100 Greatest Pound for Pound Boxers -Azumah 88th

The 100 Greatest Pound for Pound Boxers Of All Time - Azumah is the 88th

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Divisions: Featherweight (126), Super Featherweight (130)


Record: 39-6-2

Years Active: 1979-1998


"The Professor" won the WBC Featherweight title in 1984 by knocking out Wilfredo Gomez and defended it successfully for four years. He vacated the title by fighting for the WBC's Super Featherweight title, which he won and held for another six years.


Perhaps the most impressive in a surprisingly long lineage of successful Ghanaian boxers, Nelson's 10-year reign as WBC champion, including multiple wins over Jeff Fenech and Gabe Ruelas, earns him a spot among the sport's all-time greats.