Son of a gun\u2019s ugly crowd reception after tough victory<\/a><\/p>\nN. Tszyu vs Diaz Full Fight Highlights | 08:41<\/p>\n
Peters then thanked his American rival for the fight \u2013 \u201cthanks for coming down, long way from home, mad respect\u201d \u2013 before No Limit\u2019s George Rose entered the ring to talk up his young star.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike we said coming in, this was a massive step up,\u201d the promoter said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s 23 years old and was up against one of the most dangerous fighters in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe [James] came down here to stop 50 Cal \u2026 but Cal has got a huge future. He\u2019s beat everyone here, he\u2019s beat the next level, now we go to another level again\u201d.<\/p>\n
Wonderfully, the win came only one fight after hyped Australian light heavyweight Kirra Ruston also confirmed his own incredible potential, needing just three rounds to finish Turk Berkay Varol with a series of brutal body shots.<\/p>\n
Despite suffering a nasty cut over his left eye in the opening exchanges, Ruston pulverised his previously unbeaten rival and then admitted afterwards that he had been unable to see due to all the blood.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I don\u2019t know how Tim did it, man,\u201d he laughed afterwards, referencing the elder Tszyu sibling\u2019s unforgettable bloodbath against Sebastian Fundora. \u201cI started seeing drips and painted the canvas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t see out of one eye.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it didn\u2019t pan out exactly how I wanted. But I got the job done.\u201d<\/p>\n
Controversy! Nikita hits Diaz while down | 00:42<\/p>\n
Asked by Main Event\u2019s Ben Damon if the cut had seen him look to push for a finish, the fighter confirmed as much saying: \u201cI didn\u2019t want him to think he could get it over me once he saw the blood\u201d.<\/p>\n
Then next up, Peters.<\/p>\n
Aka 50 Cal. <\/p>\n
Coming into this fight, there were plenty who questioned No Limit\u2019s decision to pit their rising Olympic star against a rival who had only ever lost the once — and to incumbent WBC interim champ Lester Martinez.<\/p>\n
Yet speaking with Fox Sports Australia in fight week, Peters had stressed he welcomed the challenge.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my chance to prove a point to the doubters, prove I\u2019m at this top level,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOver in the amateurs, I\u2019ve already done that. And now here in the pros, I want it to be the same.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I know [James] has fought some good guys. But he hasn\u2019t fought me. And with the pressure I bring, I make people feel uncomfortable in the ring. They\u2019re not fighting against me \u2026 they\u2019re surviving.\u201d<\/p>\n
Which is how it eventually went.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callum Peters has officially confirmed himself Australian boxing\u2019s Next Big Thing, scoring a brutally lopsided decision win over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-653467","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\/653467","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=653467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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