EPISODE · Dec 28, 2017 · 29 MIN
#22 Jeff Fenech - on life, family and fame
from The Message Pod · host The Message Pod
Arguably the greatest boxer Australia has ever produced, Jeff Fenech started out mixing with a questionable crowd on the sketchy streets of Sydney in the 1970s. Walking into a boxing gym by chance at 17 led to him becoming the Marrickville Mauler, who terrorised fighters with his aggression and power for a man his size. His story is about doing it the hard way and giving back to a community that loved and loathed him at certain times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Arguably the greatest boxer Australia has ever produced, Jeff Fenech started out mixing with a questionable crowd on the sketchy streets of Sydney in the 1970s. Walking into a boxing gym by chance at 17 led to him becoming the Marrickville Mauler, who terrorised fighters with his aggression and power for a man his size. His story is about doing it the hard way and giving back to a community that loved and loathed him at certain times.
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