Azuma Nelson
Azuma Nelson da waa zɔzɔɔ karaa a be te Gaana paaloŋ, O zɔɔ la gba a gaa Naasaale paaloŋ yuomo mine naŋ pare/tɔle kyɛ pampana eŋ o balɛɛ la, zuiŋ o ba la zɔɔrɔ. O da zɔɔ la a de weɛ ka lɛ vɛŋ ka Gaana nobɛ(ɔ) mine naŋ maala fanfane a boɔla/ɔ ka "Azuma blow". A na la ka Dagaaba maŋ boɔle ka yontaa ta wele ma zu bee seetāān kūūri.
Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebo | dɔɔ |
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Dɔgebo paaloŋ | Ghana |
Country for sport | Ghana |
Name in native language | Azumah Nelson |
Yo-ennaa bee yoporaa | Azumah |
Family name | Nelson |
Dɔgebo bebiri | 19 Gyoonoɔre 1958, 19 Sentɔmbare 1958 |
Dɔgebo zie | Accra |
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluu | Bɔrefɔ |
Tonnoɔre | boxer |
Work period (start) | 1 Disembare 1979 |
Sport | boxing |
Sports discipline competed in | lightweight, super featherweight, featherweight |
Award received | The Ring magazine Comeback of the Year |
Azumah Nelson (dɔgebo la 19 July 1958, ka o e Professor)[1] e la Gaanean zɔɔzɔɔrɔ karaa naŋ baare 1979 te tɔ 2008. O da nyɛ la WBC zɔɔre poɔ 1984 te tɔ 1987 ane a WBC nyaabo 1988 ane 1997. O da zɔɔ ne la H WBC ane IBF 1990.[2][3]A irigyin poɔ, a ABU, ane Commonwealth zɔɔre naŋ yi 1980 te tɔ 1982. A tendaa zaa de o la ka o e zɔɔzɔɔ neŋkpoŋ zɔɔre poɔ, pampana o na la a 69th zɔɔre kyakya poɔ.[4]
Toma
maaleŋNelson baare la 1978 All-Africa deɛne ane 1978 Commonwealth deɛne, naŋ maŋ nyɛrɛ salema zɔɔre diibu poɔ.[5] O da nyɛ la Amateur zɔɔre kyɔɔtaa ya yuoni Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) a yuoni na poɔŋ.[6]
Lɛ puoriŋ, noba baŋ la Nelson ka ba e Gaana yoŋ la. A yi aŋaa, o zɔɔre da waa la baa o naŋ da, yelyaga naŋ ba daara wuri zuiŋ, o da zɔɔ ne la WBC featherweight hampion Salvador Sánchez on 21 July 1982 a Madison Square Garden naŋ be New York. Nelson da ba toɔŋ zɔɔ gaa omeŋɛ a zɔɔre lezaayi ne pie kyakya zɔɔ-iribo.[7]
Featherweight champion
maaleŋNelson zɔɔ di la a zɔɔre anaare won 1983, kyɛ o da piili la 1984 a da zɔɔ di Hector Cortez 9 March Las Vegas poɔ. Yi be, 8 December yuoni na poɔŋ, o da leɛ la zɔɔzɔɔ karaa o naŋ da zɔɔ di Wilfredo Gómez zɔɔre 11 a naŋ di WBC featherweight championship.[8] A yi gyaagyere bata naŋ da kaara a zɔɔre, Nelson da zɔɔ di la Puerto Rico.
Super-featherweight
maaleŋNelson piili la 1988 a zɔɔ di neŋ Mario Martinez by a zɔɔre gbɛɛ pie ne a yi (12) Los Angeles ka o di WBC super featherweight title. Nelson da yi la a zɔɔre gbɛɛ pie soba (10th) azuiŋ o da ba toɔŋ di.[9]
1 December 1995, o da zɔɔ di la a world champion Gabriel Ruelas zɔɔre gbɛɛ anuu soba poɔ.[10]
O ba la zɔɔ zɔɔre te ta yuom-gbulli, ona neŋ Leija maŋ da zɔɔ zɔɔre gbɛre bota soba. Nelson da la leɛ di la a zɔɔre gbɛre ayoɔbo soba. O yoŋ la e a zɔɔre Nelson naŋ da zɔɔ 1996 poɔ.[11]
1997, Nelson da ba di zɔɔre o naŋ da taa neŋ Lineal & WBC kyaare neŋ Genaro Hernandez ba naŋ da zɔɔ gbɛ pie ne ayi soba poɔ.
Legacy
maaleŋA Azumah Nelson Sports Complex Kaneshie Accra poɔ yuori da tere la o yel-erre zuiŋ.
Nyɔvore Yele
maaleŋ2014 Azumah Nelson nyɔvoe yele da kpɛ la saseɛ poɔ. Naŋ da sɛge yi Ashley Morrison ane a yelzu "A Professor - nyɔvore yele ko Azumah Nelson" (ISBN 978-1628571059) kyɛ da kpɛ a saseɛ miri poɔ yi neŋ Strategic Book Publishing poɔ.
Personal life
maaleŋNelson taa la biiri bayoɔbo; David Nelson, Dorinda Nelson, Doris Nelson, Dylis Nelson, Dalvin Nelson, Deloris Nelson, the son, Dalvin Azumah Nelson Junior, kyɛ ka Nelson paaŋ zanna zɔɔre. O ma yuori la Madam Comfort Atwei Quarcoo, o yɔɔ yuori la Joseph Awudu Nelson kyɛ o yɔɔpuulee meŋɛ e Beatrice Abiana, Theresa Louisa, Lakia Felecia ane Oboshie Susana. Pampanna o pɔge eɛ Priscilla Boakye Nelson.
July 2018, Azumah da eŋ la lambo zɔɔre kyaare ne o 60th dɔgebo yuoni bebiri Bukom Boxing Arena. A lambo ŋa da laŋ la taa zɔɔzɔɔreba naŋ be zɔɔzɔɔkpoŋ kpaaroŋ poɔ "gyms" a teŋɛ poɔ ka zɔɔ. Zuzeɛre mine teseŋ Nii Lante Vanderpuiye ane Nii Amarkai Amarteifio naŋ e former sports ministers, Ian Walker a British High Commissioner ko Gaana ane Peter Zwennes a perɛseden ko Ghana Boxing Authority, la da e a nembɛrɛ a lambo poɔ. Noba banuu la da zɔɔ, ka Noba bata da ba di.
Sommo Yizie
maaleŋ- ↑ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Comfort-Atwei-Quarcoo-The-womb-that-birthed-the-legend-Azumah-Nelson-1701188
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/11/sports/boxing-best-boxer-nobody-knows-after-19-years-career-ghanaian-legend-nears-end.html
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/07/sport/azumah-nelson-boxing-ghana/
- ↑ http://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Bcountry%5D=&r%5Bdivision%5D=&r%5Bsex%5D=M&r%5Bstance%5D=&r%5Bstatus%5D=&r_go=
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190825113256/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3039/event/1479
- ↑ https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=198
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/sports/nelson-takes-title.html
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-01-sp-263-story.html
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-01-sp-263-story.html
- ↑ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-02-sp-9474-story.html