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Total Fights | 33 |
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Wins | 29 |
Losses | 3 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 8 |
Title-Fight KOs | 8 |
KO Wins | 21 |
KO Losses | 3 |
WBC | IBF |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 23 years and eight months, Jeff Fenech fought 33 times with 29 wins, 3 losses, and 1 draw.
Fenech retired from professional boxing with a record of 29-3-1, which included three world-title wins and eight successful title defense fights at three weight classes — bantamweight, super-bantamweight, and featherweight. He had a 63.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 21 of his total 33 fights being knockout wins, eight of which were in title fights. Fenech suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round majority decision victory over Azumah Nelson on June 24, 2008.
Some of Fenech's best fights and notable victories include wins over three Hall-of-Famers (Azumah Nelson, Carlos Zarate, and Daniel Zaragoza), Samart Payakaroon, Tyrone Downes, Greg Richardson, Georgie Navarro, John Kalbhenn, and Satoshi Shingaki.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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33 | Jun 24, 2008 | 44 | Azumah Nelson | Win | MD |
32 | May 18, 1996 | 31 | Phillip Holiday | Loss * | TKO2 |
31 | Mar 9, 1996 | 31 | Mike Juarez | Win | TKO2 |
30 | Nov 18, 1995 | 31 | Tialano Tovar | Win | TKO8 |
29 | Jun 7, 1993 | 29 | Calvin Grove | Loss | TKO7 |
28 | Mar 1, 1992 | 27 | Azumah Nelson | Loss * | TKO8 |
27 | Sep 13, 1991 | 27 | Miguel Angel Francia | Win | UD |
26 | Jun 28, 1991 | 27 | Azumah Nelson | Draw * | SD |
25 | Jan 19, 1991 | 26 | John Kalbhenn | Win | TKO4 |
24 | Nov 24, 1989 | 25 | Mario Martinez | Win | UD |
23 | Apr 8, 1989 | 24 | Marcos Villasana | Win * | UD |
22 | Nov 11, 1988 | 24 | Georgie Navarro | Win * | TKO5 |
21 | Aug 12, 1988 | 24 | Tyrone Downes | Win * | TKO5 |
20 | Mar 7, 1988 | 23 | Victor Callejas | Win * | TKO10 |
19 | Dec 11, 1987 | 23 | Osmar Alfredo Avila | Win | KO1 |
18 | Oct 16, 1987 | 23 | Carlos Zarate | Win * | TD |
17 | Jul 10, 1987 | 23 | Greg Richardson | Win * | KO5 |
16 | Jun 8, 1987 | 23 | Samart Payakaroon | Win * | KO4 |
15 | Apr 3, 1987 | 22 | Tony Miller | Win | UD |
14 | Jul 18, 1986 | 22 | Steve McCrory | Win * | TKO14 |
13 | Apr 11, 1986 | 21 | Daniel Zaragoza | Win | UD |
12 | Dec 2, 1985 | 21 | Jerome Coffee | Win * | UD |
11 | Nov 4, 1985 | 21 | Kenny Butts | Win | KO2 |
10 | Aug 23, 1985 | 21 | Satoshi Shingaki | Win * | TKO4 |
9 | Jul 26, 1985 | 21 | John Farrell | Win | TKO9 |
8 | Jun 14, 1985 | 21 | John Matienza | Win | TKO6 |
7 | Apr 26, 1985 | 20 | Satoshi Shingaki | Win * | TKO9 |
6 | Mar 4, 1985 | 20 | Rolando Navarro | Win | TKO4 |
5 | Feb 1, 1985 | 20 | Wayne Mulholland | Win | TKO5 |
4 | Dec 15, 1984 | 20 | Iliesa Manila | Win | KO2 |
3 | Nov 30, 1984 | 20 | Junior Thompson | Win | TKO4 |
2 | Oct 26, 1984 | 20 | Percy Israel | Win | TKO7 |
1 | Oct 12, 1984 | 20 | Bobby Williams | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Jeff Fenech (Marrickville Mauler) is a 59-year old retired Australian professional boxer. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on May 28, 1964. He is a former three-weight-class world champion. Fenech was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2002. His professional boxing career spanned more than 23 years — from 1984 to 2008.
Fenech made his professional boxing debut against Bobby Williams at the age of 20 on October 12, 1984, defeating Williams via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 18 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on April 26, 1985 after 6 professional fights, against Satoshi Shingaki for the bantamweight IBF title. He defeated Shingaki via 9th round TKO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Fenech has won three world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Fenech's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Fenech had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson on June 24, 2008. Fenech won the fight via 10 round majority decision. It's been 15 years, 9 months, and 4 days since this fight.
Fenech had a total of 14 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and eight successful title defenses. He won 11 of these fights, lost two, and drew in one.
Jeff Fenech fought for world titles in six fights and won three of these fights via stoppage. In total, he won three belts across three weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 7, 1988 | Victor Callejas | Featherweight | WBC* | TKO |
Jun 8, 1987 | Samart Payakaroon | Super-bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Apr 26, 1985 | Satoshi Shingaki | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Jeff Fenech had eight world-title defense fights across three weight classes — bantamweight (x3), super-bantamweight (x2), and featherweight (x3). He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Apr 8, 1989 | Marcos Villasana | Featherweight | WBC | UD |
Nov 11, 1988 | Georgie Navarro | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Aug 12, 1988 | Tyrone Downes | Featherweight | WBC | TKO |
Oct 16, 1987 | Carlos Zarate | Super-bantamweight | WBC | TD |
Jul 10, 1987 | Greg Richardson | Super-bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Jul 18, 1986 | Steve McCrory | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Dec 2, 1985 | Jerome Coffee | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Aug 23, 1985 | Satoshi Shingaki | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Fenech fought a total of 33 times during his professional career, which includes 14 world-title fights at five weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and was known for his great performances in his fights. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
April 26, 1985: Fenech wins his first world title by defeating Satoshi Shingaki via 9th round TKO. He is now the IBF bantamweight world champion.
August 23, 1985: Fenech successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Satoshi Shingaki, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
June 8, 1987: Fenech wins the WBC super-bantamweight title from Samart Payakaroon, by beating Payakaroon via 4th round KO.
July 10, 1987: Fenech successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Greg Richardson, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
October 16, 1987: Fenech successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Carlos Zarate, winning the fight via 4 round technical decision.
August 12, 1988: Fenech successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Tyrone Downes, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
November 11, 1988: Fenech successfully defends the WBC featherweight title against Georgie Navarro, winning the fight via 5th round TKO.
Fenech knocked out 21 of his 33 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 63.6%. Of his total 29 wins, 21 of them were via KO (72.4%).
Fenech's first world-title win was the IBF belt at bantamweight. He defeated Satoshi Shingaki via 9 round TKO to win the title.
Fenech won three world titles at three weight classes.
Fenech had 8 successful title defense fights.