Liam Wilson: record, next fight and profile →
In the biggest fight in Far North Queensland in Australia since Tim Tszyu boxed Jeff Horn in Townsville, former world champion Liam Paro returns to the ring against Mexico’s Jonathan Navarro while, in the co-main, former world title challenger Liam Wilson boxes undefeated Argentine southpaw Ayrton Giménez.
Liam Wilson scored another victory over Youssef Dib, this time outscoring him over 10 rounds at the South Bank Plaza in South Brisbane.
In an important fight at lightweight, with both boxers battling to stay in contention, Liam Wilson, improving to 14-3 (8 KOs), scored a crowd-pleasing stoppage of Youssef Dib, 21-2 (11 KOs), brother of the former IBF champion Billy Dib, at the WIN Entertainment Center in Wollongong
Australia’s Sam Goodman, the leading contender to Naoya Inoue at junior bantamweight according to the IBF and WBO, has made weight ahead of his 12-rounder with Thailand’s Thachtana Luangphon on Wednesday (July 10).
Jason Langendorf scans the boxing scene for rare moments of bliss. This week, it was Oscar Valdez testing our emotional fortitude, Prime Video’s big first swing and a low road that … lifts women up?
Oscar Valdez revived his career Friday by scoring a ferocious seventh-round stoppage against Liam Wilson. The competitive fight immediately turned for Valdez after he connected with a combination of unanswered punches on the Australian, forcing referee Mark Nelson to step in and stop the action. The former 126 and 130 titlist (32-2, 24 KOs) became a beltholder again, picking up the interim WBO junior lightweight title his recent conqueror Emanuel Navarrete vacated last month. After being dominated via decision by Navarrete in August, Valdez bounced back admirably against Wilson (13-3, 7 KOs).
After the first four rounds, both fighters had landed exactly 57 power punches. Over the next three rounds, Valdez landed 69 power punches to Wilson’s 30. Sensing Wilson was hurt in the seventh round, Valdez pounced, landing 42 of 68 power punches (62%) in a barrage that left Wilson defenseless by the time the referee halted the bout. For the fight, Valdez landed 56% of his power punches.
Seven months after he left Glendale, Arizona, a beaten man, Oscar Valdez returned to the same ring to score a redemptive stoppage win over Liam Wilson to earn an interim 130-pound title on Saturday.
The next 48 hours might be the biggest in the history of boxing in Australia.