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Michael Zerafa (born 25 March 1992) is an Australian professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth light middleweight title in 2018.




Boxing career


Early in his career, he was the Victorian super-welterweight champion.




= Zerafa vs. Magomedov

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On 24 October 2014, he lost to Arif Magomedov in his first fight outside Australia when challenging for the WBO Youth and Asia Pacific middleweight titles.




= Zerafa vs. Quillin

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On 12 September 2015, he lost via knockout to Peter Quillin in his second fight outside Australia. The impact of the knockout caused him to leave the arena on a stretcher.




= Zerafa vs. Kirima

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On 22 April 2016, Zerafa defeated Yosuke Kirima for the IBF Pan Pacific middleweight title.




= Zerafa vs. Brook

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On 5 November 2018, it was announced Zerafa would face Kell Brook at the Sheffield Arena on 8 December 2018, in a WBA super-welterweight title eliminator. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.




= Zerafa vs. Sherrington

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On 12 April 2019, Zerafa returned home to Australia and defeated Les Sherrington via knockout.




= Zerafa vs. Horn

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He then defeated Jeff Horn for the WBA Oceania middleweight title in Bendigo on 31 August 2019, this time winning via technical knockout. Horn was ranked #3 by the WBA, #5 by the WBO and #14 by the IBF at middleweight at the time.




= Zerafa vs. Ritchie

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On 9 November 2019, Zerafa was sparring with Dwight Ritchie when Ritchie collapsed in between rounds after a hit to the chest. Ritchie could not be revived and later died.




= Zerafa vs. Hardman

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On 20 April 2022, Zerafa faced Isaac Hardman in an IBF title eliminator at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre where Zerafa would knockout Hardman in the second round.




= World title opportunity

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Zerafa was originally slated to fight Esquiva Falcão for the vacant IBF middleweight world title. However, Zerafa opted to pursue a World Boxing Association title fight against Erislandy Lara, so Falcão is now slated to fight Vincenzo Gualtieri for the IBF title.




Professional boxing record






Personal life


His mother is from Australia and his father is from Malta.




References






External links



Boxing record for Michael Zerafa from BoxRec (registration required)
Michael Zerafa - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings at Box.Live

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