{"id":456429,"date":"2026-02-03T21:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456429\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T21:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:08:09","slug":"liam-paro-vs-lewis-crocker-no-limit-boxing-wins-purse-bid-ibf-welterweight-title-fight-set-for-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456429\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Paro vs Lewis Crocker, No Limit Boxing wins purse bid, IBF welterweight title fight set for Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian boxing star Liam Paro is set to challenge for a world title on home soil after promoters No Limit Boxing secured promotional rights for his IBF world title challenge against unbeaten Lewis Crocker.<\/p>\n<p>No Limit successfully winning the official purse bid overnight means Paro will finally have the opportunity to fight for a world title in Australia, after previously being required to defend his IBF crown overseas in Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>UFC 326 Holloway vs Oliveira 2 | SUN 8 MARCH 1PM AEDT | After 11 years removed from their first encounter, Max Holloway will face the former lightweight champ Charles Oliveira for the BMF Championship, in Las Vegas. | <a href=\"https:\/\/mainevent.kayosports.com.au\/ufc\/ufc-326?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkmma-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-mma-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/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\/2026\/01\/1768365730_454_poster-fallback.png\"\/>Liam Paro celebrates with his team after defeating Jonathan Navarroin Cairns last year.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A date and venue for the fight are expected to be announced soon.<\/p>\n<p>Par 27-1 (16 KOs) is the mandatory challenger to Northern Irishman Crocker, 22-0 (11 KOs), who is making the first defence of his IBF welterweight belt and is represented by Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom boxing.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Paro, who had been slated to fight Irishman Paddy Donovan in a title eliminator on the Nikita Tszyu vs Michael Zerafa card last month, before Donovan pulled out injured.<\/p>\n<p>As a former super-lightweight world champion, Paro is looking to become only the second Australian-born male fighter to win recognised world titles in multiple divisions, following the legendary Jeff Fenech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is everything I\u2019ve wanted,\u201d Paro said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never got the chance as a world champion to defend a title on home soil, so to now fight for another world title in Australia is something special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo Limit Boxing went to work and delivered this. They backed me, they believed in me, and now we get to do this in front of Australian fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve already proven I can win a world title anywhere. Now it\u2019s time to make history at home, follow in the footsteps of a legend like Jeff Fenech, and become a two-time world champion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian boxing star Liam Paro is set to challenge for a world title on home soil after promoters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-456429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456429","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=456429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}