{"id":8544,"date":"2020-12-12T00:10:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T01:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8544"},"modified":"2020-12-12T02:58:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T02:58:10","slug":"aussie-boxings-new-excitement-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=8544","title":{"rendered":"Aussie boxing's new excitement machine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Praise is again pouring in for rising Australian boxing sensation Brock Jarvis<\/a> after he extended his record to 18-0 with a convincing victory in Canberra last night.<\/p>\n

The Jeff Fenech-trained prodigy<\/a> defeated Mark Schleibs, whose record is now 12-1, in a fifth-round knockout at Coorong Pavilion, Exhibition Park, to claim the IBF Pan Pacific and WBO Global featherweight belts on his featherweight debut.<\/p>\n

Fenech was immensely proud of his athlete.<\/p>\n

"He just keeps getting better," the Australian boxing legend said.<\/p>\n

"He's still a novice, he's still learning. We're just taking it one step at a time, never going to put the cart in front of the horse. As soon as this pandemic is over we'll be going over to America to train.<\/p>\n

"You saw him fight five really hard rounds but he had 10 left in him. I love being associated with him."<\/p>\n

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Jarvis was relentless with his body punches and finished the fight with a left hook one minute and 16 seconds into the fifth round.<\/p>\n

He weighed in at 56.9kg to scrape into the featherweight division, which is capped at 57kg , while Schleibs was only 55.1kg.<\/p>\n

So impressive is Jarvis' physical progress that some experts believe he could eventually compete in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n

The Sydney-sider was content with his fight but said he had room for improvement.<\/p>\n

"I still think we have a lot of work to do so I'll keep working on it," Jarvis said.<\/p>\n

"It was good. Mark put up a good fight so I thank him for that. I haven't fought in over a year but I've been busy in the gym. I was confident I'd be fine, thanks to Luke Jackson, Hassan Hamden – all the guys I've been sparring.<\/p>\n

"Thanks to Dean Lonergan and Stu Duncan for having me in the main event."<\/p>\n

Australian boxing fans took to Twitter to hail the young star.<\/p>\n

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