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20-522: Villasana first challenged Azumah Nelson for the WBC featherweight title, losing a narrow split decision on February 25, 1986. A rematch 18 months later was also unsuccessful, as Nelson won a unanimous decision. Villasana fought to a draw for the WBA featherweight title against Antonio Esparragoza on June 23, 1988, with Villasana getting a point deducted for a low blow in the 5th round. Villasana's very next bout

40-645: A fight night to celebrate his 60th birthday at the Bukom Boxing Arena. This event brought together fighters from highly rated gyms in the country to fight contenders in their divisions. Some dignitaries including Nii Lante Vanderpuiye and Nii Amarkai Amarteifio who are two former sports ministers, Ian Walker the British High Commissioner to Ghana and Peter Zwennes the president of the Ghana Boxing Authority, graced

60-714: A film about two young Aboriginal women, Kyah Simon and Lydia Williams , representing Australia at the Women's World Cup in Germany in 2011 . No Apologies won the award for Best Editing in a Documentary and Best Documentary at the Southampton International Film Festival. It also won an Award of Excellence and three Honourable Mentions awards at the International Film Festival for Health Environment and Culture and

80-480: A split decision over 12 rounds in Los Angeles to win the vacant WBC super featherweight title. Nelson was dropped in the 10th round of their encounter and the decision was not well received. On 1 December 1995, defeated world champion Gabriel Ruelas in the fifth round to claim the title. His first defense took place almost a year later, when he and Jesse James Leija had their third bout. Nelson retained

100-523: A unanimous decision rematch to Hodkinson on November 13, 1991. Villasana's son, Marcos Villasana Jr. is also a professional boxer. Azumah Nelson Azumah Nelson (born 19 July 1958, affectionately known as the Professor ) 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

120-511: The 1978 All-Africa Games and 1978 Commonwealth Games , winning gold medals in featherweight at both events. He was awarded Amateur Boxer of the year by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) that same year. However, Nelson was virtually unknown outside Ghana. Because of this, he was a decisive underdog when, on short notice, he challenged WBC featherweight champion Salvador Sánchez on 21 July 1982 at

140-803: The FIH . In hockey his coverage includes the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup , the Asia Cup, the Junior Asia Cup , Hockey World League , Australian Hockey League finals in 2017, and three editions of the Hockey India League . He has also commentated at multi-sport events such as the 2018 Asian Games , Southeast Asian Games and the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games , as well as association football for One World Sports and

160-780: The Madison Square Garden in New York . Nelson lost the fight by fifteenth-round technical knockout. Nelson won all four of his fights in 1983, and he began 1984 by beating Hector Cortez by decision on 9 March in Las Vegas . Then, on 8 December of that year, he became boxing royalty by knocking out Wilfredo Gómez in round 11 to win the WBC featherweight championship. Behind on the three judges' scorecards, Nelson rallied in that round to become champion in Puerto Rico . Nelson began 1988 by defeating Mario Martinez by

180-668: The A League as well as the first season of the Western Force in Super Rugby. In September 2006 he launched Not The Footy Show , a two-hour radio show that focussed on all sports except AFL, with co-host Darren Harper. It later became a regular podcast with co-host John Lee. Morrison was part of the Fox Sports Australia A League coverage from 2006 to 2011. He has commentated sport for, among others, BT Sport , Star Sports , Astro Arena , Neo Sports , and

200-600: The International Film Festival for Peace Inspiration and Equality. The film was also selected for the Tiger Paw Sports Film Festival in New Delhi , and was selected to be screened during NAIDOC (National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) week around Australia FourFourTwo magazine listed it as one of the one of its "Five Football Documentaries to see Before You Die" in its December 2012 edition. In 2019 he produced and directed

220-1023: The MoviePlay International Film Festival in October 2022, Best Sport Short Film at the Calgary Independent Film Festival in November 2022 Best war Film at the Dublin Movie Awards in February 2023 and Best Documentary at the EdiPlay International Film Festival in October 2023. In February 2023 he produced and directed "Return To Your Corner" a documentary on the life of the first boxing world champion born in Africa, Battling Siki . The Premiere

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240-482: 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 69th greatest pound for pound boxer of all time by BoxRec . Nelson competed at

260-712: The World Cup would in fact unite a continent, as then President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki had said it would. The film travels through Ghana , Nigeria , Cameroon , Uganda , Kenya , Zanzibar , Lesotho during the competition, finishing in host nation South Africa. It aired in Africa and Asia and was part of the World Documentary Film Festival , screening in Jamaica , Cameroon , Nigeria and South Africa, where it won an Audience Choice award. In 2012 he produced and directed No Apologies ,

280-577: The World Sports Group. Other sports that Morrison has commentated are badminton, boxing, floorball, futsal , gymnastics, water polo , Kabaddi and rugby union. In 2010 Morrison produced and directed his first documentary film , Standing at the Touchlines . It is a journey through Africa during the 2010 FIFA World Cup that shows not only how football has played such a key role in so many African communities, but also to look at whether

300-625: The documentary Mark Our Place , the story of three rugby players who all played for the same club in Dublin, Wanderers , who went on to represent Ireland, and who were all awarded the Victoria Cross . Their names were Robert Johnston , Thomas Crean and Frederick Harvey . The Film was an official selection at the Richard Harris International Film Festival in 2022. It was voted Best Documentary at

320-571: The occasion. In all there were five bouts, three of which were won by knockout. Ashley Morrison Ashley Malcolm Morrison is an Australian/British sports commentator , broadcaster, writer, and documentary filmmaker. Born in Salisbury , Wiltshire, he grew up in Purton , near Swindon . He was educated at Stowe School , Buckingham and played cricket for Wiltshire. On moving to Australia, Morrison worked for Impact Publications and

340-589: The title with a six-round knockout. That was the only fight Nelson had in 1996, as had become his custom. In 1997, Nelson lost the Lineal & WBC titles to Genaro Hernandez when beaten on points in twelve rounds. The Azumah Nelson Sports Complex at Kaneshie in Accra was named after him. In 2014 the biography of Azumah Nelson was published. Written by Ashley Morrison it was titled "The Professor - The Life Story of Azumah Nelson" ( ISBN   978-1628571059 )

360-472: Was a third shot at the WBC featherweight title against champion Jeff Fenech , which resulted in a unanimous decision defeat. Shortly thereafter, Fenech relinquished the title and moved to the super featherweight division. Villasana won the vacant WBC featherweight title June 2, 1990, defeating Paul Hodkinson . He successfully defended the title three times including against Ricardo Cepeda in Spain, before losing

380-659: Was later Cargo Manager Australia & New Zealand for South African Airways . In 2008 he set up his own media business, Ashley Morrison Media. Morrison has appeared on radio in Perth since 1991, first with 6NR covering the Perth Glory games in the National Soccer League , before moving to 6PR, where he also covered rugby. With the start of the Hyundai A league in 2004 he moved to 6RPH , which broadcast

400-615: Was published by Strategic Book Publishing. Nelson has 6 children; David Nelson, Dorinda Nelson, Doris Nelson, Dylis Nelson, Dalvin Nelson, Deloris Nelson, the son, Dalvin Azumah Nelson Junior, whom Nelson is training as a boxer. His mother was known as Madam Comfort Atwei Quarcoo, his brother was Joseph Awudu Nelson and his sisters are Beatrice Abiana, Theresa Louisa, Lakia Felecia and Oboshie Susana. Currently married to Priscilla Boakye Nelson. In July 2018, Azumah organized

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