By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
IBF #10 middleweight Michael Zerafa and IBF #8 Issac Hardman were involved in a physical confrontation ahead of their IBF elimination bout for the number two position on Wednesday at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. Both threw punches at each other after accusations of racism.
“He (Hardman) is racist,” Zerafa insisted
Hardman replied, “The remark that I’m racist is crazy. I don’t know where the f–k that has come from. He is clutching at straws and he needs something to get over the line, to make me the bad guy. This guy is the bad guy. Everyone f–king hates this clown. My partner is of color. My two best mates are Samoan. How am I racist? That’s craziness. Just because I’m going to punch this bloke’s head in and he’s Maltese, who cares? I’m going to smash this bloke [and that] doesn’t make me racist.”
Hilarious the racism card played. Zerafa likely told to play that for hype etc.
Neither of these guys has any right to a World title shot and havent beat anybody of not at middleweight. Amazing they are talking about a WT shot and yet Tszyu is stuck on hold, staggering.
100% mate – when they make average fights like this PPV, the fighters are undoubtedly going to run their mouth and shout rubbish like the race card – the promoters make them do this. If PPV for these kind of fights continues in Australia, then boxing will stay a fringe sport.
Hardman in 2!