Birthdate: July 19, 1958
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Accra, Ghana
Azumah Nelson, a former professional boxer from Ghana, had an illustrious career spanning from 1979 to 2008. He achieved significant success by becoming a two-weight world champion. Nelson held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice, between 1988 and 1997. In 1990, he also had a title challenge for the unified WBC and IBF lightweight titles. Additionally, at the regional level, he secured the ABU and Commonwealth featherweight titles from 1980 to 1982. Regarded as one of the greatest African boxers, Nelson is ranked as the 69th greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time by BoxRec.
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