I think a fight between Fenech-Micheals after Fenech had lost to Nelson, Grove and Holiday would have been competitive and could have been a KO victory for Micheals. A prime vs Prime fight would be difficult as Fenechs best weight was 126 and Micheals was 130-135. Having said that if Fenech had of Fought Micheals before getting stopped by Nelson i think he would have overwhelmed and beaten Micheals in the later rounds by TKO or UD.hood wrote:Guys... I love the battle of wits, opinions and responses.... I am not Barry Michael, yet I have been fortunate to share many experiences with the man... I am not a disgruntled Fenech fan who was refused an autograph, as I have been in his presence numerous times.. and have countless items which jeff has happily signed to me... If you wish to know a simple fact, Barry Michael had Fenech agree verbally to a fight over the phone on one occassion.. it was totally agreed upon that they will fight, yet Barry suggested that fenech would bust his hands on Barry`s head.... No further talks regarding the proposed fight eventuated... Fenech realised the fact, and politely left the talks alone.. I believe I have a fair understanding of the game, and rarely pick the outcome of a match incorrectly... I bet with my brains, not my heart.. thus, keeping an open mind... Call me egotistic if you wish, Im just stubborn and passionate about the game, and my knowledge of it..and hold my opinions tightly fixed.. I will always accept that Fenech won 4 world titles, not recieving the decision in the forth... yet, it wasnt a one sided affair. I spent hours chatting to Phillip Holiday, Mike Juarez and Calvin Grove personally, before they faught Fenech... even drove Mike Juarez and Midge Minor to the press conference.... Both Holiday and Grove suggested that a right hand would be the only requirement to stop Fenech... the proved themselves right.. as fenech was never a great match with an orthodox distance puncher... great match ups make for a great fight...think about it??? Keep chatting and responding, this is a great deal of fun... I wish to continue. Thanks for ya time.
After Fenech was stopped by Nelson his chin was never the same punches he seemed to walk through earlier in his career had him in all sorts of trouble. Its not impossible to think that after that Micheals or Ellis could have stopped him also, but if you look back at there entire careers Fenech really achieved more and will always be held in higher regard than the other 2.