Azumah Nelson
68″ reach · +4.6% reach advantage · 78th percentile
Azumah Nelson has a reach of 68″ against a height of 65″ — a reach advantage of +4.6%, long for lightweight boxing and the 78th percentile of the 120 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+4.6%
68″ reach on a 65″ frame
Compared against 120 lightweight boxing fighters. Median 3.02%.
| Reach | 68″ (172.7 cm) | 27th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 65″ (165.1 cm) | 14th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Lightweight Boxing competed at 3: featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1980s | |
| Country | Ghana |
Record
Boxing record
39–6
47 bouts on record
Finish rate
72%
of wins ended inside the distance — lightweight boxing median 51%, 82nd percentile
The career, bout by bout
47 recorded bouts from 1979 to 2008. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
30y
1979–2008
Longest unbeaten run
20
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1980
5 bouts
Recorded bouts
47
46 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | L | Jeff Fenech | Decision | 10 |
| 1998 | L | Jesse James Leija | Decision | 12 |
| 1997 | L | Genaro Hernández | Decision | 12 |
| 1996 | W | Jesse James Leija | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1995 | W | Gabriel Ruelas | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1994 | L | Jesse James Leija | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | D | Jesse James Leija | Decision | 12 |
| 1993 | W | Gabriel Ruelas | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Calvin Grove | Decision | 12 |
| 1992 | W | Jeff Fenech | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1991 | D | Jeff Fenech | Decision | 12 |
| 1991 | W | Daniyal Mustapha Ennin | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1990 | W | Juan Laporte | Decision | 12 |
| 1990 | L | Pernell Whitaker | Decision | 12 |
| 1989 | W | Jim McDonnell | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1989 | W | Mario Martínez | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1988 | W | Sidnei Dal Rovere | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1988 | W | Lupe Suarez | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1988 | W | Mario Martínez | Decision | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Marcos Villasana | Decision | 12 |
| 1987 | W | Mauro Gutierrez | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1986 | W | Danilo Cabrera | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1986 | W | Marcos Villasana | Decision | 12 |
| 1985 | W | Pat Cowdell | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1985 | W | Juvenal Ordenes | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1984 | W | Wilfredo Gómez | KO/TKO | 11 |
| 1984 | W | Hector Cortez | Decision | 10 |
| 1983 | W | Kabiru Akindele | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1983 | W | Alberto Collazo | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1983 | W | Alvin Fowler | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1983 | W | Ricky Wallace | Decision | 10 |
| 1982 | W | Irving Mitchell | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1982 | L | Salvador Sánchez | KO/TKO | 15 |
| 1982 | W | Mukaila Bukare | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1982 | W | Charm Chiteule | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1981 | W | Kabiru Akindele | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1981 | W | Brian Roberts | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1981 | W | Miguel Ruiz | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1981 | W | Don George | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1981 | W | Aziza Bossou | Decision | 8 |
| 1980 | W | Joe Skipper | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1980 | W | David Capo | Decision | 10 |
| 1980 | W | Abdul Rahman Optoki | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1980 | W | Henry Saddler | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1980 | W | Nii Nuer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1979 | W | Billy Kwame | Decision | 10 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
lightweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Michael Gomez+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Alfred Kotey+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Gabriel Elorde+4.6% 68″ reach · 78th pct
- Davit Kiria+4.59% 70″ reach · 76th pct
- Edwin Valero+4.59% 69″ reach · 76th pct
- Billy Petrolle+4.58% 70.1″ reach · 75th pct
- Richar Abril+4.57% 72″ reach · 74th pct
- Wesley Ramey+4.67% 67″ reach · 81st pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 120 lightweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Azumah Nelson on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.