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Michael Zerafa

Michael Zerafa

Australian boxer

Aug 10, 2026

13:52
And what would you like to do?
13:54
Look, my dream is to be a world champion, you know, and I've fallen short.
13:58
You know, I've got a great team now.
14:01
And anyone that's going to move me in that direction, they're getting a world title.
14:05
If it's Harrison, it's Harrison.
14:07
If it's whoever they put in front of me, and like I said, it gets me to that world title, that's the goal.
17:24
Michael, what's the reception going to be like, do you think, when you walk out into that crowd and with people watching around the country as well?
17:31
I mean, it's the normal now for me to be booed, but I just embrace it.
12:07
Yes.
12:07
Within 10 seconds usually that goes away, but it just wasn't going and-I couldn't see, I panicked.
12:13
Um, and then I went back into the corner and, uh, I said to my team, he goes, "You, you can't." I'm like, "Yeah, yeah, whatever." And then I stood back up ready for round three.
12:20
So I didn't actually mention anything, I just got up to fight on.
12:23
Um, it was when the referee brought me over and said, "Let's go check it out." As he brought me to the corner, not realizing under the pressure, I was just answering his questions, not realizing the situation.
12:34
You know, he said to me, "How's the vision?" I said, "Yeah, I can't see." Uh, and then he said to the doctor-

16 MINS LATER

29:03
No?
29:04
I ended up becoming mandatory, which, you know, is very hard to do in both sanctioning bodies.

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