On May 18, 1996, a 31-year-old Jeff Fenech (28-2-1, 21 KOs) got a shot at the lightweight IBF title held by Phillip Holiday.
Fenech came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days.
Jeff Fenech was defending his lightweight titles and, fighting for the lightweight IBF titles against Phillip Holiday and lost via TKO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 28-3-1.
On June 7, 1993, a 29-year-old Jeff Fenech (26-1-1, 19 KOs) and Calvin Grove met in the ring.
Fenech came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 3 months, and 6 days.
Jeff Fenech lost to Calvin Grove via TKO in the 7th round, and adds a loss to his record at 26-2-1.
On March 1, 1992, Jeff Fenech and Azumah Nelson met again in a rematch.
Fenech came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 17 days. Nelson was on a 0-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 2 days.
In the rematch, Azumah Nelson stopped Jeff Fenech via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC super-featherweight title. Nelson improves his record to 34-2-1 (25 KOs), while Fenech adds a loss to his record at 26-1-1.