I wanted to set all the records in boxing, but.., Says Azumah Nelson

 Former WBC Super Featherweight champion, Azumah Nelson has expressed disatisfaction not to have become the first Ghanaian to win an Olympic medal during his illustrious boxing career.

As an amateur, Azumah won most titles in the sport except in the Olympics , as Ghana boycotted the 1980 Games in Moscow when he was in top form.

Azumah won the medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and secured the WBC Featherweight and Super Featherweight World titles later.

“I feel so bad, very bad because I wanted to set all the records in boxing. I was the Ghana champion and I became African champion, I became Commonwealth champion and then I became World champion. I am talking about professional”, Azumah said.

“At amateur level, I couldn’t get to the Olympic Games and we were preparing for the Olympic Games at that time. Because of South Africa (apartheid) we boycotted the Games and we couldn’t go to the Olympics. Nobody has won an Olympic gold medal and that was my dream but God said no,” Azumah Nelson revealed to an Accra based radio station.