Michael Zerafa tells Chris Eubank Jr to "put down the fork"
The Australian says Eubank is "pricing himself out" of their fight, and that Matchroom are talking about Melbourne.
Michael Zerafa believes Chris Eubank Jr is pricing himself out of a fight with him, and that Eubank sees the Australian as "a risk".
"We want the Eubank fight... I believe I beat him. I believe that love for the sport's not there anymore. He's chasing just money fights, and I feel like he knows I'm a risk. He said I'm a risk. That's why he's pricing himself out a little bit," Zerafa told iFL TV.
He took aim at Eubank's weight too. "I think Eubank's professionalism and love for the sport is gone. I mean, he posted a video the other day, he's a heavyweight... I think he should put down the fork," he said.
Zerafa, who signed with Matchroom in July and made his debut for them against Alejandro Ortiz on the Gold Coast in August, said the promoter has "got the Australian government involved", with talks about staging the fight in Melbourne, though contracts are not done. He said Eubank signing with Eddie Hearn "makes more sense for us to fight... we're both his fighters", and that he would move up to 168lb "if the money was right, the title was right".
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