Five other shocking boxing decisions that should be overturned like Jeff Fenech vs Azumah Nelson
Australian boxing fans should be grateful.
A historic wrong against one of our own has been rectified.
Jeff Fenech has
had his controversial WBC super featherweight title defeat to Azumah Nelson in 1991 overturned.
Fenech can now add the super featherweight title to his bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight crowns, putting him in rarefied air as one of the few four-weight world champions in boxing history alongside the likes of Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Durán, Pernell Whitaker and Roy Jones Junior, among others.
The Marrickville Mauler had to wait more than 30 years to get his result changed, but his is a rare case where justice appears to have been done.
After all, Fenech is far from alone in having been "robbed" by judges ringside.
As is the case with any subjective sport, not everyone is going to agree with every decision that's made.
And not every close fight is a robbery.
Styles make fights and some judges prefer certain styles to others.
Of course, historically, challengers have often had to do more than be just as good as the defending champion to take the belts, and it's an acknowledged challenge that home-town boxers will more often than not get tight decisions go their way.
But there have been some absolute stinkers in boxing's long and venerable history.
Given the WBC appears to be in a reflective, mood, here's a list of other matches that might need redressing with some retroactive judging.
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