Azumah Nelson; "Pride Of Africa … A man who has changed his life" – Herbert Mensah | General Sports

President of the Ghana Rugby Union, Herbert Mensah praised legendary Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson for his outstanding feats in the boxing world.

The Africa Boxing Champion turned 60 on Thursday, July 19, 2018 and will be decorated by the World Boxing Council (WBC) with a prize on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at the Bukom Boxing Arena.

The 60th edition of the Azumah Code Nelson Fight Night named "The Battle" will be a fight five

Born in Mamprobi, in the suburbs of Accra, Azumah Nelson defeated all opponents by defeating several opponents and setting records to become the best boxer in Africa.

The triple boxing world champion has badumed a legendary status in his native country. overall when he dominated the super-featherweight division as a champion for 10 years. He was inducted as the first African in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004

. Herbert Mensah congratulated Azumah Nelson for raising Ghana's flag on the international scene and making the African continent proud.

He touted the boxing champion as a "great man a great fighter, as a man who changed life … Happy birthday to a real [truly] great Ghanaian and a great African.We are proud of you and we love you dearly . "

Touching the achievements of Azumah Nelson, Rugby President noted that Mr. Nelson's feats of are such that you did something that few or no other Ghanaians have done. We have sportsmen, we have politicians but very few people have been able to establish this track, this glory all over the world, we are proud to be African and even more proud to be Ghanaian "

Career

Azumah Nelson, a respected statesman in his native Ghana, also established the Nelson Foundation Azumah to help young people realize their potential through ed [19659002TheturningpointofAzumah'scareercameinJune1982whenhehadtheopportunitytofightagainstSalvadoreSanchezfortheWBCfeatherweighttitleItwasatoughfightandtheyoungGhanaianboxerthetimelostinthe15thround

but his fiery performance against the well-established Mexican world champion impressed the sport's decision makers to give him another opportunity.

Two years after the episode of Sanchez, Azumah Nelson rises and wins the WBC featherweight title of Wilfredo Gomez

Azumah, nicknamed the professor, received the WBC Champion Award at the 55th Congress of the Sanctioning body in Baku, Azerbaijan.