{"id":146453,"date":"2025-09-16T03:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T03:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/146453\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T03:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T03:24:08","slug":"liam-paro-vs-david-papot-press-conference-start-time-how-to-watch-no-limit-main-card-video-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/146453\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Paro vs David Papot press conference, start time, how to watch, No Limit main card, video, highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian boxer Liam Paro has fired back at David Papot after the undefeated Frenchman declared he was \u201cnothing special\u201d ahead of their \u201chigh stakes\u201d bout.<\/p>\n<p>Paro and Papot will lock horns at Brisbane\u2019s Pat Rafter Arena on Thursday evening for a high-stakes IBF Welterweight World Title Eliminator that will determine the next challenger for the world championship.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old Queenslander admitted he was excited by the development of Northern Irishman Lewis Crocker beating Paddy Donovan over the weekend to take the title; the winner out of Paro and Papot is considered likely to take on Crocker next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re both gunning for that one spot at the title table,\u201d Paro told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh stakes makes for a lot of excitement. I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paro vs Papot | THURSDAY 18 SEPT 7PM AEST | Liam Paro\u2019s quest to recapture gold continues, as he moves up in weight to take on undefeated Frenchman David Papot, with the winner set up to compete for the IBF Welterweight Title | <a href=\"https:\/\/mainevent.kayosports.com.au\/boxing\/paro-vs-papot?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkboxing-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-box-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757873113_439_poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, it was revealed that Papot said that Paro was \u201cnothing special\u201d while watching footage of his opponent ahead of their fight.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the remarks, Paro responded: \u201cI love the confidence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope he keeps that confidence after I crack him a few times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cHe\u2019s a crafty, slippery boxer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s done something right, he\u2019s undefeated, so you\u2019ve got to respect that. Undefeated fighters are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019m going to be the one to piece the puzzle together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect him, but I can\u2019t wait to get hands on this guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Australian boxer Liam Paro has fired back at David Papot after the undefeated Frenchman declared he was \u201cnothing special\u201d ahead of their main event bout.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n<p>It comes after crazy 48 hours for promoters No Limit, who lost Brock Jarvis from the undercard and had a further two preliminary fights threatened due to visa issues.<\/p>\n<p>Jarvis has been forced to withdraw from his fight against Queenslander Ken Aitken due to a shoulder injury suffered in training. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for No Limit suggested the Sydneysider will likely have to undergo surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, international rivals for Paulo Aokuso and Floyd Masson have also been ruled out of Thursday\u2019s fight due to visa issues, with the latter stopped at the border in Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, Benny Hussain was in negotiations to step in against hyped No Limit prospect Aokuso.<\/p>\n<p>Former IBO cruiserweight champ Masson meanwhile has been offered a heavyweight bout against Johan Linde. <\/p>\n<p>Nyngan\u2019s Sonny Knight has also been offered the opportunity to step in for Jarvis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt never ceases to amaze me. I keep thinking that we have faced absolutely every obstacle that we can heading into an event and then something new like this pops up,\u201d No Limit Boxing chief executive George Rose said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe great thing for me is that the main event is locked in. That\u2019s the main thing but everything else that can go wrong seems to be going wrong but we will still get there, we\u2019ve still got a fantastic card on offer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FIGHT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Liam Paro vs David Papot, 12 rounds, IBF welterweight eliminator<\/p>\n<p>Liam Wilson vs Jorge Santana, 10 rounds, WBO International super featherweight title<\/p>\n<p>Brock Jarvis vs Ken Aitken, 8 rounds, super welterweights<\/p>\n<p>Paulo Aokuso vs Shukhrat Abdullaev, 8 rounds, light heavyweights<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Ng vs Rikki Naito, 6 rounds, super welterweights<\/p>\n<p>Prelims<\/p>\n<p>Dharringarra Trewhella vs. Lachlan O\u2019Shea, 6 rounds, super welterweights<\/p>\n<p>Floyd Masson vs. Dharmender Grewal, 6 rounds, heavyweights<\/p>\n<p>Danny Keating vs. Sachin Nautiyal, 5 rounds, welterweights<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Hosking vs. Lance McDonald, 4 rounds, welterweights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian boxer Liam Paro has fired back at David Papot after the undefeated Frenchman declared he was \u201cnothing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-146453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}