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Stars align, card reveals reality of historic Paro win

Stars align, card reveals reality of historic Paro win

Liam Paro is in the box seat for a big-money world title unification bout after the scorecards revealed how close his historic fight with Lewis Crocker was.

'Bite down and fight': bloodied Paro a champion again

'Bite down and fight': bloodied Paro a champion again

'Bite down and fight': bloodied Paro a champion again

'Bite down and fight': bloodied Paro a champion again

Liam Paro has joined Jeff Fenech as a boxing history-maker after winning world titles in multiple weight classes, pipping champion Lewis Crocker in Brisbane.

Paro's skills and smarts can ensure no more Mr Nice Guy

Paro's skills and smarts can ensure no more Mr Nice Guy

Paro's skills and smarts can ensure no more Mr Nice Guy

Paro's skills and smarts can ensure no more Mr Nice Guy

Former champion Danny Green expects the highly skilled Liam Paro to pick Lewis Crocker apart in their world title fight in Brisbane.

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'Boxing saved my life': initials fuel Paro title shot

'Boxing saved my life': initials fuel Paro title shot

Remembering his late mate, Liam Paro credits boxing as his "medicine" as he nears a 39-year Australian first in the sport.

Rough sleeper: Paro's blue Corolla and no Plan B

Rough sleeper: Paro's blue Corolla and no Plan B

Liam Paro, on the cusp of joining Jeff Fenech on Aussie boxing's top shelf, quit his apprenticeship as a teenager to chase a dream most thought was crazy.

'I'm going to beat this': boxing Thornberrys fight on

'I'm going to beat this': boxing Thornberrys fight on

World title-chasing David Nyika and his trainer - future father-in-law Noel Thornberry - are back in the ring after a six-month fight of a different kind.

How boxing great helped Tim Tszyu get 'mentally right'

How boxing great helped Tim Tszyu get 'mentally right'

Tim Tszyu stopped enjoying boxing and simply wasn't happy, but Jeff Fenech has helped turn things around and plot a path back to the sport's summit.

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Like 'wearing oven mitts': champ eyes 39-year first

Like 'wearing oven mitts': champ eyes 39-year first

Like 'wearing oven mitts': champ eyes 39-year first

Like 'wearing oven mitts': champ eyes 39-year first

Liam Paro has dared champion Lewis Crocker to underestimate his power ahead of their world title fight in Brisbane, where the Australia can join elite company.

Aussie nears shot at Japan's pound-for-pound king

Aussie nears shot at Japan's pound-for-pound king

Aussie nears shot at Japan's pound-for-pound king

Aussie nears shot at Japan's pound-for-pound king

Sam Goodman will fight Ryosuke Nishida for an interim world title belt and the chance to finally face Japanese star and pound-for-pound king Naoya Inoue.

Ex-boxer's son accused of murder after death behind pub

Ex-boxer's son accused of murder after death behind pub

Ex-boxer's son accused of murder after death behind pub

Ex-boxer's son accused of murder after death behind pub

The 37-year-old son of a former Australian super featherweight boxer has fronted court after being charged with murder.

Big in Japan: Moloney to cash in where he's respected

Big in Japan: Moloney to cash in where he's respected

Big in Japan: Moloney to cash in where he's respected

Big in Japan: Moloney to cash in where he's respected

Newly-installed world champion Andrew Moloney will target a swift return to Japan after he was mobbed by fans following his first appearance in the country.

'Twenty years, down to three minutes': Moloney triumphs

'Twenty years, down to three minutes': Moloney triumphs

'Twenty years, down to three minutes': Moloney triumphs

'Twenty years, down to three minutes': Moloney triumphs

A battered and bruised Andrew Moloney feared he was destined to be robbed again before the Australian's arm was raised in his world title fight in Japan.

Moloney finds calm on long road to Japan title shot

Moloney finds calm on long road to Japan title shot

Moloney finds calm on long road to Japan title shot

Moloney finds calm on long road to Japan title shot

Andrew Moloney has reflected on his winding road to another world title shot and says he's in the shape of his life ahead of a date with Willibaldo Garcia.

'Closest graveyard': champ's fighting words for Paro

'Closest graveyard': champ's fighting words for Paro

'Closest graveyard': champ's fighting words for Paro

'Closest graveyard': champ's fighting words for Paro

Lewis Crocker will arrive in Brisbane to defend his world title against Queenslander Liam Paro having never fought professionally outside of Europe.

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'Rather fight Jai': team Opetaia slam rare WBC move

Jai Opetaia's manager thinks the touted clash with WBC cruiserweight champion Noel Mikaelian will go ahead despite the organisation's best efforts to derail it.

Homecoming bout as Nyika eyes Opetaia's vacated belt

David Nyika will return home to fight Floyd Masson in a world title eliminator for the IBF cruiserweight title Jai Opetaia was stripped of.

'Hold your horses': Tszyu to wait for world-title shot

Emerging superstar Nikita Tszyu wants to bide his time rather than rush into a world-title fight after preserving his unbeaten record with another brutal win.

Tszyu good: Nikita preserves family's crazy legacy

Australian boxing star Nikita Tszyu has preserved his unbeaten record with a sixth-round stoppage of Spaniard Oscar Diaz in their super-welterweight showdown.

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'Ready to hurt him': new-look Tszyu primed for battle

A freshly shaven Nikita Tszyu has hit the scales in peak shape ahead of his super-welterweight fight with unbeaten Spaniard Oscar Diaz in Newcastle.

'Psychopathic desires': Tszyu delivers chilling warning

Unbeaten Australian boxer Nikita Tszyu has issued a cold-blooded warning to Spanish rival Oscar Diaz ahead of their super-welterweight showdown in Newcastle.

It's addictive: Aussie UFC star Salkilld does it again

West Australian Quillan Salkilld is fast becoming a sensation of the UFC lightweight division, and he hopes a crack at the title won't be too far away.

Tszyu locks in spicy showdown with American superstar

Tim Tszyu has finally set a date with American superstar Errol Spence Jnr, who will return to the ring in Australia for his first fight in almost three years.

Della Maddalena bloodied and dazed in crushing UFC loss

Former welterweight champion Jack Della Maddalena has sunk to his second-straight UFC loss with a third-round knockout defeat to Carlos Prates.

I'll knock him out: Prates vows to down Della Maddalena

Australian Jack Della Maddalena will be aiming to put the disappointment of losing his UFC welterweight title behind him when he faces Carlos Prates in Perth.

'Just winging it': Salkilld plans more UFC highlights

Quillan Salkilld is a UFC highlights reel, and the West Australian will be aiming for another memorable moment in his next fight against Beneil Dariush.

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