Lewis Crocker loses IBF welterweight crown to Liam Paro
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A bloodied Liam Paro has won his second world boxing title, pipping IBF welterweight champion Lewis Crocker in a wild Brisbane duel. The Queenslander won by unanimous decision against the champ from Northern Ireland, all three judges scoring the fight 115-113 on Wednesday at Pat Rafter Arena.
Liam Paro’s world title fight has arrived - with the Queenslander firing all the pre-fight barbs ahead of his IBF welterweight showdown with Lewis Crocker.
Fresh off a week when Zuffa Boxing left the nest, otherwise known as the Meta Apex in Las Vegas, NV, to host a cruiserweight show in the U.K., they’ve been busy announcing fight cards, taking them into the summer.
The inaugural Zuffa Boxing cruiserweight title will be on the line when Jai Opetaia clashes with Brandon Glanton on Sunday night at the Meta Apex in Las Vegas. However, whether Opetaia's IBF world championship is up for grabs at Zuffa Boxing 4 — and ...
Slightly more than one month after becoming undisputed heavyweight champion with a win over Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk has announced that he will vacate the IBF championship. The Dec. 21 rematch between Usyk and Fury will now just be for the unified (WBA ...
Patrick Stumberg is a freelance writer for SB Nation, first joining the network in 2011 before linking up with Bad Left Hook in 2015. After days of speculation, Zuffa Boxing claimed at today’s press conference that both Jai Opetaia’s IBF cruiserweight ...
Jai Opetaia will leave behind the IBF title to proceed with his current plans. The unbeaten lineal cruiserweight champion remains on course to face England’s Ellis Zorro as part of Saturday’s ‘Day of Reckoning’ super card from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
