Two Lower-weight Multi-Division Champions, Sharing success at Bantam and Feather, amongst other Division ports of call, Jeff, The 'Merrickville Mauler' made a career of intimidating his opponents with his Tidal-Wave aggression, Punching the Ambition out of them and leaving them wondering if the Leather Storm would ever blow itself out, it never did, it finally took a professor from Ghana to rain on the storms parade at the second attempt... If Intimidation was an asset to Fenech, well lets just say it's totally redundant Here the trails and tribulations Johnny endured outside the ring meant that inside the ring...whatever was coming at him from the other corner...nothing would phase him.. So with 'No Surrender' mindsets locked and Loaded, the Mental battle here might very well be deadlocked, neither would waver, this would have to be won by painful protracted deed. At Feather Fenech Swamped Iron man Villasana with his Tidal-Wave Aggression, But Johnny at Feather Very impressively took out that other Iron-Man Cesar Soto with Educated Body-shots, is that the key perhaps to a Tapia Victory ? Although Earlier Johnny came out on the razor-thin short end against Paulie Alaya, Anthing Ayala could do surely Fenech could do....right??? i suspect Potentially this could of been the start of an all time trilogy... Let's say meeting at Super-Bantam ... Two Human Dynamos ... Who Powers to Victory.. Jeff or Johnny ??
Good matchup. I think Fenech would win a decision. Tapia has the speed advantage in this one, Fenech is stronger.
Fenech shrinkwrapped himself to make 122. He was exceptionally strong and was probably rehydrating up to 2 weight divisions higher. Tapia could box and attack all night but the size difference is just to great. Fenech UD looking very dominant by the end.
