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Liam Talivaa has avenged his brutal 2023 Knockout of the Year loss – and punched his way into an Australian heavyweight title showdown – with a massive stoppage win against Brandon Grach.
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Fighting in the same Newcastle venue where Grach brutally iced him on a Nikita Tszyu undercard, Talivaa earned the ultimate redemption by downing the Novocastrian early in the fifth with an explosive barrage of vicious punches.
The end finished off a brutal performance for the western Sydney fighter who also wobbled Grach early in the third and then dropped him with a massive counter right hand.
While the previously undefeated heavyweight recovered, it would be finished two rounds later.
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“Man, I just want to give all glory to my heavenly father,” Talivaa said afterwards.
“Without him I wouldn’t be here to redeem myself.
“To show everyone who I am.
“I know what I possess.
“Know what I’m capable of.
“God wouldn’t put these challenges in front of you without something behind it.”
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Back in 2023, the two Australian punchers engaged in a war as brutal as it was brief – with Grach recovering after being dropped in the first round to eventually land a brutal left hook that earned him No Limit’s Knockout of the Year.
While both men have fought, and won, once each since, there still exists plenty of bad blood as has evidenced right throughout fight week, and in a fiery Main Event ‘Face Off’ interview.
While both men now have one win each, Talivaa stressed there was no need for a trilogy fight, branding his first loss a “mistake”.
“There’s no need to be a trilogy,” he told Main Event commentator Ben Damon.
“I boxed his ears off and dropped him in the fifth.
“I’m on to bigger and better things
“But big ups to Grach. It takes a lot of balls to get into this ring
The fight doubled as an eliminator for reigning Australian heavyweight champion, Stefan Ivic.