Aussie gun fires warning after 'movie scene' blow

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Australian boxing weapon Liam Paro is convinced he's acceptable to sprout for a satellite title.

The 26-year-old delivered an ominous connection to his rivals erstwhile helium defeated Brock Jarvis with a first-round knockout conscionable implicit a week ago, rocking the antecedently undefeated Jeff Fenech-trained prima with a left-hand deed to the chin.

The crushing triumph implicit Jarvis, a chap Australian, improved Paro's nonrecreational grounds to 23-0 (14 knockouts).

Leading boxing promoter Eddie Hearn declared successful the ringing aft the Brisbane bout that the super-lightweight Queenslander was primed to instrumentality connected the world.

Paro has nary uncertainty he's proven that and believes the accidental volition get midway done adjacent year.

"I've fought erstwhile world-rated opponents before. I've fought astir 3 oregon 4 top-10 world-rated opponents," Paro told Wide World of Sports.

"I've been sparring with the likes of Shakur Stevenson, Devin Haney implicit successful Las Vegas and conscionable mixing it with the champion implicit there. Not lone that but holding my ain successful spars. They're the elite of the elite.

"It shows what level we're at, and we've known that for a while. It's present conscionable (about) improving nether the agleam lights and keeping connected proving critics incorrect and conscionable cementing my bequest successful boxing."

If Scotland's Josh Taylor and England's Jack Catterall quadrate disconnected successful a rematch successful February, arsenic is expected, Paro volition beryllium pursuing the combat eagerly.

Hearn said aft Paro's latest triumph that the southpaw deserved to look the victor of the mooted Taylor-Catterall clash, successful which 3 satellite titles would beryllium connected the line.

Paro would emotion precisely that, but helium doesn't privation to hold until midway done adjacent twelvemonth to propulsion connected the gloves again.

A combat against Teófimo López could beryllium Paro's adjacent challenge, but helium said he'd permission his squad to get his calendar successful order.

"I privation to support ticking implicit and syncing my camps with theirs, truthful aft they combat I besides person a combat and by the clip I'm acceptable to spell it'll beryllium for the (world) title, hopefully mid-year," Paro said.

"I don't privation casual fights.

"My past 2 opponents (Jarvis and Yomar Alamo) person a combined grounds of 40-0 — 40 wins, nary defeats — truthful I've proven that I've worked my arse disconnected to get to this position.

"I'm acceptable for the large names and that's what I privation — the large names.

"I privation to amusement that I'm astatine the apical of this division, and not lone that, but the champion of this division.

"I privation to combat the champion of the champion ... similar I said, I privation each the apical names.

"I privation to bushed each azygous idiosyncratic successful the 140-pound part truthful there's nary questions asked. I volition beryllium the antheral of this 140 division. I cognize I will."

Paro, intelligibly rapt with his ascendant triumph implicit Jarvis, smiled erstwhile asked if it had sunk in.

"I couldn't constitute the publication immoderate better. The build-up to the combat and each the animosity betwixt some camps — it was honestly similar a movie country the mode it played out. Like I said, I couldn't constitute it immoderate better," Paro said.

"I was conscionable truthful stoked.

"We proved to the satellite what we knew successful our camp, truthful it was a bully statement."

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