Liam Wilson doubles down on challenge to Kambosos after knocking out Youssef Dib in eight By Anthony Cocks Liam Wilson’s career hung in the balance as he walked towards the ring to face Youssef Dib in his lightweight debut at the WIN Entertainment Centre in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia on Wednesday night. It was hoped that a move up to the 135-pound weight class would rejuvenate his career. It did.
Wilson stopped Dib in the eighth round, and immediately renewed his call to face George Kambosos Jr. The plucky 28-year-old from Caboolture in Queensland had been having a rough time of things of late. Two trips to the United States to face world class junior lightweight opponents in the past 18 months had ended in disastrous fashion.
Murderous punchers Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez finished him off inside the distance of what were otherwise competitive fights, leaving him languishing with a record of 2-2 in his last four outings. Critics will argue that Sydneysider Dib, 31, was tailormade for Wilson, and in a sense he was. Against Navarrete and Valdez, Wilson only got into trouble when he opted to trade with the heavy-handed Mexican duo.
Dib, with a modest record of 11 knockouts out of 21 wins against one loss, was never going to be the guy to shake him up early and drag him into a brawl in their scheduled 10-round fight. For the first two rounds Dib used every inch of the ring, circling left and right and challenging Wilson to come find him. The game plan seemed .
