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Jr. Light Quarter Finals
Saturday, July 11th, 1992
Accra Sports Stadium; Accra, Ghana
Azumah Nelson 33-2-1 (25) Ghana WBC
vs.
Bernard Taylor 46-5-2 (21) North Carolina
- With a seating capacity of 45,000 for soccer matches, the “Accra Sports Stadium” was expected to be very loud and vocal in support of National hero Azumah Nelson. Wanting to be sure that all who wanted to attend the fight could afford to Nelson had demanded that ticket prices be scaled back and had bought up thousands himself to have distributed to those who could not afford to buy one.
- Odds listed Nelson as a 6-1 favorite. Taylor’s best chance at victory was to outbox Nelson, but winning a decision in Ghana, in front of 40,000+ Azumah Nelson fans was going to be a daunting task indeed.
- Taylor attempted to box, but with 45,000+ cheering him on Nelson absolutely refused to be denied. He trapped Taylor on the ropes and the American had no option other than to fight back. Taylor landed a nice hook, but Nelson was unmoved by and replied with a straight right that literally seemed to sizzle through the early evening sky of Ghana before impact on the point of Taylor’s chin. He collapsed in a 130 pound heap and was counted out. It was a clean knockout!
- Next in the Hall of Fame career of Azumah Nelson is a WBC/WBA unification battle vs. the winner of tomorrow afternoons Gabriel Ruelas – Genaro Hernandez battle.
Azumah Nelson KO1 Bernard Taylor (defends WBC title)
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