African boxing great and Hall of Famer Azumah Nelson talks about his fight with Mexican great Salvador Sanchez at Madison Square Garden, New York on 21st July 1982 for the WBC featherweight world title.
Azumah Nelson should be proud to have had a fight with one of the greatest fighter on earth. He knows it because he fought against the best of his times, including Wilfredo Gomez. Azumah was also one of the greatest, but Salvador was probably the best on earth so far.
Qué casualidad que Gómez y Nelson no estaban bien "preparados" para sus peleas contra Sal Sánchez jajaja la realidad es que a los dos les dio la madriza de sus vidas jajaja
Tanto Azumah como Wilfrido pensaban que en la revancha le iban a ganar a Sal, pero lo que ellos no reconocerán jamás es que para una segunda pelea Sal también iba ser mucho mejor que la primera, porque al haber peleado con ellos los había estudiado y sabía como vencerlos y por lo tanto mejoraba la manera de atacarlos, sino pregúntele al coloradito López.
LOL Why does the RU-vid "translator" always interpret your (spanish speakers) adjective of "Him" (which is masculine) into "HER" (Feminine)?!??? LOL It looks like you guys call everyone a Woman LOL. I wonder if all my comments sound weird when the Computer translates it to spanish.
@@julioguzman6238con todo respeto aquí los que opinan que Asumah Nelson no se preparó bien y que solo entrenó dos semanas antes de pelear contra Salvador Sánchez no dicen o no saben que Asumah Nelson hera campeón nacional de su país y qué tenía más de doscientas peleas de amateurs eso se supo en esos años cuando pelearon eyos además de qué también es una desventaja que si te estás preparando para una pelea contra un peleador te lo cambien de un derrepente al último minuto porque Salvador Sánchez se estaba preparando para defender su título contra un peleador colombiano y este se lastimó y le cambiaron el rival quien fue Asumah Nelson nunca lo pudo estudiar su forma de pelear y aun así le dio cátedra de boxeo ganó categóricamente y digan lo que digan Salvador Sánchez hiba ganando esa pelea y aunque Asumah Nelson se hubiera preparado un año entero nunca le hubiera podido ganar al gran campeón mundial Salvador Sánchez
rene well said,there is no ashame,loosing to a great champion like sanchez,n loosing take nothing a way of the greatness of wilfredo or azuma,they both should accept,salvador snachez beat them,just beacause he was a better fighter,but good point,that is how sport should be seen.
would have been a fight for the ages...i think Arguello's power and length would have given Sanchez fits, forcing him to be more aggressive than he would like to be, i believe Arguello would put him down but not out, Sanchez rises to launch a fierce attack of counterpunches that ultimately wears Arguello down late. Sanchez via 11 round tko
This comment makes little sense when one regards their fight in its proper context. Nelson took Sanchez to the edge of despair on two weeks notice. Imagine if Nelson had the benefit of a proper camp?
No podemos negar q asuman nelson, fue excelente boxeador, rápido, valiente, pero Salvador Sánchez , le demostró ser mejor, un boxeador fuera de serie, sereno, resistente, rápido, valiente, humilde con un don celestial increíble.
JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ is certainly worth mentioning. His chin and toughness would have given Sanchez all he could handle. For me it would be impossible to pick a winner in that fight.
We are not from Mexico , or Africa , Nelson , we highly respect you for your HONEST remarks about the great Salvador Sanchez. Both of you put on an exciting bout! Your life from a poor man to a top champion , like Salvador who did not come from a wealthy family deserves the Hall of Fame! You and Sanchez are super heroes!
Bro wtf are you talking about?? Mexican here and Nelson was speaking truth. Truth hurts sometimes. I saw the fight and Nelson won everything up to round 10ish.
Much respect to a great warrior and true champion. Azumah Nelson has always been a favorite fighter of mine. It was disappointing to hear him make excuses about his loss to another all time great though. In watching that fight it was clear that Nelson's conditioning was excellent, but he was outclassed by Sanchez. That had nothing to do with his mouthguard. He needed a KO to win and he went for it just like he should have. He fell short. A rematch would have been great. Nelson was not yet the polished champion he would become when he fought Sanchez.
@Mari Jata I suspect that Nelson had much more than two weeks notice. Sanchez was probably set up, and had no idea who he was going to fight. That is why they brought Nelson half-way around the world on last minute's notice. Just a suspicion.
In my opinion Sanchez didn’t look his usual self in the fight vs Nelson, didn’t have that usual sharpness. Maybe he felt he could coast the fight. However you can see that when Sanchez knew he was in a real fight he stepped it up a gear, was bouncing on his feet again looking his usual self, but even still Nelson had him in trouble. It was Sanchez’s toughness, conditioning and the left hook that won him the fight. Sanchez was spamming the left hook once he figured it was the punch that was getting through on the counter
Azuma was a fabulous fighter in his day. It's a shame he couldn't be more gracious about his defeat by the great Salvador. It is no shame and Nelson's later achievements make up for it. I understand he and Gomez washed their hands in the gravel at Salvador's grave to try and absorb some of his skills.
You don't want to know that truth. Everybody boxer would take stock of what happened in a loss. What is wrong with what he is saying. Azumah always believed he could beat Sanchez in another fight. I never doubted him.
When great fighters face each other in the ring, something has to give. Azumah became a great champion but Sanchez was on a higher level at this time, sadly given Sanchez’s death we will never know his ultimate greatness, but if you saw his fights and the fighters from that era then you know he was great.
No doubt that Azuman did really good facing against Sanchez on a 2 weeks notice. Regardless of the lost. He still did good. No shame in that. He has my respect ✊ 🇲🇽
Era muy buen boxeador Nelson y con la derrota que le propino Sanchez mejoró mucho su técnica, el maestro aprendió como ser campeón con el gran campeón Salvador Sánchez, QEPD. Cuando se nace con ese don como Sanchez lo tenia solo hay que aprender de ellos y no poner excusas.............
It took Sanchez some time to figure Azumah out, once he did, he was outscoring him. Sanchez was hitting Nelson with a short left hook as Azumah punched wide. This would happen over and over no matter how many times they fought. Just a matter of how many of those left hooks Nelson could take. Sharp inside punching beats long outside punching every time.
José De La Luz pues si asi dijo que pinche pretexto ya esta como el otro cabron de wilfredo gomez ...les gano y bien que no busquen pretextos que no se prepararon bien ..pues si iban x el un titulo mundial que no mamen
Traduscanlo al español ya que es interesante, en america somos seguidores de el boxeo que iso salvador sanchez y quisieramos saber que dijo asuma nelson sobre nuestro idolo sal sanchez ( desde panamá saludos)
Escusas como que solo se preparo 2 semanas, como que tuvo los sparring adecuados, como que refere le paro mal la pelea, y otra mamada que no tuvo la oportunidad de la revancha por la muerte de Sal. Sánchez entre otras mamadas.. Mismos pretextos que Wilfredo Gómez. Les hubiera ido igual que el coloradito ese si le dio su madrina 2 veces.
You have to remember that Salvador only trained for a tune up fight since they thought Nelson was going to be an easy fight. If they has rematched, Sanchez would have trained for a championship fight and would have sliced Nelson up.
It was a tune up fight ? Are you aware the fight was scheduled for 15 rounds ? Are you saying Salvador didn`t train well enough to go the full 15 ? Tune up fights for a world champ are usually scheduled for ten rounds none title. They expected Nelson not to last long until Sanchez camp was tipped off by the sparing partner just how strong Nelson was in the ring against him. Sanchez was already set to fight Arguello next.
@amck72 - wrong. The negotiations for Arguello were off of the table at the time of Sanchez's death. Yes this was considered a tune up fight for his next big fight. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_S%C3%A1nchez
Salvador Sánchez que tremendo peleador wao ese si peleaba de verdad ahora he tenido la oportunidad de mirar todas sus peleas que lastima que muriera en ese fatídico accidente
La historia se escribe en el momento que corresponde. Salvador escribió una maravillosa historia para el boxeo mundial, un atleta integro, se desluce Nelson pretendiendo excusar una derrota innegable.
Fuisteis grande azuma pero te duele ese manchón k te dejo Salvador obsérvate tu mismo fue tu mejor pelea aunque ayas perdido jamás volvisteis a pelear de la forma k peleasteis con Salvador estabas en tu maximo potencial hasta te distes el gusto de bailar ante el mas grande de todos. Nunca te volví a ver pelear de esa forma jamás tenias poder juventud condición física como jamás volviste a a tener. Así k no estés de hablador en la revancha Sánchez no te hubiese dejado ni sikiera respirar ten la seguridad Sánchez en ese momento ni sikiera sabía de lo i o sea k no se preparo para tu estilo pero después ya conociéndote tu estilo te aseguro no le hubieras durado ni sikiera los 10 round como Wilfredo eso es seguro así k no estés de hablador y agrádese k murió sanchez de otra manera jamás hubieras llegado a ser campeón x k tu jamás ni en 100 Revanchas habrías podido con la grandeza de Sánchez siéntete agradecido mejor👍🏼
Asuma Nelson la admiración que sentía murió, mal perdedor cobarde al querer desmeritar la superioridad de Salvador Sanchez, no quiere aceptar que el mítico peleador mexicano era su mero padre
Ahuevo donde quedó su bailecito pinche nito te puso uno putiza Sánchez lastima que murió si no con todo gusto les hubiera dado otra putiza Sánchez el no era rajado y mucho menos les daba la vuelta como muchos boxeadores de ahora que son de vidrio
respeto mucho la opinión de el profe.azuma nelson pero con todo respeto salvador sanchez era mejor boxeador q el salvador savia canimar en el rin tenía una surda devastadora y suderecha era fulminante tenía mucha técnica de boxeo savador sanchez nunca le cortaron las sejas de un golpe boxeaba con mediaguardia era increíble la técnica de boxeo de sal sachez y azuma nelson era un boxeador duro pero muy frontal
Era sucio este boxeador , en casi todas sus peleas daba golpes prohibidos ya que eran a la nuca y con los brazos habiertos, es difícil ser derrotado y haceptar que alguien es mejor pero lo único importante es que le ganaron y bien así que cualquier escusa sale sobrando ya que sal sanchez no está aquí para poder haberle tundido con clase una ves mas ....
One of the signs of a great champion is the ability to win in your opponents' backyard. Nelson did that in ALL of his title fights, whether it was in the U.S., Mexico, Australia, Puerto Rico, or Europe. How may other champions can make that claim? He was a great champion by any measure and would have given Sanchez a tough rematch.
@@marknorris1381 I don't know. Fighters are like that. They have fragile egos and Nelson is no different. Name me one fighter who praises the opponent who beats him nowadays? You rarely find a fighter who can put his ego aside and give proper credit. As for the Pernell Whitaker fight, Azumah Nelson was well past his prime when they fought and was fighting two divisions above his natural weight of 126. Plus, it was almost impossible to look good against a prime Whitaker (RIP). He was a gifted athlete and Olympic gold medalist, no doubt. But, let's be honest, he put fans to sleep and was never 'must-watch' TV until he fought Oscar and Julio Cesar Chavez.
Honestly Azumah you were a great boxer during that time but Salvador was too stronger than you and he would have win you again and again but it was quite unfortunate that he hard a car accident at his early age that didn't let you get the opportunity to meet him again. That guy was a killer
Salvador Sanchez fue unico, tenia todo, defensa, cintura, punch, puntería, y sobre una extraordinaria e inusual resistencia fisica, no habra nadie como el, se respeta a Argüello pero viendo lo que hizo de Gómez. Lopez y Nelson, no hubiera resistido Argüello, para mi que he visto boxeo desde los 80' nunca he visto un boxeador tan completo y concentrado serio y eficaz como Sánchez y por cierto hubiera acabado con J.C Chávez.
As great as Azumah was, he did not have anything special to overcome Sanchez' talent. Yeah he can say he wasn't going to get a decision victory, but Azumah knew then and now that he couldn't beat Sanchez on his backfoot (outbox) nor was he going to win most of the rounds via counterpunching, something that Sanchez was a master at. Nelson and his camp knew that and coupled with his great conditioning, chin and confidence took the fight to Sanchez (who was treating the fight as a tune up) and went for the knockout. Sanchez had a granite chin and Azumah on his greatest day would've been unlikely to knockout Salvador. A rematch would've shown a different fight with Azumah taking less chances, respecting Sanchez' power and if Sanchez was unprepared the first time, he forces the action and pushes a cautious Azumah to fight hard and get stopped between rounds 9-10. What seems even more likely is better camps for both fighters, yet a comfortable decision by Sanchez after such a hard, first fight. Azumah was a great fighter with a lot of cultural pride and I understand this interview, but deep in his heart, even he is aware that there are levels to boxing and Sanchez, at that weight class, was a legend and definitely top 5 in that division all-time.
Nice summary I couldn’t have said it better.Most fighters have a plan weather it works or not but how do you beat Sanchez great chin has good power could box counter punch and nobody was in better shape I never saw him even open his mouth to breath even in the 15th round..Nobody ever even hurt Nelson much less knock him down and then out..I really don’t think any feather weight in history could deal with him..#1 all day everyday day and yes this is my opinion....
Nelson was a legendary fighter in his own right. A rematch with Salvador would have been close to a 50 50 fight. Nelson wasn't close to his peak when he fought Sanchez.
Its really something to realize that they very likely would've wound up matched against one another eventually had Sanchez not been in that car that fatefull tragic day in 1982. Likely,Sanchez would've fought Chavez 2 or 3 years later at 130 or 135. Don King wanted Sanchez to fight for the LW(135) title right after The Nelson fight,apparently because there wasnt enough talent and challenge available at that time in the jr.LW(130) division. Chavez started out at 130 and stayed there for awhile,but he didnt start rising to greatness until around 1984 or 85,something like that. So yeah,they definately would've fought and for sure would've had an epic trilogy i'm quite certain.
yea, chavez first world title was in 1984 at 22 years of age, at super featherweight 130 lbs in 1984 salvador sanchez would have been 25 yrs old, he planned to move up in weight from 126 lbs i agree, would've been epic ... maybe like barrerra vs morales
Azumah was awesome. I'd say he's one of the more underrated fighters in history. Watch the highlights of the Wilfredo Gomez fight or Jeff Fenech2. You can see in that Sanchez fight how much punishment he could take and still deliver great combinations. He threw hard, just kept coming. Great cardio. The judge that had him leading is a bit surprising though. I don't know if he won any of the last 5-6 rounds. But at an earlier point in the fight, like 5th or 6th, it would not have been surprising that he could be leading.
The greatrest of sal Sánchez is on the boxers he beat, the Best puertorrican boxer of all time, the Best african boxer of all time, thanks guys by confirm the greatrest of the champ of the mexican people for us he was, is and Will be the Best ever
Ni con todo el tiempo q te hubiesen dado para entrenar lo hubieses podido derrotar, ademas es notoria la excelente condicion fisica en la q llego sr.; el poder del gran Salvador sanchez muy superior, KOT
Claro nunca le hubiera podido ganar por 2 razones contundentes, porque Nelson ya había dado todo y muestro SALVADOR a pesar de su juventud ya era un excelente y en cada combate se nutria de experiencia
so he only lost to sanchez cause he was tired? he was losing the fight in round 8 already. Nelson was a great boxer, that just tells you what Sanchez was.
No, Nelson admits to losing to a fitter man, and judging by the way the fight went, I'm inclined to agree. Claiming that a boxer should always be fit enough to fight fifteen rounds against the champ on two weeks notice is, of course, ridiculous, and you know that as well as I do.
Sanchez was beyond his time above all this fighters simple as that. His dedication to the sport and discipline made him a champion at such ay young age. All this talks and documents are all talk..
Nelson varias veces trato y golpeo a sus contrincantes cuando estaban caídos, era un peleador sucio y SALVADOR Sánchez lo,puso en su lugar en la historia, muy por debajo de él.
Nobody hit Sanchez like Azumah did . Ruben Castillo put some leather on Sal too, but Azumah was the only one I saw that really made Sal back up and really dig much deeper. I am really not sure Sal would have beat Azumah in a rematch.
NO HE'S NOT ! AZUMAH NELSON was WINNING The Fight and ONLY had 2 WEEKS to train for A TITLEFight. That REMATCH would have showed you something different.
@@vincentestone5764 Jajaja, wining the fight? He kissed the floor two times before he was saved by the referee, poor guys you don't know what real box it means
Rene Hernandez still mad he beat the shit out of your Hispanic fighters huh ? 😁 you must be a special type of fucktard to even think of anything bad to say about a humble champion as Nelson.
2 Weeks notice!?! That’s insane, I could definitely have seen him winning with better training. The great Sal Sanchez came out the better man. Love to see these!
@@marknorris1381Well of course there’s always something right? But no one In their right mind would assume that he was sitting on his couch with the performance he displayed.
Salvador Sánchez schooled The Professor. Seems he can’t live with it. Sánchez until this day is still the reference of one of the greatest boxers of all times. Professional elite boxers still recognize his skills, stamina and granitic chin. Sure Nelson was a ferocious fighter, but Sal is the slickest of all time.
dij0 puras excusas ke 1e avisar0n 2 semanas antesde 1a pe1ea ke n0 se prepar0 c0m0 debia ke e1esparring era amig0 de sanchez y e1 1es avis0 de ke estaba bien fuert0te ke si se ubiera preparad0 bien n0 1e gana......
Azumah fought Sanchez tougher than any other I've seen. That fight was in doubt for the majority, in my opinion. He also handled Fenech quite easily. Tough dude!
The same lame excuse Azuma Nelson said about loosing to the Great Salvador Sanchez, was the same lame excuse Wilfredo Gomez gave and they both we're waiting for the rematch that never took place to prove it other then the loss.
Don't know why people hate on Azumah Nelson, he always showed up to fight and he was a class act. When Sanchez died, Azumah went to pay his respect at his grave.
Mi admiración por este negrito se acabó por siempre, que no estaba bien preparado, y no quiso reconocer que el mítico peleador mexicano Salvador Sánchez fue su mero padre
It doesn't matter how long Nelson and Gomez training to fight Sanchez the result always be the same!. Sanchez has had four lunges and very good resistance to fight.
Give em so much crédit azuma Nelson great Warriors great fight with Sánchez real boxing clean fights Sánchez won that night tank you so much for great fight
This was a truly amazing fight. Azuma came to rip Sanchez head off. Fight was stopped in the 15 round after both fighters had been hurt. Sanchez was the better fighter. One of the few fights ever where the perfomance Is so good that even loosing by tko raises a fighters stock. Classic fight. Go watch it.
For those critical of Azumah here in the comments, when I interviewed him, he was extremely humble. I do not believe he was being critical of the great Salvador Sanchez. He was just explaining the short preparation he received. The true world champion boxers must have a mindset that they can beat anyone in the world at any time. Azumah''s comments are from his perspective and must not be misinterpreted. He was not making excuses, just giving his insight. - Paul Upham
Pues la realidad es que aunque ponga excusas de que no se preparó bien de que tuvo problemas con el protector bucal pues eso no es culpa de Salvador Sánchez es culpa de él mismo de Asuma Nelson , Un verdadero profesor es responsable de su propio rendimiento y nunca pone excusas para justificar sus fallas
Bueno, he visto la pelea varias veces y siempre he terminado con los ojos aguados, Azumah era un verdadero león que aguante que calidad, mis respetos, pero el gran Salvador Sánchez simplemente lo atropelló, lo embistió, lo arrolló, lo zarandeo. una gran pelea sin duda, pero el vencedor absoluto fue, en ese enfrentamiento el hijo predilecto de Santiago Tianguistenco... Azumah estaba preparado para cualquier peleador de este planeta, pero no para el gran Salvador Sánchez Narváez...quien le hubiera ganado en todas las revanchas posibles, díganle a Azumah que aquí escribí esto......
There used to be another video where Nelson said the best fighter he fought was Sanchez. And despite Nelson only having 15 pro fights he was one year older than Sanchez so it is his fault he only fought 2 times only.
If you google 'Ring Magazine Best I Faced Azumah Nelson' and read his interview he rates Mario Martinez as the best he faced and barely mentions Sanchez. He probably likes Martinez because Martinez didn't beat him, opposite for Sanchez.
@@marknorris1381 Oh come on,all fighters do that.They never say that the guy who knocked them out was the hardest puncher they faced,it's always a guy they beat that gets the credit.
@@tintomara6209 Refer to Danny Lopez 'Best I Faced'. and even Jeff Fenech 'Best I Faced'. I'm sure if I could be bothered looking there would be others who are honest in their assessments, not clouded by their ego's like Nelson. But yes, I agree in one respect that there are others like Nelson who can't 'man up' and who can't say what they know deep down to be the truth, as their wounded ego's won't allow them to say the truth. The sad part is they lose credibility and respect when that happens.
It’s funny how every one that takes an L has an excuse. you came out the loser that night and there’s nothing you can do or say to undo it . Wilder is the freshest one on that list .
