{"id":45441,"date":"2021-03-16T07:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T08:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45441"},"modified":"2021-03-16T09:59:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T09:59:29","slug":"aussie-boxing-champ-calls-out-dusty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45441","title":{"rendered":"Aussie boxing champ calls out Dusty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australian boxer Michael Zerafa has called out Richmond superstar Dustin Martin for a charity boxing bout, declaring there&#x27;s &quot;a bit of beef&quot; between the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Zerafa, 28, last weekend claimed the WBA Oceania middleweight title following a <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/boxing-fight-anthony-mundine-vs-michael-zerafa-live-updates-start-time-results-highlights-news\/4ca0fa2e-087b-4332-bbd4-4f0303276c67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" title=\" after his first round KO win over Anthony Mundine, which secured the WBA Oceania middleweight title\">first round KO win over Anthony Mundine<\/a>. It took Zerafa just two minutes to defeat Mundine.<\/p>\n<p>Now Zerafa has his eyes set on arguably the biggest name in the AFL, Martin, who was in attendance at the bout in Bendigo.<\/p>\n<p>It&#x27;s not the first time the Australian boxer has called the three-time Richmond premiership player out, but this time Zerafa says the pair have some sorting out to do.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"7d7daf8c-d59b-40cd-a062-ffdcdd2faded\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7d7daf8c-d59b-40cd-a062-ffdcdd2faded\" alt=\"Michael Zerafa, Dustin Martin\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;There&#x27;s a bit of beef with me and him,&#x27;&#x27; Zerafa told the Herald Sun.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;d definitely make something happen for charity and show him that he can&#x27;t box.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He was there, I saw him, but not in my corner.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Should a fight with Martin not go ahead, which no doubt is a long shot to begin with, Zerafa also has his eyes set on Aussie pound-for-pound king Tim Tszyu.<\/p>\n<p>Following his won over Mundine, Zerefa, who&#x27;s long sought a fight Tszyu, couldn&#x27;t help but call the undefeated 26-year-old out.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"61e3fe9e-dc9d-4131-a31f-81ee5ee45530\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/61e3fe9e-dc9d-4131-a31f-81ee5ee45530\" alt=\" Tim Tszyu\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Excuse my French &#8211; but stop f&#8212;-n running. It&#x27;s time to fight. It&#x27;s the best match up. We&#x27;re both No.1 in our division,&quot; Zerafa said after his win over Mundine.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He had a four fight plan that I was in. He&#x27;s fought three out of the four and he&#x27;s running scared.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s saying no one wants to fight him and he&#x27;s picking retired guys and welterweights to fight him. I&#x27;m here I&#x27;ve always been here. Stop running.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#x27;ve called him out. I&#x27;ve crashed his fight. Let&#x27;s give back to Australian boxing. Let&#x27;s put boxing back on the map. It&#x27;s my time.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Australian boxer Michael Zerafa has called out Richmond superstar Dustin Martin for a charity boxing bout, declaring there&#x27;s &quot;a bit of beef&quot; between the pair. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=45441\" title=\"Aussie boxing champ calls out Dusty\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45443,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45441\/revisions\/45443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}