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Daily Telegraph
an hour 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
4 hours 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
4 hours 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.
CTV News
3 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Reported kidnapping was actually bachelor party prank, Victoria police say
The Victoria Police Department says it has released race-based use-of-force data for a six-year period after being ordered by the B.C. Human Rights Commissioner to share the statistics in November 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito A significant police response – including officers from the heavily armed emergency response team – was marshalled in response to reports of a potential kidnapping in Victoria last week. First responders fielded 'multiple' 911 calls about an alarming incident where 'a group of males had placed a bag over another man's head and were pulling him into a white van' near the courthouse on Thursday morning, according to the Victoria Police Department. 'Given the nature of the incident, its proximity to a high-security area, and corroborating eyewitness accounts, several VicPD investigative units, along with the Greater Victoria Emergency Response Team were deployed to respond swiftly and thoroughly,' a statement from the department said. Police located the van, identified those involved and determined that no crime had taken place. 'A few hours later officers identified several individuals associated with the vehicle and determined that the situation was, in fact, just a bachelor party prank,' VicPD's statement continued. Authorities are warning people about the dangers of public pranks like this one, noting that this one wasted police resources and caused undue alarm. 'The initial reports led us to believe a violent kidnapping was in progress, requiring an immediate and significant response to a situation that turned out to be false,' VicPD Staff Sgt. Shawn Robson said. 'We are urging everyone to please be cognizant of how any prank will be viewed to others in our community.'
The Independent
6 days ago
- General
- The Independent
‘Welcome to Frome' sign moved to a different town 10 miles away
A welcome sign left drivers confused when it was moved to a different town entirely. The road sign welcoming people to the Somerset town of Frome appeared on the B3355 going to Midsomer Norton on Friday, which is 10 miles (16km) away. The mix-up comes after several sign-swapping incidents across the West Country in March. One 'prank' saw a welcome sign for Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire relocated more than 60 miles (97km) away to Portland in Dorset. Four signs were also moved from Camerton, near Bath in Somerset, and the Jurassic Coast in Dorset to Bradford-on-Avon, the BBC reported. Following the latest sign swap, Somerset Council said it is 'an act of criminal damage', adding it 'will need to be repaired at public expense'. In a statement, a council spokesperson said: 'If residents see something like this happening, they should contact the police.' Peter, an amused pensioner from Frome who spotted the sign swap and photographed it in Midsomer Norton over the bank holiday weekend, described the prank as a 'professional job'. He told the BBC: 'It seems like an April Fools' Day prank, but obviously we're not in April.' He explained that although he has seen signs covered in graffiti, he has never seen a town sign swapped. 'I knew that it was wrong. Obviously, I should be coming to Midsomer Norton so part of me thought it was some kind of Dad's Army tribute where they changed the signs around to confuse invading armies,' he said. But this is not the first time pranksters have left drivers scratching their heads. In September 2023, road signs in Caithness, Scotland, were removed and replaced.
