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.

Azuma Nelson
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Dɔɔ bee pɔge bee dɔgebodɔɔ Maale eŋ
Dɔgebo paaloŋGhana Maale eŋ
Country for sportGhana Maale eŋ
Name in native languageAzumah Nelson Maale eŋ
Yo-ennaa bee yoporaaAzumah Maale eŋ
Family nameNelson Maale eŋ
Dɔgebo bebiri19 Gyoonoɔre 1958, 19 Sentɔmbare 1958 Maale eŋ
Dɔgebo zieAccra Maale eŋ
Kɔkɔyelii, sɛge ne bee goligoluuBɔrefɔ Maale eŋ
Tonnoɔreboxer Maale eŋ
Work period (start)1 Disembare 1979 Maale eŋ
Sportboxing Maale eŋ
Sports discipline competed inlightweight, super featherweight, featherweight Maale eŋ
Award receivedThe Ring magazine Comeback of the Year Maale eŋ

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]

Nelson 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

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Nelson 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

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Nelson 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

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A Azumah Nelson Sports Complex Kaneshie Accra poɔ yuori da tere la o yel-erre zuiŋ.

Nyɔvore Yele

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2014 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

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Nelson 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

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  1. https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/Comfort-Atwei-Quarcoo-The-womb-that-birthed-the-legend-Azumah-Nelson-1701188
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/11/sports/boxing-best-boxer-nobody-knows-after-19-years-career-ghanaian-legend-nears-end.html
  3. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/07/sport/azumah-nelson-boxing-ghana/
  4. http://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r%5Bcountry%5D=&r%5Bdivision%5D=&r%5Bsex%5D=M&r%5Bstance%5D=&r%5Bstatus%5D=&r_go=
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20190825113256/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3039/event/1479
  6. https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/people/person.php?ID=198
  7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/10/sports/nelson-takes-title.html
  9. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-01-sp-263-story.html
  10. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-01-sp-263-story.html
  11. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-02-sp-9474-story.html