Researching Azumah Nelson
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Records of Azumah Nelson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Azumah Nelson and the Nelson Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Azumah Nelson
Azumah Nelson
Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958) 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. He also challenged once for the unified WBC and IBF lightweight titles in 1990. At regional level he held the ABU, and Commonwealth featherweight titles between 1980 and 1982. Widely considered one of the greatest African boxers of all time, he is currently ranked as the 31st greatest pound for pound boxer of all time by BoxRec.
Source: Azumah Nelson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Nelson
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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