Career
Nelson also held the European and British cruiserweight titles. Nelson"s 14th defence of his WBO cruiserweight title was scheduled to be against Welshman Enzo Maccarinelli on the undercard for the Joe Calzaghe versus Jeff Lacy WBO/IBF unification bout on 6 March 2006, but an injury picked up by Nelson forced the fight to be cancelled and Nelson announced his decision to retire from professional boxing a few months later on 22 September 2006. Nelson is now a pundit for Sky Television.
Since retirement he has spent some time working with the prison service helping inmates with life management skills.
He"s also played a role in some charity work, agreeing to fight a charity match against Jos Battle.
