Where would you place him in the ATG perspective?? Top 100? Top 150? I mean p4p, not just as a BW, SBW or FW. Or is he worthy to be called ATG?
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Jeff Fenech's ATG status?
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Don't know too much about him, seen the Nelson fights + a few others and I though he won the first one, very good fighter as far as I know, don't know enough to answer your question, always thought he had underrated punching power, I'm sure Benny with a give a full answer if he sees this.
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Fenech was a tough guy, a good fighter but honestly, I think he was somewhat of a media creation, and by media I mean the magazines of the time (KO) that rated him very high pound for pound and promoted him like the next ATG fighter you never really heard of. So, Fenech ATG? No. ATG from Australia? Sure. Maybe even #1 on that list.
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Originally posted by fitefanSHO View PostFenech was a tough guy, a good fighter but honestly, I think he was somewhat of a media creation, and by media I mean the magazines of the time (KO) that rated him very high pound for pound and promoted him like the next ATG fighter you never really heard of. So, Fenech ATG? No. ATG from Australia? Sure. Maybe even #1 on that list.
he also has wins over HOF Daniel Zaragoza, IBF champ Shingaki, Coffee, WBC champ Samart Payakaroon(Best in the division), future bantamweight champ Greg Richardson, HOF Carlos Zarate(old), Callejas, future WBC featherweight champ Marcos Villasana, and Mario Martinez.
he was an overwhelming force at his best.
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Originally posted by blackirish137 View Posthow is he not an ATG on the word scale? He should have a win over Azumah Nelson, making him successful over 4 weight classes. and Azumah Nelson is an ATG fighter himself.
he also has wins over HOF Daniel Zaragoza, IBF champ Shingaki, Coffee, WBC champ Samart Payakaroon(Best in the division), future bantamweight champ Greg Richardson, HOF Carlos Zarate(old), Callejas, future WBC featherweight champ Marcos Villasana, and Mario Martinez.
he was an overwhelming force at his best.
Last edited by Pastrano; 04-05-2011, 04:16 PM.
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The problem is that Fenech then got annihilated in the rematch w/ Nelson and in his next fight after that he was KO'd by the featherfisted Calvin Grove. Those losses affect how I think about Fenech as an ATG.
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Originally posted by fitefanSHO View PostThe problem is that Fenech then got annihilated in the rematch w/ Nelson and in his next fight after that he was KO'd by the featherfisted Calvin Grove. Those losses affect how I think about Fenech as an ATG.
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Originally posted by Pastrano View PostHe was on the slide then. Not sure what kinda problems he had, but he def had problems. And Grove wasn't really featherfisted, just not a puncher.
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Originally posted by joseph5620 View PostThen how do you come up with he was "on the slide" with nothing to back it? Other than he lost the fights? You can't use that as an excuse every time a fighter loses. Especially in the case of the Nelson rematch which happened only 9 months later.
The KO loss to Philip Holiday, that was during his "slide"
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