Jeff Fenech

Jeff Fenech, popularly known as the Marrickville Mauler and the Brick Top, is an Australian retired professional boxer. He was born on May 28th, 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Fenech had a remarkable professional boxing career that spanned more than 23 years, from 1984 to 2008. Throughout his career, he fought a total of 33 bouts, with 29 wins, three losses, and one draw, and no no-contests. Fenech scored 21 knockout wins, and he won world titles in three different weight divisions.

Fenech started his professional boxing career at the age of 20 on October 12th, 1984, defeating Bobby Williams via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 24 more consecutive fights after his debut, including 18 wins via stoppage.

Jeff Fenech had his first world title fight at the age of 20 on April 26th, 1985, after just six professional bouts. He fought Satoshi Shingaki for the bantamweight IBF title, defeating him via 9th round TKO to become the bantamweight champion of the world. Fenech went on to win two more world titles, the WBC super-bantamweight title, which he won against Samart Payakaroon on June 8th, 1987, and the WBC featherweight title, which he won against Victor Callejas on March 7th, 1988. He successfully defended his titles 8 times across three different weight classes.

Fenech competed in the super-flyweight, bantamweight, super-bantamweight, featherweight, super-featherweight, and lightweight divisions throughout his career.

Some of Fenech's most notable victories include wins over three Hall of Famers, Azumah Nelson, Carlos Zarate, and Daniel Zaragoza, as well as Tyrone Downes, Georgie Navarro, Greg Richardson, Samart Payakaroon, John Kalbhenn, Satoshi Shingaki, and Osmar Alfredo Avila.

Jeff Fenech had a total of three losses in his professional boxing career. He suffered his first loss against Azumah Nelson via 8th round TKO on March 1st, 1992, which ended his then 26-fight win streak. All of Fenech's losses came via stoppage.

Fenech's last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Ghanaian boxer Azumah Nelson on June 24th, 2008, which he won via 10 round majority decision.

Fenech retired from professional boxing with a record of 29-3-1, which included 21 knockout wins and three losses via knockout, and three world title wins. His outstanding achievements in his professional boxing career earned him a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame Moderns category in 2003. In 2013, he became the fourth person to be elevated to legend status.

Before his professional boxing career, Fenech had an active amateur career, winning the 1983 Oceanic Flyweight championship, third place at flyweight in the World Championships in Rome, Italy, and third place in the flyweight category at the Commonwealth Titles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Throughout Jeff Fenech's professional boxing career, he faced some of boxing's greatest fighters and demonstrated his remarkable technical skills, strength, and determination in the ring. His success in the sport has cemented him as one of the all-time greats in Australian boxing history.

Jeff Fenech Fight Record