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It\u2019s unfamiliar territory for Crocker, who has never fought outside the UK — but Hearn suggests it may be the Aussie fans who have more reason to be worried.<\/p>\n
\u201cCrocker is a huge puncher,\u201d Hearn told Fox Sports Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Liam, at 147, that\u2019s a real challenge for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, you saw in his last fight against David Papot, who is not really a world class fighter, you know, he [Paro] got marked up. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd, you know, Papot is not a puncher, either. <\/p>\n
\u201cLewis Crocker is a huge puncher.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in terms of [being worried about] the travel, not really. He\u2019s got a professional team. We know the game inside out.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll make sure he gets there nice and early. We\u2019ll make sure he\u2019s got all the best facilities there he needs. <\/p>\n
IBF world champion Lewis CrockerSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s always a little bit different on away soil, but sometimes it can kind of make the performance a bit more spiteful and just give you that little kick up the backside that you need to do a little bit more. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big puncher against a very good boxer in Liam Paro. And it\u2019s a big night for Australian boxing.<\/p>\n
No Limit tabled a bid of $1.15 million for the bout, edging Matchroom by just $27,000 — which is peanuts in the scheme of things.<\/p>\n
Hearn admitted he expected No Limit to push hard in the purse bid \u2013 but even he was surprised by how far they went.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad Matt\u2019s [Rose] paying the bill, because it\u2019s a big bill,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have rathered the fight in Belfast, of course. But also, we\u2019re going to Australia. It\u2019s not like we go into some back end in Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the area. We\u2019ve got good contacts there. It is what it is\u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cI was told that No Limit are going to go crazy on this one [bid]. So I went crazy \u2013 and they went even crazier. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you lose like that it\u2019s a shame, but also\u2026 fair play to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know they\u2019ve really put their hand in their pocket, and we\u2019ve got to come out there and do the old famous smash and grab.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s difficult because I really like Liam Paro, and I like Angelo, and I like the whole team, but the job is to come over there and knock him out and take the world championship back.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s a great opportunity for Australian boxing and Liam Paro, and it\u2019s weird now, because obviously we\u2019re on the same platform as No Limit.\u201d <\/p>\n
Hearn last week confirmed his promotional powerhouse will extend its contract with streaming giant DAZN until 2031, while Matchroom has also struck a fresh partnership with DAZN\u2019s Foxtel Group in Australia to deliver a huge seven events in 2026 to local viewers.<\/p>\n
CAIRNS, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 25: AUS: Liam Paro celebrates with his team after winning against Jonathan Navarro at the Cairns Convention centre on June 25, 2025 in Cairns, Australia. (Photo by Emily Barker\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully in time, we can do a lot more business together [Matchroom and No Limit],\u201d said Hearn <\/p>\n
\u201cBut that will be a good way to kick off the rivalry, or whatever it\u2019s going to be. And <\/p>\n
Hopefully over time, Matchroom and No Limit, can have big fights between the stables, 5 V 5 fights, whatever it looks like. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut that\u2019s a good way to kick it off.\u201d<\/p>\n
As revealed by Fox Sports Australia, No Limit are also looking to put Tim Tszyu on the card for a warm up fight for his fight with Errol Spence<\/a>.<\/p>\nHearn admits he is backing Tszyu to topple the former world champ \u2013 for the good of the local fight scene.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a really interesting fight,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019ve picked Tim Tszyu as a solid comeback fight for Errol Spence. And Tim\u2019s a good fighter, he\u2019s a tough man. He\u2019s got a lot about him. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I think that\u2019s a tough fight for Errol Spence. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, a couple of years out of the ring, obviously, the car crash, and he\u2019s had the retina operation. <\/p>\n
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\u201c…I want to see Tim Tszyu win that fight because that\u2019s big for Australian boxing. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd now we\u2019ve got seven shows a year we need Australian boxingto be on fire. <\/p>\n
\u201cSo good luck to Tim Tszyu.\u201d<\/p>\n
A date and venue for the fight are expected to be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn has shrugged off a narrow purse bid loss, warning Aussie fight fans that his world champion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-497886","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\/497886","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=497886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}