Record details

Azumah NELSON

"Professor"

Super-Welterweight

Male

(Samuel Azumah Nelson)
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

No amateur results

Professional record


1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 1	Billy Kwame	Accra, Ghana	W 10

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Hector Cortez	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 10
+ Dec. 8	Wilfredo Gomez	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 11
(Won WBC Featherweight Title)

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 16	Daniyai Mustapha	Zaragoza, Spain	TKO 4
= June 28	Jeff Fenech	Las Vegas, Nevada	Draw 12
(Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title)

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ 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
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 7	Jesse James Leija	Las Vegas, Nevada	L 12
(Lost WBC Super-Featherweight Title)

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Dec. 1	Gabriel Ruelas	Indio Springs, California	TKO 5
(Regained WBC Super-Featherweight Title)

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 1	Jesse James Leija	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 6
(Retained WBC Super-Featherweight Title)

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 22	Genaro Hernandez	Corpus Christi, Texas	L 12
(Lost WBC Super-Featherweight Title)

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- July 11	Jesse James Leija	San Antonio, Texas	L 12
(For vacant IBA Lightweight Title)


1999-2007 Inactive

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 24	Jeff Fenech	Melbourne, Australia	L 10