He’d gone to Puerto Rico to seize the title from Matias in June 2024 and returned there for the Hitchins match. Indeed, Paro, a 29-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, had become accustomed to making long flights in order to make bigger fights. Between the end of 2021 and the end of 2024, he traveled to North America for four of his five outings, which also included wins over the previously undefeated Yomar Alamo and the once-beaten Montana Love.
