The first time my father and I ever saw Azumah Nelson was in Madison Square Garden on the night of July 21, 1982 against the legendary Mexican Featherweight Champion Salvador Sanchez. (January 2020) Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor) [3] is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1979 to 2008. He was a two-weight world champion, having held the WBC featherweight title from 1984 to 1987 and the WBC super-featherweight title twice between 1988 and 1997.