Quote Originally Posted by Bukom Battler View Post
Just to confirm in the first Fenech fight he was suffering from Malaria. Proved what he could do with Fenech in a hostile environment (fenech's back yard in Oz) in the rematch.

Defo the greatest African fighter of all time.
I have never bought the Malaria story from Nelson, if he had any sign of Malaria he would not have been passed to fight. The Symptoms of Malaria are great, you cannot hide them and you cannot fight a world championship fight with the symptoms of Malaria. 'The Professor' was very good at making excuses in fights, he is the greatest African fighter ever, but he was soundly beaten in that first Fenech fight. In fact the 2nd fight was close up until the KO, despite the first round knockdown Fenech fought back well until nailed. People are selling Fenech's performance that first fight well short.