Australia has a new world champion after Queenslander Liam Paro delivered a stunning upset to dethrone the highly-fancied Subriel Matias in his own backyard to claim a surprise IBF super lightweight world title.
The unsung 28-year-old southpaw was a 6-1 outsider entering the bout in Puerto Rico with IBF junior-welterweight champion Matias boasting a 20-1 record with 20 KOs. Even Paro himself described the task to take the title as “almost mission impossible.”
