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.

**Azumah Nelson** (dɔgebo la 19 July 1958, ka o e  **Professor**) 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.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.

## Toma
Nelson baare la 1978 All-Africa deɛne ane 1978 Commonwealth deɛne, naŋ maŋ nyɛrɛ salema zɔɔre diibu poɔ. O da nyɛ la Amateur zɔɔre kyɔɔtaa ya yuoni  Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) a yuoni na poɔŋ.

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.  

### '''Featherweight champion'''
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. A yi gyaagyere bata naŋ da kaara a zɔɔre, Nelson da zɔɔ di la Puerto Rico.

#### '''Super-featherweight'''
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.

1 December 1995, o da zɔɔ di la a  world champion Gabriel Ruelas zɔɔre gbɛɛ anuu soba poɔ.

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.

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

## Nyɔvore Yele
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" ()  kyɛ da kpɛ a saseɛ miri poɔ yi neŋ Strategic Book Publishing poɔ.

## Personal life
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