Liam Paro has questioned the mindset of champion Lewis Crocker and revealed he was reduced to sleeping in a car to chase his boxing dream ahead of his historic title fight chance.
The Queenslander (27-1) will seek to become a multiple-division world champion when he takes on the Northern Irishman (22-0) at Brisbane's Pat Rafter Arena on Wednesday.
Paro's shot at the IBF welterweight crown comes almost two years to the day since he upset Subriel Matias in his Puerto Rican stronghold to win the IBF super lightweight belt.
Victory would see the 30-year-old become the first Australian-born fighter since Jeff Fenech, 39 years ago, to win world titles involving the four major boxing organisations in more than one weight division.
