Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech
Jeff Fenech (2013)
Data
Birth Name	Jeffrey Fenech
Weight class	Super featherweight
nationality	Australian
birthday	May 28, 1964
place of birth	Sydney
style	Left delivery
size	1.72 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	32
Victories	28
Knockout victories	21st
Defeats	3
draw	1

Jeff Fenech (born May 28, 1964 in Sydney ) is a former Australian boxer and today's boxing coach.

Amateur career

In 1983 and 1984 he was ocean flyweight champion . In 1983 he also took third place at the World Cup in Rome and at the Commonwealth Games in Belfast . He took part for Australia in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , but failed in the third round of the tournament at the Yugoslav silver medalist Redzep Redzepovski.

Professional career

He made his professional debut in October 1984 and won the IBF world bantamweight title in the sixth fight against the Japanese Satoshi Shingaki . He defended the title until 1986.

In 1987 he rose to semi-featherweight and beat the Thai WBC title holder Samarat Payakaroon. After beating Greg Richardson, he controversially defeated veteran Carlos Zárate . Fenech undoubtedly won all four rounds that were boxed, the fight was abandoned after a laceration Fenech. Zarate insisted that the injury was not caused by a headbutt, but by the impact, which would have meant a knockout victory for him if canceled. Only after 45 minutes of discussion did the judges recognize an unintentional headbutt and round counting, which meant a point win for Fenech.

Since Fenech also scored Daniel Zaragossa in a non-title fight, he is the second best boxer after Wilfredo Gómez in the young weight class at Ring Magazine .

In 1988 he won the featherweight WBC world title against Victor Callejas.

In 1989 he was on the ground for the first time in a World Cup elimination match in super featherweight against Mario Martinez. That didn't bode well with his extremely aggressive offensive style. He was also incapacitated throughout 1990 due to constant broken hand problems.

It was not until June 1991 that a duel with Don King's WBC title holder Azumah Nelson took place in the USA . The fight went on and practically all journalists rated the fight for Fenech, but the judges gave it a draw.

However, he never regained the form of this fight. He lost the rematch in 1992 in Australia by technical knockout in the eighth round, his first defeat as a professional boxer.

In 1993 he was surprisingly knocked out against Calvin Grove, known as a weak puncher (30% knockout rate), and then remained inactive for 2.5 years. After a knockout loss to the unbeaten IBF lightweight title holder Philip Holiday, he ended his career.

In 2002 Fenech was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .

Jeff Fenech is considered a close friend of Mike Tyson .

Web links

• Jeff Fenech in the BoxRec database

predecessor	Office	successor
Satoshi Shingaki	World Bantamweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) April 26, 1985–1986	vacant Kelvin Seabrooks
Samart Payakaroon	World Superbantamweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) May 8, 1987–1988	vacant Daniel Zaragoza
Azumah Nelson	Featherweight Boxing Champion ( WBC ) March 7, 1988–1989	vacant Marcos Villasana