Liam Paro

And anyone that knows me knows I just love fighting.

It's when I'm the happiest.

We are from Mackay.

Exactly.

Mackay Mauler.

But it's, man, that's what –

like when it's all said and done, that's the highlight chapters in that book.

You know what I mean?

Like you did it when your back was against the wall.

The only people that believed in me was me and my corner.

We knew my team.

That's it.

The rest of the world, like you're crazy.

You look at the comments that was like the Puerto Ricans are very proud people.

They were saying the morgues down the road from the stadium, you're never going to leave.

So like,

fuck right but look man i'll do it a hundred times over just yeah to to do that it's history you know what i mean and fighters fight and that's what i live by and i've proved that was there was there any doubt heading out like was there any part of you that was like oh or the whole time you're like i feel like i've got the tools to beat this guy no i was i've got a lot of self-belief that's one thing i do have and i possess is i believe in myself i know what i'm capable of

And it was just showing that to the world.

But, man, they threw everything in the way to debunk that.

Their dressing room was a hallway between the toilets, tiles soaking wet.