Caboolture’s Liam Wilson heads back to Arizona in March with hopes of becoming a world champion. The All Star Boxing Academy trainee takes on Mexican boxer Oscar Valdez on the 29th in Glendale.
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The 10-round junior lightweight fight has no titles on the line, at least currently.
Potential for title vacancy
There are rumours that the current World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion, Emanuel Navarrete, may move up a weight class and vacate his title. Both Liam Wilson and Valdez lost to the three-weight world champion Navarrete last year.
Navarrete controversially went down in the fourth round but was given a 27-second count rather than 10 seconds to recover. Navarrete stopped Wilson in the ninth round.
Liam Wilson seeks redemption
With two victories under his belt since that loss, a confident Wilson said: “Valdez is a good fighter, a tough man, but after what I’ve been through already and what I plan on bringing, I believe he’s going to regret taking this fight.”
Currently ranked #2 by the WBO, Wilson (13-2-0) trains in Thailand and plans a seven-week training camp in the US before the March 29 showdown at the Desert Diamond Arena.
He has a 10cm height and reach advantage over Valdez, who has a record of 31-2-0.
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Another local on the undercard
“Headsplitter” Isaac Hardman (15-2-0) will also be in action on March 13. He will face Endry Saavedra (15-1-0) of Venezuela for the WBO Inter-Continental middleweight title in Wollongong.
Featured Image Credit: Facebook/Liam Wilson
Published 16-February-2024
