Editing Jeff Fenech (section)

===Bantamweight champion===
Fenech took only six professional fights to become the number one contender. He became the eighth-fastest boxer to fight for a world title after beginning his career when he challenged [[Satoshi Shingaki]] for the IBF Bantamweight title in only his seventh bout, displacing the second [[Davey Moore (boxer, born 1959)|Davey Moore]], and trailing Shingaki himself, [[Leon Spinks]], [[Saensak Muangsurin]], [[Pete Rademacher]], [[Joves De La Puz]], [[Joko Arter]] and [[Rafael Lovera]]. Fenech was the third fastest boxer to become a world champion, behind Muangsuring and Spinks, when he knocked out Shingaki in nine rounds in front of a packed house at the Horden Pavilion in Sydney. After two non-title knockout wins, he gave Shingaki a rematch at the [[State Sports Centre]] in Sydney and retained the crown with a knockout in three rounds. After one more non-title knockout win, Fenech had to go the distance for the first time, when he faced American [[Jerome Coffee]] at the [[Sydney Entertainment Centre]], retaining the title by a 15-round unanimous decision.<ref name="mildura-weekly" />
   
In 1986, Fenech had only two bouts, but they were both major fights: He won a 10-round, non-title fight decision over former [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] bantamweight and future super bantamweight world champion [[Daniel Zaragoza]], and he retained his IBF world championship with a TKO in round 14 over American [[Steve McCrory]]<ref name="mildura-weekly" /> in a bout dubbed "Olympic Revenge" by Fenech's then promoter Bill Mordy. McCrory, like Fenech, had competed in the flyweight division at the Los Angeles Olympics, winning the [[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Gold Medal]] by defeating Redžep Redžepovski in the final. After the bout at the Sydney Entertainment Centre, McCrory graciously allowed the Australian to wear his Olympic Gold Medal to show off to the crowd. During the fight with McCrory, Fenech wore green and red trunks, the colours of the [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]] rugby league team with their tough forward [[Mario Fenech]] (no relation) in his corner. McCrory was trained out of the [[Kronk Gym]] in [[Detroit]].