{"id":822203,"date":"2026-07-25T03:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822203\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T03:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T03:54:12","slug":"australian-boxer-liam-wilsons-fight-on-the-tim-tszyu-card-cancelled-in-farcical-weigh-in-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/822203\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian boxer Liam Wilson’s fight on the Tim Tszyu card cancelled in farcical weigh-in scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luckless Australian boxer Liam Wilson has been dealt another cruel blow, with his scheduled world title eliminator against Stephen Fulton cancelled after the American failed to make weight.<\/p>\n

In farcical scenes, Fulton hit the scales at almost 63.5kg on Saturday, almost 4.5kg more than the two-division world champion was originally supposed to fight Wilson at in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Fulton and Wilson were supposed to square off at the super-featherweight of 59kg before officials on Friday raised the weight to 60.3kg for the feature bout on the blockbuster Tim Tszyu-Errol Spence Jr card.<\/p>\n

Wilson had happily agreed to the late change, saying he was desperate to earn another world title shot with a victory over the former unified super-bantamweight world champion and ex-WBC featherweight belt holder.<\/p>\n

But now the American’s team is being accused of never truly intending to fight on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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“This feels like a stitch-up,” Wilson’s manager and Tszyu’s ex-agent Glenn Jennings said.<\/p>\n

“If you are serious and you sign a contract at 133 [pounds], there is an expectation that you will deliver.<\/p>\n

“It is not only unacceptable, it is a blight on the sport. This is unprofessional, there is nowhere to go for this bloke now.”<\/p>\n

Undefeated Olympian Paulo Aokuso will move to the main card, taking on Luis Tejeda from the Dominican Republic in a light-heavyweight bout.<\/p>\n

Wilson’s fight is the second co-main event to be cancelled this week after Fulton’s fellow American Jermall Charlo was denied a visa to face rising Australian Koen Mazoudier.<\/p>\n

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