Johnny Famechon vs Barry McGuigan

Jean-Pierre has nearly twice the fights but also has twice the losses but the experience edge goes to him - they are within a pound and an inch of each other so I don't see a physical advantage to be disputed... Finbar Patrick was the harder hitter but Johnny was never stopped soooo I lean toward Famechon by close decision due to chin and experience - I don't see Barry blasting him out or outworking him but I do see him trying hard and coming close enough to make this a close and entertaining fight.

 

Famechon on pts.
Johnny Lewis trainer of Jeff Fenech on Johnny Famechon.

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Johnny's movement would trouble Barry but Barry slowed down Taylor who could fly around the ring .
Barry is the stronger of the two but Fammo was slick and has never been stopped.
i think Fammo wins but its alot closer then people think .Barry was very strong and had that body attack.

 

Hey fellas, Fammo by close nod for mine. Say 9 rounds to 6 with the Aussie finishing better. Fammo was a proven fifteen round fighter and as stated previously was never stopped in a very long career. He had a very large motor.

I just don't think Barry was quite quick enough or strong enough to beat him but McGuigan did have a great left hook to body and head which is always a good thing to have when fighting a stick n move type fighter.

Harada was a lot faster and a lot busier than Barry which helped him give the Aussie fits.

Cheers All.

 

Fammo for me too.

Whist McGuigan was a really good and aggressive fighter and would cause Famechon (and a lot of other featherweight champions) problems, I'd expect Fammo's brilliant footwork and top notch head movement to allow him to evade and elude most of Barry's heavier stuff. Fammo had a great jab that he was busy with, a good fast and sneaky left hook and a decent (though underused) straight right.

A McGuigan win wouldn't surprise me either but I reckon Fammo would be able to score consistently from range and to be too elusive when Barry brings the action to close quarters. I like Johnny by a tight UD here.

Great match up by the way.

 

Fammo was a class act. Australia doesn't produce masterful boxers anymore which is a pity.

 

McGuighan loses more head to heads on here than Hatton!!

 

Well, why not? What's changed?

 

It's a pretty marginal sport here now Russ. Anthony Mundine and Jeff Horn are the only two fighters with any sort of profile at the moment unfortunately and Mundine is beyond shot.

In Famechon's and Rose's era Australia went through a boxing boom of sorts. We had a prime time show called TV Ringside which screened live fights and gave massive exposure and publicity to a heap of Aussie fighters. Participation was much higher and the talent pool was much deeper to draw from in that era.

There's probably fewer top trainers around these days as well. Fammo was trained by master trainer Ambrose Palmer whose methods on boxing focused on an air tight defense and great footwork as opposed to overt aggression. Plus you also had smart operators like Jack Rennie, Ern McQuillan, Bernie Hall etc imparting their vast knowledge to young fighters.

There's probably other factors too but that's a couple off the top of my head.

 

I don't know. Boxing was much bigger in Australia in the sixties than it is now. Bigger talent pool so testing domestic competition? Standard of Trainers?
A lot of Australian boxers these days seem to share the traits of coming into a fight very fit, ready to fight, brave and tough but to my eyes the skill level is not there.