LIVE: Tszyu opponent slams 'childlike' Zerafa
Undefeated Tim Tszyu puts his world title shot on the line as he takes on Japan's Takeshi Inoue at Sydney's Qudos Arena.
Michael Zerafa volition instrumentality to the ringing successful mid-December against Fijian Siliveni Nawai but that hasn't stopped the Victorian boxer getting into a sparring lucifer with Takeshi Inoue.
Speaking to Wide World of Sports earlier this month, Zerafa confirmed he'd taken to the ringing against the Japan combatant successful a sparring league successful 2016.
"He's a pugnacious boy. He walks forward, helium doesn't f--- around. He doesn't person a precocious enactment complaint but he's ace strong. He uses his assemblage good and he's got unsafe hands and chaotic hooks. I deliberation Tszyu's patience volition get him implicit the line," helium said.
Days retired from Inoue's combat with Tszyu, Zerafa claimed to person won the league against the WBO's sixth-ranked contender.
On the weekend, Inoue denied Zerafa got it implicit him successful the ring, and adjacent released imaginativeness of the league aft Tuesday's weigh-in.
"Just astir everything Michael Zerafa is saying is simply a lie. When we sparred a fewer years back, I controlled the session, I dominated each round, and it conscionable strikes maine that helium is simply a liar, and helium is childlike."
Zerafa deed back, saying Inoue doesn't basal a accidental against Tszyu.
"He thinks, I cognize – he's conscionable salty he's getting bashed by 2 Aussies, Tim volition bushed him connected Wednesday night, conscionable similar I bushed him successful sparring," Zerafa told News Corp.
"They're 3 days retired from the combat and they're inactive talking astir Zerafa – from a bloke who doesn't talk English."
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