Famechon was underrated for sure, he fought Harada with a chipped bone in his ankle in that first fight and as a fleet footed boxer this hampered his extraordinary defensive skills. He bamboozled Jose Legra to win the title, KO'd Harada in the rematch, beat future Bantam Champ Arnold Taylor in South Africa and then lossed a disputed decision to Vicente Saldivar in Rome, I have seen this fight and Saldivar would have been lucky to win 3 rounds! Descendants of Caligula were in charge of this fight and Famechon was robbed of his title, sadly this loss meant we never saw the proposed matchup with Lionel Rose.
Whilst not an all time great featherweight he was never stopped in 67 pro fights and only lost 5!
I have met him a few times as he worked as a sales rep in Melbourne before his accident, talked some boxing ( he liked Camacho at the time) terrific bloke!