Huge call to say Fenech would make mincemeat out of both Lionel and Fammo. At bantam he dosen't beat either Lionel or Ferrari and at feather Fammo is just way too slick. JMOP
The trouble for both Lionel and Fenech, at bantam, was always weight. At their peak performance at Bantam, Lionel would have been superior. I believe Lionel should have moved up a division, after the Sakurai fight. Making the weight troubled him. He walked around at 60 kg naturally and cut finger nails, hair and spat into buckets to drop any possble weight whilst training for Castillio, Rudkin and Olivares. At Feather, Rose and Fenech would have been spectacular, especially if Fenech layed of the juice. Lionel at Bantam and Feather with out a doubt.
Heard an interview with Jack Rennie on DSS radio show. In it he said that Lionel really did struggle with weight. Said Lionel could fight like hell til mid to late rounds then just run out of gas due to the weight loss. For that reason opponents would try and weather the early rounds and capitalise later when Lionel tired. Rennie said Lionel was so strong at Bantam that's why he kept him there. But you'd have to wonder if that wasn't another good reason why he should have gone up a division (but I'm not trying to tell Jacj Rennie how to suck eggs - even in hindsight).