{"id":698780,"date":"2026-05-27T22:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698780\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T22:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:56:24","slug":"lewis-crocker-ibf-welterweight-title-fight-set-for-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/698780\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Crocker IBF Welterweight Title Fight Set for Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1125.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125528\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Crocker\u00a0will make the first defence of his IBF welterweight world title against former champion\u00a0Liam Paro\u00a0in Brisbane, Australia, on 23rd June.<\/p>\n<p>The unbeaten Belfast fighter won the vacant IBF crown with a hard fought points victory over\u00a0Paddy Donovan\u00a0at Windsor Park last September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_1127.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125529\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Crocker IBF Welterweight Title Defence In Australia<\/p>\n<p>Crocker hoped to make his first world title defence in front of a home crowd in Belfast. However, the fight went to purse bids after Australian promoters No Limit Boxing outbid Matchroom for the hosting rights.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the contest will now take place in Brisbane, where Paro will fight in front of his home supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis Crocker IBF Welterweight Title Clash Offers Major Test<\/p>\n<p>The bout represents a major opportunity for Paro because he is aiming to become a two weight world champion. The Australian southpaw previously captured the IBF super-lightweight title with an impressive win over\u00a0Subriel Matias.<\/p>\n<p>However, Paro lost the belt in his first defence against\u00a0Richardson Hitchins\u00a0in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Crocker\u00a0will make the first defence of his IBF welterweight world title against former champion\u00a0Liam Paro\u00a0in Brisbane, Australia,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-698780","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\/698780","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=698780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}