Gospel singer Celestine Donkor has praised famous retired boxer, Professor Azumah Nelson, for paying for her secondary education on the occasion of Prof Azumah Nelson’s 66th birthday.
The singer revealed that without the prompt intervention of the benevolent Prof Azumah Nelson, she would not have been able to pursue her secondary( senior high school) education.
“A glorious birthday to the man that gave me secondary education. My family at that time had no ideas how my secondary education would be funded but for this great man.
Happy birthday Azumah Zoom Zoom Nelson. I thank God for your life,” she wrote on social media.
Prof Azumah Nelson, a former World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight and super-featherweight champion, is widely considered one of the Africa’s greatest boxers of all time.
Born in Accra, he had an impressive amateur boxing career, winning many titles at that level.
When he turned professional, he won the WBC Featherweight World Title in 1984, generating worldwide attention to himself and Ghana.
He continued to have an illustrious career in professional boxing before he retired.
