You know i thought he got robbed in the first Paez bout- he got knocked down 3 times in the last round but he outboxed him for fourteen rounds. He almost beat Nelson after getting dropped in the first. He was a really classy boxer at featherweight.
Sort of random, but related to Grove: I remember when he was starting to become well-known, one of the major boxing magazines ( I don't remember which one) was going on about his weird hairstyle. It made me realize what a bunch of out-of-touch elderly white guys wrote for those magazines. His hairstyle was totally normal for a young black man of that time period. Now if they'd said something like that about Paez of course, I could agree...
They told me in no uncertain terms they were glad to get out that bullring in one piece. I guess it got real hostile during the fight. Losing the decision wasn't that important in the moment.
He was a good fighter. Fast and skilled, but not a lot of pop on his punches and liked to trade (he was a Philly fighter) when he didn't have to. He was not all that durable and should have used his speed, height and reach more effectively. I was elated when a past his prime Bernard Taylor knocked him out in 1990.
Fenech was totally past it when they fought, though. He never recovered from the second Nelson fight.
Yes, an one of the most memorable was when a past it Bernard Taylor came from behind to blast him out in the 11th round in 1990.
You know damn well that Fenech was used up by that point, having been punished by Azumah Nelson in their second fight. As is often the case, context is lost on you.
