{"id":765381,"date":"2022-01-25T08:40:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T08:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/azumah-to-run-boxing-academy-this-year\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T08:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T08:40:35","slug":"azumah-to-run-boxing-academy-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/azumah-to-run-boxing-academy-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Azumah to run boxing academy this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"490\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1643100035_250_mini_Azumah-696x490.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Azumah Nelson\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Boxing legend, Azumah Nelson, has hinted of his intention to introduce a boxing academy this year to rekindle the sport among the youth and teach them the best way to become a great boxer.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, it was about time the sport was well taught to the young ones to learn from the scratch to help produce future world champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will embark on a talent-hunt across the country, recruit adolescents as young as nine and 10 years of age, camp them at a specific place, educate them, feed them and teach them the sport,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he would sign a contract with their parents and guardians to officially make them aware that their wards were choosing a career path for their progression and well-being.<br \/>Azumah said he intended to start his academy with 10 young boxers to be able to financially cater for them.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometime ago, I started an initiative like this with former Commonwealth champion, Kofi Jantuah, but after turning him into a Commonwealth champion, he was induced with money and he slipped away from my fingers,\u201d he told the Graphic Sports in an exclusive telephone conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Azumah also revealed that a similar venture he undertook with a relative, Wonder Tackie, did not succeed because he was badly influenced by his manager while sojourning in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Wonder Tackie was told by this American manager to distance himself from me, he became a punching bag for undercard fighters and boxers who wanted to prop up their careers with upcoming fighters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow he has been beaten so much so that he could hardly see,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"o_gd-nrrEMc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sports Ministry, Don&#039;t allow bogus appointment on a new Black Stars Coach - Fire for Fire (21-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o_gd-nrrEMc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing legend, Azumah Nelson, has hinted of his intention to introduce a boxing academy this year to rekindle the sport among the youth and teach them the best way to become a great boxer. 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