SYDNEY, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- An arrest has been made in connection with the attack on Hall of Fame boxer Jeff Fenech in Sydney, Australia this week.
Reports indicate that an unidentified 20-year-old man has been arrested and is assisting detectives in St. George in their investigation of the attack.
At Prince of Wales Hospital, Fenech, a former three-time champion, has undergone plastic surgery on his face, which was slashed by a broken bottle outside a restaurant in suburban Sydney. Eyewitnesses said he was attacked by four men.
The slashing, which occurred moments after he has placed his children in a limousine to go home, left a bone in Fenech's jaw exposed.
"I could have lost an eye or had my throat cut," Fenech said before the surgery. "I've never suffered an injury like this. I want these people to myself. I want to see these people on my own . . . one on one. The police should put us in a cell together."
Fenech, 39, now trains fighters.
