jeff Fenech | Las Vegas, Nevada | Draw 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1992 | | + Mar. 1 | Jeff Fenech | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 8 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | + Nov. 7 | Calvin Grove | Lake Tahoe, Nevada | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1993 | | + Feb. 20 | Gabriel Ruelas | Mexico City, Mexico | W 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | = Sept. 10 | Jesse James Leija | San Antonio, Texas | Draw 12 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1994 | | - May 7 | Jesse James Leija | Las Vegas, Nevada | L 12 | | (Lost WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1995 | | + Dec. 1 | Gabriel Ruelas | Indio Springs, California | TKO 5 | | (Regained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1996 | | + June 1 | Jesse James Leija | Las Vegas, Nevada | TKO 6 | | (Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1997 | | - Mar. 22 | Genaro Hernandez | Corpus Christi, Texas | L 12 | | (Lost WBC Super-Featherweight Title) | | 1998 | | - July 11 | Jesse James Leija | San Antonio, Texas | L 12 | | (For vacant IBA Lightweight Title) | 1999-2007
Inactive | | 2008 | | - June 24 | Jeff Fenech | Melbourne, Australia | L 10 |
Summary
Total bouts: 47, Won: 39 (28 inside the limit), Lost: 6 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 2, NC: 0
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