Azumah Nelson

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human professional boxer world boxing champion

Azumah Nelson is a Ghanaian former professional boxer widely regarded as one of Africa’s greatest fighters, known especially for his dominant reign as a world champion in the featherweight and super featherweight divisions.

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Azumah Nelson canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
world boxing champion ⓘ
activeYears 1979–2008 ⓘ
boxingStance orthodox ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Africa ⓘ
countryOfBirth Ghana ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ghana ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1958-07-19 ⓘ
familyName Nelson ⓘ
fought Gabriel Ruelas ⓘ
Jeff Fenech ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez ⓘ
Wilfredo Gómez ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Azumah ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2004 ⓘ
honor ranked among top super featherweights in boxing history ⓘ
knownFor being one of Africa’s greatest boxers ⓘ
dominant reign as featherweight world champion ⓘ
dominant reign as super featherweight world champion ⓘ
name Azumah Nelson self-link ⓘ
nationality Ghanaian ⓘ
nickname The Professor ⓘ
notableRival Jeff Fenech ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez ⓘ
Wilfredo Gómez ⓘ
occupation boxer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Accra ⓘ
professionalStatus former professional boxer ⓘ
recognition considered one of the greatest African boxers of all time ⓘ
regionalAssociation West Africa ⓘ
resultAgainstJeffFenech won WBC super featherweight title in rematch ⓘ
resultAgainstWilfredoGómez won WBC featherweight title ⓘ
retired 2008 ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
style aggressive technical boxer-puncher ⓘ
titleHeld WBC featherweight title ⓘ
WBC super featherweight title ⓘ
turnedProfessional 1979 ⓘ
weightClass featherweight ⓘ
super featherweight ⓘ
worldChampionIn featherweight ⓘ
super featherweight ⓘ

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World Featherweight Title → hasNotableChampion → Azumah Nelson ⓘ
Azumah Nelson → name → Azumah Nelson self-link ⓘ
Pernell Whitaker → fought → Azumah Nelson ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez → notableVictoryOver → Azumah Nelson ⓘ
Salvador Sánchez → defendedTitleAgainst → Azumah Nelson ⓘ