Order Now with Main Event on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\nParo ready to be the ‘Croc Hunter’ | 00:41<\/p>\n
Elsewhere at Monday\u2019s press conference, Paro revealed he will also be carrying a new nickname into his own push to become a two-weight world champion, having already secured IBF super lightweight gold in 2024.<\/p>\n
After being shown some pre-taped comments from Croker, the cameras panned pack to Paro who grinned: \u201cThe Croc.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s good, he\u2019s confident. And let him enjoy the bright lights because it\u2019s going to be over soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s got to be wary \u2026 he\u2019s coming to the land of The Croc Hunter.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo he should tread carefully.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked by Damon if Paro was now effectively taking the late, great Steve Irwin\u2019s nickname for his world title blockbuster, and the man looking to become Queensland\u2019s first ever two division king nodded.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, 100 per cent,\u201d he grinned. \u201cYou\u2019re never [again] going to get the opportunity to fight the Croc in Australia.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019m excited.<\/p>\n
Liam Paro becomes \u201cThe Croc Hunter\u201dSource: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019m also respectful. He\u2019s earned his stripes and I\u2019ll let him have them for now. It\u2019s going to be a cracker.\u201d<\/p>\n
Soon after, the challenger continued: \u201cIf you follow me, you know what I bring to the table.<\/p>\n
\u201cI leave everything in the ring. That\u2019s the competitiveness I have in me.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019ll have it until the day I die.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is top level boxing. It doesn\u2019t get any higher than this. And to be blessed enough, God willing, to secure a second world title in a second division it\u2019s crazy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s going to be a war.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I have to box his ears off for 12 rounds I will. And if that knockout is there, I\u2019ll take it. If I have to fight with one eye I will \u2026 that\u2019s all I\u2019ve got in me and what I\u2019ll bring to the table \u2013 effing fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Asofa-Solomona has accused George Burgess of growing increasingly uncomfortable during their three face offs over NRL Magic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680123,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[328062,1724,64,63,689,328056,802,94192,4810,651,512,9124,216005,75762,328065,265280,328058,9239,94322,328061,152767,9216,13482,219492,2105,29636,279087,211637,328064,30028,328063,328057,190903,2782,43766,677,29107,668,701,328055,328060,59444,85,44237,328059,5942,328066,9211,2836,194442],"class_list":["post-680122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-alexandru-marin","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-crossover-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-fight","tag-bright-lights","tag-brisbane","tag-china","tag-chris-hyde","tag-crossover-blockbuster","tag-crossover-boxing","tag-crossover-boxing-blockbuster","tag-division-king","tag-domestic-heavyweight-scrap","tag-eastern-asia","tag-errol-spence","tag-face-offs","tag-fight-name","tag-fight-night","tag-footy-field","tag-george-burgess","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-hyped-rise","tag-jarrod-wallace","tag-jeremy-latimore","tag-lacking-confidence","tag-lewis-crocker","tag-lightweight-gold","tag-limit-press","tag-media-event","tag-nick-walshaw","tag-no-limit","tag-oceania","tag-premiership-hero","tag-press-conference","tag-queensland","tag-quit-fear","tag-rising-cruiserweight-prospect","tag-rugby-players","tag-sports","tag-steve-irwin","tag-super-featherweight-favourite","tag-tim-tszyu","tag-top-level-boxing","tag-welterweight-champion","tag-world-title","tag-world-title-blockbuster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680122","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=680122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680122\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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