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. | Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\n Although no official date had been announced, the fight was understood to be targeted for early April.<\/p>\n Now, a hand injury to the unbeaten Belfast fighter will push the bout back until May or June.<\/p>\n No Limit Boxing declined to comment on Wednesday, but reports from Code Sports<\/a> indicate the Paro camp are furious, fearing Crocker could be faking the injury to buy himself more time.<\/p>\n Matchroom Boxing, led by Eddie Hearn, has provided No Limit with a medical certificate confirming that Crocker\u2019s injury is genuine.<\/p>\n It\u2019s another frustrating twist for Paro, who had previously been slated to face Irishman Paddy Donovan in a title eliminator on the Nikita Tszyu vs Michael Zerafa card before Donovan withdrew through illness.<\/p>\n World champion boxer Lewis CrockerSource: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n \u201cThis is everything I\u2019ve wanted,\u201d Paro said about the showdown with Crocker.<\/p>\n \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.<\/p>\n \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.<\/p>\n \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 \u2018Croc\u2019 had also spoken of his desire to make the trip and spoil the party.<\/p>\n \u201cI won my world title in Belfast,\u201d Crocker told Talk Sport.<\/p>\n \u201cI had my moment, so I will travel anywhere\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cBut going to Australia and beating the ex-champion in his home country will be special.\u201d<\/p>\n Hearn backed his fighter\u2019s chances when talking to <\/a>Fox Sports Australia<\/a> last week.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCrocker is a huge puncher,\u201d Hearn said.<\/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 Boxer Liam Paro prepares for his fight at Pat Rafter Arena on Sep 18 with a session at the venue. Boxer Liam Paro. Picture: Nigel HallettSource: News Corp Australia<\/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 \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.\u201d<\/p>\n Interestingly, after news of the postponement broke online, highly touted British fighter Conah Walker threw his hat in the ring, declaring he would be willing to step in and fight Paro on Australian soil.<\/p>\n Hearn’s big praise for Aussie star | 14:10<\/p>\n Posting on X, Walker wrote: \u201cI will come to Australia and fight you @ParoLiam. You say when and I\u2019ll be on the plane.\u201d<\/p>\n Former world champion Tony Bellew backed the call-out, replying: \u201cThis is a good fight and one that Conah is more than deserving of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s Liam Paro has reportedly had his highly anticipated world title showdown with Lewis Crocker postponed after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502149,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-502148","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\/502148","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=502148"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502148\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/poster-fallback.png\"\/)
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