The Spinning A Yarn Podcast

Spinning a Yarn with Jeff Fenech


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I sit down with Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech to catch up on his health, the state of boxing right now and some classic stories from his days training Mike Tyson. 

4:30 – “It looked like a chicken nugget that had been overcooked” - Jeff speaks about his emergency heart surgery in Thailand

12:30 – “I told them what I thought of it…” – Jeff’s thoughts on the healthcare system in Australia

17:30 – What’s next for Fenech and his team of fighters

18:20 – “I just told him I loved him” – The stoppage during Tszyu-Brubaker

21:50 – How good is Tim Tszyu really?

26:30 – Mike Tyson says Jeff Fenech is his favourite fighter

27:04 – “I trained him but Freddie Roach got the credit for it” – Jeff talks about his time training Mike Tyson

29:05 – “I just went into the crowd and had a fight with a few people….”

34:50 – How to fix boxing

36:45 – It’s an amazing period for Australian boxing

38:10 – “Glenn Rushton shouldn’t be able to corner fighters”

43:15 – Fenech says who he rates as the greatest boxing trainer ever

44:00 – “They know what they did to me. They know…” the men who ripped Fenech off

50:40 – “In a way I blame Johnny Lewis…”

53:50 – “I was never the same after it…” – The biggest robbery in Australian boxing history

57:30 – The fighter Fenech would have loved to fight

58:50 – What’s next for Brock Jarvis

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