Azumah confirms comeback bid

Joined : 01 Apr 2008 Posts : 86 My Mood :

Ghana's all-time boxing great, Azumah Nelson in a surprise has decided to stage a comeback to the sport with a bout against his old foe, Jeff Fenech.

Azumah Nelson over the weekend confirmed his decision to fight the Australian during an interview on TV as he expressed his eagerness for the new challenge set for himself.

The boxer who turns 50 in September says arrangements have been made for the "Azumah-Jeff Trilogy".

The purses for the two boxers, venue to stage the fight and the weight category to fight in since they all weigh heavier than featherweight, where they last fought in the first and second fights are yet to be agreed.

However, both fighters have agreed to go for a 10-round bout says the Ghanaian boxer though Jeff had initially asked for 8.

Though age has certainly caught up with him, Azumah Nelson intends to intensify his two-time daily training regimen and extend it to three in the coming weeks.

"This is exactly what I intend doing since a lot of boxing fans think I’m old and cannot perform like I did in the past," the retired boxer says.

Azumah Nelson, who trains boxers from Burkina Faso, Azumah, says funds from the bout would be used to sustain a new foundation known as the Azumah Nelson Foundation which will soon be inaugurated.

The Foundation takes charge of deprived children in the community who will be camped in a games village to be built on a 50-acre land acquired at Akuse in the Eastern region.

At the village, the kids will be offered training in boxing, football, athletics and other sporting disciplines that might be of interest to the kids and the nation at large.