Jeff Fenech WTD4 Carlos Zarate

hmm....fenech had a great chin but prime for prime i think zarate would time fenech coming in and have him in trouble. not sure whether zarate would stop him, so i'll say he wins the decision. big shame is that fenech continues to be underrated.

 

Prime4Prime..?? Fenech does not deserve his name mentioned in the same breath as Zarate.

The bull****, shenanigans, mis-matches, promotional hype and 'weigh-in tricks' over ride his realistic credentials..

 

Fenech was really giving it to Zarate. It was good for Zarate that the fight ended suddenly like it did.

I always thought that stoppage was very surprising. The cut didn't look that bad, and Fenech was actually demanding he be allowed to continue.

Fenech was such an awesome-looking fighter at 118 and 122, I wouldn't be surprised if he beat him in their primes too. I certainly would favor him at 122. 118 is harder to tell - even though Fenech still looked great there, he was relatively inexperienced and perhaps sometimes weight drained.

 

Yeah, I got the fight..... Not bad until that bull**** ending.... Zarate looked like he could carry on, but he was age 35 or 36 and fighting at 125 pounds or so, If I'm thinking right........ Anyway, Jeff Fenech was too young and strong and was gonna kick Zarate's ass anyway, in my opinion... The ending sucked..........

MR.BILL:twisted:

 

I might have to watch it again, but I didn't get any sense that Fenech was being bothered by any of Zarate's punches, at least not yet anyway.

I suppose it is theoretically possible that Zarate's body shots could eventually take a toll on Fenech later in the fight. But until that happened (assuming it was ever actually going to happen), Zarate was going to keep getting his head bashed it.

 

Zarate had nearly 7 years off, what might have been his prime years, after losing (ripped off in his opinion and many others) against Pintor. He strung together a dozen or so fairly cheap wins in his comeback prior to meeting Fenech, but it was by no means a prime Zarate that Fenech stopped.

Interestingly, Zarate has been quoted as saying Fenech is one of the few fighters that he fought who would have troubled him in his prime.

Perhaps a great compliment? Perhaps he's being overgenerous to Fenech?

For what it's worth, I think Fenech would have done much better than many of Zarate's other prime time opponents. But beat him, I doubt it.

 

I have to be honest, i think i might have got sucked in to the Promotional hype, shenanigans, mismatches and weigh in tricks. My recollection is that this version of Fenech was absolutely awesome and totally outclassed Zarate with zero trouble. Strange ending, maybe but really, there was no doubt that Fenech wins this fight, although i suppose it is possible that Fenech were to break his hands on Zarates head and thus have some problems.

Obviously Zarate was so far past prime that it means nothing, but i really cant see anyone hanging with this version of Fenech. (Brittle Hands aside).

Saying that, i havent seen most of Fenechs fights for a while, and the older Fenech was prone to being KOd by the big shot, so it is certainly possible and even likely that many fighters could KO Fenech, it is just that the promotional hype and shenanigans is still blinding me. Fenech wins by UD or KO, even in Zarates prime, for mine.

 

Zarate was never the same after Gomez destroyed him.

 

Probably on the money Cobra.

Zarate had so much trouble trying to make weight against Gomez it wouldn't have helped his cause much in that bout. But to his credit he did give Pintor a war (one which of course many, including him, thought he won).

 

Jeff was all over him but Zarate certainly had his moments..Jeff is always all over his opponant but its doesnt necessarily mean he is dominating them, he was eating his fair share of shots. It was a shame it ended there.

Fair go flamey...Jeff could certainly be talked about in the same breath as Carlos but he isnt on his level at bantam from what I have seen...I would side with Zarate to get him more times then not.
Though Jeff in his prime was an amazing specimen of a physically imposing and ultra fit swarmer.

He gets generally a little underrated by most..He would have upset a lot of people's modern favorites and given just about any of the greats from 118-126 a bloody good run for their money.

A few aussies let their personal feelings on the man get in the way..He isnt one of my favorite Australian fighters and yes his out of the ring bull**** has its fair share to do with that..But that doesnt change the fact he is probably the best Aussie born fighter Ive seen on film.

 

You mean he had trouble moving up?