Boxing great uses 'privileges' to alter title fight

Boxing large Jeff Fenech has admitted to utilizing "Fenech privileges" to guarantee a rubric combat avoided ending arsenic a nary contention arsenic Hassan Hamdan claimed the Australian ace lightweight belt.

Hamdan dominated the archetypal 4 rounds against Justin Frost, but was near with a immense gash supra his near oculus pursuing an inadvertent caput clash with Frost successful the last 2 minutes of the 4th round.

The combat was stopped owed to dense bleeding with a doc connected the country declaring that it should not continue.

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Fenech, who was successful Hamdan's corner, pleaded with the referee and the doc to "give maine the accidental to hole it", earlier the doctor's telephone was overruled and the combat was allowed to continue.

Jeff Fenech was animated successful Hassan Hamdan's corner. (Kayo)

Hamdan was capable to spot retired the last 1.09 remaining successful the circular earlier the combat was called disconnected astatine the extremity of the 4th round. All 3 judges connected manus voted successful Hamdan's favour, giving him a unanimous points decision.

"You person to admit the power that Jeff Fenech has whenever helium is the trainer successful the corner," MainEvent commentator Ben Damon said.

"He has that beingness and it has played a portion here."

Fenech's power connected the contention did not spell unnoticed by former American boxer Shawn Porter.

"Let's beryllium realistic here, Jeff did everything helium needed to bash to get retired of that round," helium said.

Hassan Hamdan looks towards Jeff Fenech for guidance aft the doctor's determination to telephone the combat disconnected (Chris Hyde via Getty Images)

"Frost's country should've been doing everything they needed to bash to support that combat successful that circular truthful it could get stopped.

"It was 1 of those tricky situations wherever the ref, his backmost was against the ropes, the doctor's backmost was against the ropes, due to the fact that you don't privation to disappoint Mr Fenech implicit there. I bash judge that Mr Fenech played a relation here, but besides Hamdan himself pleading and arguing that helium could continue.

"There's a batch that went connected determination that shouldn't person gone connected ... Jeff Fenech was not expected to beryllium up there. You're not allowed to beryllium up there.

"That was conscionable beauteous coaching determination (by Fenech), but it was besides him moving his magic successful presumption of who helium is and his starpower present successful Australia."

Justin Frost with humor draped each implicit him pursuing the combat with Hassan Hamdan (Chris Hyde via Getty Images)

Fenech confirmed it himself aft the effect was made official.

"I knew it (the cut) was bad, but I knew that helium won each round," helium said.

"I conscionable knew that if we could get done that 4th circular this loop was coming location with us. Thanks to the Fenech privileges we got it done."

"The doc wanted to halt it," Hamdan added.

"I said, 'Listen, I astir floored this motherf---er, you're not going to f---ing springiness maine a draw, nary way'."

Hamdan and Frost person already agreed to a rematch astatine a aboriginal day to beryllium determined.

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