September 20, 2024

LOC mourns with Azumah Nelson

NEW YORK - JANUARY 26,1993: Azumah Nelson poses with his belt during a portrait session in New York,New York. (Photo by: The Ring Magazine/Getty Images)

Madam Quarcoo died on January 2 this year after a period of ill health.

The Local Organising Committee for the 13th African Games, Accra 2023, helped wipe the tears of two-weight world champion Azumah Nelson during the final funeral rites of his late mother.

The 64-year-old laid his late mother, Comfort Atwei Quarcoo, who passed away peacefully aged 86 to rest on Saturday, March 11, 2023, in Accra.

The Executive Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Dr. Kwaku Ofosu-Asare, was present at the Wesley Methodist Church, Palladium, Accra on behalf of the LOC to mourn with the former World Featherweight champion.

Madam Quarcoo died on January 2 this year after a period of ill health.

by El Akyereko