Liam Paro | |
Realname: | Liam Robert Paro |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1996 |
Birth Place: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
Weight: | Light welterweight |
Height: | 5 ft 8+1/2 in |
Reach: | 71 in |
Style: | Southpaw |
Total: | 25 |
Wins: | 25 |
Ko: | 15 |
Liam Robert Paro (born 16 April 1996) is an Australian professional boxer, who has held International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-welterweight title since June 2024.[1]
Paro was born and raised in Mackay, Queensland to a family of Italian descent. His first sporting interest came in the form of rugby league where he played for the North Mackay Magpies in the local junior competition.[2] At 13 years of age, he was introduced to the sport of boxing[3] and gave up playing rugby league to focus solely on pursuing a professional career in boxing. In pursuit of higher levels of training, Paro moved to Townsville at 17 years of age[4] before settling in Brisbane as a 20-year-old,[5] where he would regularly train with the likes of future world champion Jeff Horn in the lead up to his monumental victory over legendary Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.[6]
In his international debut, Paro travelled to Tampa where he was victorious over undefeated Puerto Rican Yomar Álamo via split decision on the Jake Paul vs. Tyron Woodley II undercard.[7]
On February 4, 2024 it was reported that Liam Paro would challenge Subriel Matias for his IBF super lightweight title in the summer 2024 in Puerto Rico.[8] [9] On March 27, 2024 the fight was confirmed for June 15, 2024 in Manatí, Puerto Rico.[10] Paro won the fight by unanimous decision.[11]
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
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25 | Win | 25–0 | Subriel Matías | UD | 12 | 15 Jun 2024 | |||
24 | Win | 24–0 | Montana Love | KO | 6 (10), | 9 Dec 2023 | |||
23 | Win | 23–0 | Brock Jarvis | TKO | 1 (12), | 15 Oct 2022 | |||
22 | Win | 22–0 | Yomar Álamo | 10 | 18 Dec 2021 | ||||
21 | Win | 21–0 | Steve Gago | UD | 10 | 24 Jul 2021 | |||
20 | Win | 20–0 | Terry Tzouramanis | TKO | 7 (10), | 5 Mar 2021 | |||
19 | Win | 19–0 | James Chereji | TKO | 8 (10), | 7 Mar 2020 | |||
18 | Win | 18–0 | Hwang Kil Kim | UD | 10 | 8 Nov 2019 | |||
17 | Win | 17–0 | Fatih Keleş | UD | 10 | 8 Jun 2019 | |||
16 | Win | 16–0 | Massimiliano Ballisai | UD | 10 | 16 Feb 2019 | |||
15 | Win | 15–0 | Robert Tlatlik | TKO | 7 (10), | 13 Oct 2018 | |||
14 | Win | 14–0 | Sebastian Bytyqi | TKO | 2 (10), | 19 May 2018 | |||
13 | Win | 13–0 | Andrew Wallace | RTD | 3 (10), | 17 Mar 2018 | |||
12 | Win | 12–0 | Kurt Finlayson | 3 (5), | 3 Feb 2018 | ||||
11 | Win | 11–0 | Komkit Chanawong | UD | 5 | 4 Nov 2017 | |||
10 | Win | 10–0 | Jose Aubel | TKO | 3 (8), | 23 Sep 2017 | |||
9 | Win | 9–0 | Nic Aratema | TKO | 3 (6), | 25 Aug 2017 | |||
8 | Win | 8–0 | Simon Rendina | KO | 1 (4), | 15 Jul 2017 | |||
7 | Win | 7–0 | Alex Ah Tong | 4 (6), | 10 Jun 2017 | ||||
6 | Win | 6–0 | Daniel Maxwell | TKO | 5 (6), | 4 Feb 2017 | |||
5 | Win | 5–0 | Nick Hikuroa | TKO | 1 (6), | 3 Dec 2016 | |||
4 | Win | 4–0 | John Min | 1 (4), | 1 Oct 2016 | ||||
3 | Win | 3–0 | Aphichat Koedchatturat | 4 | 9 Sep 2016 | ||||
2 | Win | 2–0 | Arnon Yucharoen | UD | 4 | 15 Apr 2016 | |||
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jacob Mahony | 4 | 5 Mar 2016 |
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