Liam Wilson has been denied an unbelievable underdog boxing world title, crushed by favourite Emanuel Navarrete regardless of flooring the Mexican within the fourth spherical.
Opening as an $18 lengthy shot for the vacant WBO tremendous featherweight title, Australian Wilson silenced the partisan crowd in Phoenix’s Desert Diamond Area when he landed a candy left hook and finally despatched the two-division champion to the canvas.
Navarrete survived what Wilson’s nook thought was a protracted rely and was hit once more by Wilson’s last punch of a dominant spherical that shocked the gang.
Wilson landed one other candy left hook within the sixth spherical however was then monstered earlier than the combat was stopped with one minute left within the ninth spherical.
It was Navarrete’s 32nd consecutive win, relationship again to 2012 and his 11th title combat, the victory making him the 10th Mexican to win titles in three divisions.
And it was Brisbane product Wilson’s second defeat in solely 13 skilled fights, the world title promise made to his dying father 11 years in the past made to attend some time longer.
-AAP
