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Jeff Fenech wins super featherweight world title 31 years after controversial draw with Azumah Nelson

Australian boxing legend Jeff Fenech has welcomed the decision to retroactively award him a fourth world title belt, more than 30 years after a controversial draw with Azumah Nelson.

Having already won bantamweight, super bantamweight and featherweight belts, and being undefeated at the time, Fenech got in the ring with then-super featherweight champion Nelson in Las Vegas in June 1991.

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