Jeff Fenech
| Jeff Fenech | |
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| Statistics | |
| Real name | Jeff Fenech |
| Nickname(s) | Brick Top |
| Rated at |
Bantamweight Super bantamweight Featherweight Super featherweight Lightweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in (171 cm) |
| Nationality |
 Australian
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| Born |
28 May 1964 St Peters, Sydney, NSW Australia |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 33 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 21 |
| Losses | 3 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Jeff Fenech (born 28 May 1964) is a retired Australian professional boxer. He won world titles in three-weight divisions, and is best known for his trilogy with Ghanaian boxing legend Azumah Nelson. Fenech was trained by renowned Sydney-based trainer Johnny Lewis. He is currently a boxing trainer himself.
Jeff was the 2003 Inductee for the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns catergory and the 4th person to be elevated to Legend status in 2013.
Fenech was born in St Peters, Sydney. After playing junior rugby league and getting into trouble with the Police as a kid, Fenech was turned onto boxing when he attended the Newtown Police Boys Club in Sydney where he met Johnny Lewis. From there Fenech had a stellar amateur career, which led to him representing his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles where he was selected as the boxing team captain. At the Olympics, Fenech lost a controversial Quarter-final bout to Yugoslavian Redžep Redžepovski. Fenech was initially given the decision, but after intervention by the Olympic Boxing Committee and a total recount, the decision was reversed with Redžepovski being awarded the win. Many of the other boxers and those in the press, and not just those from Australia, felt that Fenech had been unfairly robbed of a chance to win an Olympic medal and most boxing writers noted how political amateur boxing was, especially at the Olympic Games.
It was that decision that led Fenech to turn professional later in 1984, and in his first professional fight defeated Bobby Williams by a knockout in two in his homeland. Fenech quickly gained a reputation a fast starter: He won his first eleven bouts by knockout, and held his first fight abroad in only his fourth fight, when he beat Iliesa Manila by a knockout in two at Fiji.
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