A day like today, Azumah Nelson defended his super featherweight WBC belt

November 5^th

1989

Ghanaian  Azumah Nelson, better knows as “the Professor” due to his brilliant hard hitting technique  and skill, defended his WBC super featherweight championship after defeating  British Jim McDonnell, by TKO in the tenth round. The fight took place at the Royal Albert Royal Hall in London, England. McDonnell  was dropped 4 times during the fight. The  Referee was Joe Cortez and the judges were Franz Marti, Tom Kaczmarek and Tony Castellano.