{"id":23027,"date":"2019-11-05T16:24:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=23027"},"modified":"2019-11-05T16:24:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T16:24:13","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-azumah-nelson-defended-wbc-superfeather-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-history-azumah-nelson-defended-wbc-superfeather-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"On this day in history, Azumah Nelson defended WBC superfeather crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On this day in history, Azumah Nelson defended WBC superfeather crown<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>November 5<sup>th<\/sup>,1989<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian\u00a0 Azumah Nelson, better knows as &#8220;the Professor&#8221; due to his brilliant hard hitting technique\u00a0 and skill, defended his WBC super featherweight championship after defeating\u00a0 British Jim McDonnell, by TKO in the tenth round. The fight took place at the Royal Albert Royal Hall in London, England. McDonnell\u00a0 was dropped 4 times during the fight. 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