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Daily Telegraph
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Telegraph
Boxing legend Jeff Fenech loses it over fake auction
Video has emerged of boxing legend Jeff Fenech falling for a prank and losing it over a fake auction of his property. The social media clip captured the practical joke which was co-ordinated by The Block winner Ozman 'Oz' Abu Malik and boxer Billy Dib. Auctioneer Tom Panos and a group of actors posed as buyers outside Fenech's home while Oz and Dib watched the sale from a car, in the Instagram video titled 'Impromptu Auctions is back … this time it's the CELEBRITY EDITION!'. 'Today we're here for none other than the auction of this wonderful home,' Panos kicked off the auction. 'An opening bid offer to get us up and running today. You tell me what's your bid, sir, 2.5 (million) would have been a good bid 35 years ago.' MORE: Neighbours at war over tycoon's 'iceberg' basement 'King's not having it': Charles' wild blow up 'Misfit': Neighbours unleash on Meghan Fenech then walked outside his house and discovered the scene. 'Why are you going to my house?,' the 61-year-old asked Panos. The boxing legend can be seen throwing the auction signs, telling the crowd to 'f**k off' while the auction continues. 'Get away from my house!' Fenech yelled. The former world champion was told by one of the bidders that his house is for sale. Fenech confronted Panos and told him 'Don't make me do something bad'. 'How's my house for sale?' Fenech asked. 'How's my house for sale?! Don't you think I'd know if my house was for sale?' Panos replied he had been given instructions. A furious Fenech tells Panos he has 'been given the wrong instructions' and threatens to call the police. The crowd intervened, with one man in a suit telling the boxing icon they had been given instructions by the bank. 'Are you crazy? They've given you the wrong address,' Fenech said. 'How's my house for sale? It's my house. I own it totally. How's it for sale!?!' The auction continued with bids reaching as high as $6.5 million while Fenech remarked the house is worth over $9.5 million. Fenech then pushed Panos and bidders off his property as the auction closed. Oz and Dib then hopped out of a car and revealed it was a prank. Oz apologised to Fenech and said Dib wanted to get him back, to which he jokingly replied 'He got me well'. Dib said Fenech had always been a part of his career. 'We've had an amazing journey together,' he said. 'He's pranked so many people along the way, and today he finally got pranked.' Fenech replied 'the pranker gets pranked'. Oz and his best friend Omar were crowned the winners of The Block: Tree Change in 2022. Their property sold for $5,666,666 and took home a record-breaking profit of $1.6 million. Oz runs his building company Zenith, and produces social media content on the side. MORE: Crumbling Toorak mansion linked to royals hits market Melb buyer's bold plan after forking $2m on home Aussie uni's sell-off to pay $72m in staff debt
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Furious Aussie boxing legend Jeff Fenech storms out of his house in his underwear and tells his wife to call the cops
A group of local pranksters almost got more than they bargained for after targeting Australian boxing icon Jeff Fenech by staging a fake auction outside his Sydney home. The practical jokers, led by The Block winner Ozman 'Oz' Abu Malik and former boxer Billy Dib, arrived at Fenech's home with an auctioneer and a group of actors posing as buyers in tow. The crew set up realty signs on the lawn before the auction got underway. Malik and Dib watched with glee from a car as 61-year-old Fenech stormed out of his home in his undies to confront the hired auctioneer on his own front lawn. 'Why did you come to my house for?' demanded Fenech as he started dismantling the signage. 'F**k it off. The boxing legend threw auction signs as he demanded to know what was going on 'Don't make me do something bad... How is my my house for sale?' The auctioneer replied: 'Sir, I have been given instructions.' Fenech then ripped a document from the auctioneer's hand in anger. 'Well you've been given the wrong instructions!' The four-time world champion then told his daughter Kayla to ring the police. 'How's my house for sale? How's my house for sale?' yelled a bewildered Fenech. 'Don't you think I'd know if my house was for sale?' Moments later Fenech took his threats up a notch. '... I know you're videoing me, but in a minute you'll be having a little rest,' said Fenech. Fenech eventually pushed the auctioneer off his property and onto the road The auction continued with the bidding. 'Four's the bid. Four five. Here it goes,' yelled the auctioneer. 'Five million's the bid...' An increasingly agitated Fenech paced around. 'It's worth over nine million,' he interjected. The auctioneer grew louder as fake bidders pushed the price up above six million. 'Six point five once! Six point five twice!' he yelled. Fenech snapped and grabbed the auctioneer and started pushing him onto the road. Dib then rushed out of the car to let Fenech know it was a prank, giving his friend a bear hug as the actors and crew clapped. Moments later Fenech had calmed down and was even smiling about the elaborate stitch-up. 'He got me well,' admitted Fenech. Dib explained that Fenech had always been a part of his boxing career. 'We've had an amazing journey together,' he said. 'He's pranked so many people along the way, and today he finally got pranked.' Fenech replied to Dib 'the pranker gets pranked'.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Boxing legend Jeff Fenech loses it over fake auction
Video has emerged of boxing legend Jeff Fenech falling for a prank and losing it over a fake auction of his property. The social media clip captured the practical joke which was co-ordinated by The Block winner Ozman 'Oz' Abu Malik and boxer Billy Dib. Auctioneer Tom Panos and a group of actors posed as buyers outside Fenech's home while Oz and Dib watched the sale from a car, in the Instagram video titled 'Impromptu Auctions is back … this time it's the CELEBRITY EDITION!'. 'Today we're here for none other than the auction of this wonderful home,' Panos kicked off the auction. 'An opening bid offer to get us up and running today. You tell me what's your bid, sir, 2.5 (million) would have been a good bid 35 years ago.' Fenech then walked outside his house and discovered the scene. 'Why are you going to my house?,' the 61-year-old asked Panos. The boxing legend can be seen throwing the auction signs, telling the crowd to 'f**k off' while the auction continues. 'Get away from my house!' Fenech yelled. The former world champion was told by one of the bidders that his house is for sale. Fenech confronted Panos and told him 'Don't make me do something bad'. 'How's my house for sale?' Fenech asked. 'How's my house for sale?! Don't you think I'd know if my house was for sale?' Panos replied he had been given instructions. A furious Fenech tells Panos he has 'been given the wrong instructions' and threatens to call the police. The crowd intervened, with one man in a suit telling the boxing icon they had been given instructions by the bank. 'Are you crazy? They've given you the wrong address,' Fenech said. 'How's my house for sale? It's my house. I own it totally. How's it for sale!?!' The auction continued with bids reaching as high as $6.5 million while Fenech remarked the house is worth over $9.5 million. Fenech then pushed Panos and bidders off his property as the auction closed. Oz and Dib then hopped out of a car and revealed it was a prank. Oz apologised to Fenech and said Dib wanted to get him back, to which he jokingly replied 'He got me well'. Dib said Fenech had always been a part of his career. 'We've had an amazing journey together,' he said. 'He's pranked so many people along the way, and today he finally got pranked.' Fenech replied 'the pranker gets pranked'. Oz and his best friend Omar were crowned the winners of The Block: Tree Change in 2022. Their property sold for $5,666,666 and took home a record-breaking profit of $1.6 million.
News.com.au
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Iconic Aussie boxer reveals he's ‘forgiven' 50 Cent despite rapper ‘robbing' him of $1.7m
Former Australian boxing world champion Billy Dib has revealed he has finally put to bed his famous feud with 50 Cent, despite the American rapper still owing him around $1.7 million. Back in 2012 a young Dib had the world at his feet and signed on as one of 50 Cent's first clients when the American launched a boxing promotion company, SMS Promotions, in July 2012. But what first seemed like the big break the Aussie had dreamt of wasn't all it was cracked up to be, with his multimillion contract unpaid as the musician-turned-actor's boxing business filed for bankruptcy. Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer. While in the years after his dabble into boxing, 50 Cent continued to cash in on various acting roles, Dib found himself in a whole world of hurt. Speaking on The BillyJoe Podcast late last week, Dib revealed he is still owed around $1.7m from the 49-year-old rapper, who he says 'robbed him blind'. 'There are people that robbed me along the way. 50 Cent took me to the cleaners, he robbed me blind,' Dib said. 'But I made a decision when I was diagnosed with cancer that I was going to forgive him and I was going to forgive anyone who robbed me in the sport of boxing.' But after being diagnosed with cancer in October 2022, Dib says he decided it is best to forgive but he will never forget. 'Before I got sick 50 Cent was my enemy. He was on my mind at the time like how I let this man rob me,' Dib recalled. 'He signed me up on an amazing deal when I was 27 or 28. Signed me on a three-year deal on life-changing money and he basically in the end liquidated the company and just didn't pay me. 'When I finally got to the point where I needed the money from 50 Cent, I said I'm in dire straights and he said I'm going to sort it out. At the time he owed me 1.1m USD, life-changing money. 'I rang him and said I am in the hospital, I am in dire straights and he said in 2015 I'm going to sort it out right now. He put $50,000 in my account and liquidated the company. 'That's how he sorted it out. When I rang him and said I'm a lot short he said that's all you're getting and that should get you through whatever you're going through. 'Long story short I let that bother me for years. But after learning he was cancer-free in 2023, Dib decided he would forgive his 'enemy' 50 Cent. And after doing so the Aussie boxer says it was like a weight was lifted off him. 'I made a decision when I was in hospital that anyone who ever wronged me, I was going to ask them to forgive me if I wronged them or that I forgive them if they wronged me,' Dib said. 'He's (50 Cent) been living in my mind rent-free, the minute that I forgave him I set myself free.'
