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 an 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 an 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.