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.
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‘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
Former champion Danny Green expects the highly skilled Liam Paro to pick Lewis Crocker apart in their world title fight in Brisbane.
‘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.
‘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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
Lewis Crocker will arrive in Brisbane to defend his world title against Queenslander Liam Paro having never fought professionally outside of Europe.
‘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.
‘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.
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.
How New York pizzas helped Della Maddalena reset
Jack Della Maddalena will be aiming to put his disappointing loss to Islam Makhachev behind him when the Australian takes on Carlos Prates in Perth on Saturday.
Headliner Moloney poised for late-career title surge
Jason Moloney will headline on home soil for the first time since becoming a boxing world champion, adamant he and twin brother Andrew can reach the peak again.
Perfect 10: Teremoana wasting no time in pro climb
Teremoana Teremoana has outlined his global ambitions while a pair of Queensland-based Kiwis have surged into title contention after Jai Opetaia's IBF snub.
No rough Justis in UK this time as Huni storms back
Australian heavyweight star Justis Huni has resurrected his career with a hard-fought win over former British champ Frazer Clarke in London.
Ex-NRL star cleared to punch on after assault charges
Disgraced former NRL player Curtis Scott will be allowed to participate in a bare-knuckle fight after he denied assaulting a teenager and a police officer.
Moloney’s $250k risk explained as title shot locked in
Andrew Moloney could become Australia's only male world boxing champion after locking in a title shot in Japan, seven years after last owning a belt.
Tszyu needles Spence after big win over Nurja
Tim Tszyu has started a war of words with potential opponent Errol Spence after an emphatic unanimous points win over Albania's Denis Nurja in Wollongong.
Asofa-Solomona wins battle of former NRL heavyweights
Former Melbourne Storm star Nelson Asofa-Solomona has overcome a cut and some early shots to score a third-round TKO of Jarrod Wallace.
‘Bring it on’: Tszyu eyes WBO top ranking in Wollongong
Former boxing world champion Tim Tszyu is preparing to unleash an improved version of himself in a high-stakes bout with Albanian Denis Nurja in Wollongong.
‘Why they sacked him’: boxing foe taunts Asofa-Solomona
Trash-talking Jarrod Wallace has set the stage for a spicy heavyweight clash with fellow former NRL star turned boxer Nelson Asofa-Solomona.
‘The rise’: Tszyu’s Easter Sunday resurrection plan
Tim Tszyu accepts he lost his way as he bids to revive his international boxing career in an Easter Sunday stoush with Albania's unbeaten Denis Nurja.
‘With or without the belt’: stripped Opetaia finds ally
The trainer of one of the men standing in the way of Jai Opetaia's path to undisputed status has given hope to his cause after the IBF's call to strip him.