{"id":584846,"date":"2026-04-04T11:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584846\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T11:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T11:06:22","slug":"scared-of-him-australias-next-boxing-golden-boy-avoided-by-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/584846\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Scared of him:\u2019 Australia\u2019s next boxing golden boy avoided by all"},"content":{"rendered":"

He\u2019s the Olympic sensation rated better than Anthony Mundine, and Callum Peters<\/a> is poised to one day take over from Tim Tszyu and Jai Opetaia as Australia\u2019s next golden boy. <\/p>\n

The only problem is convincing people to fight the talented South Australian. <\/p>\n

No Limit boss George Rose knows the Paris Olympian is destined for bigger things, but needs more Aussie talent to step up to the challenge. <\/p>\n

\u201cCallum Peters can win a world title, absolutely,\u201d Rose said. \u201cHe is the future of Australian boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cCallum is so hard to match because so many opponents don\u2019t want a bar of him. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve offered him to every middleweight and super middleweight in the country and most guys run a mile.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis boxing talent is phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently 5-0, Peters takes the next step in his professional development on Tim Tszyu\u2019s undercard on Sunday when he fights Delio Mouzinho in Wollongong. <\/p>\n

Peters has already earned praise from retired pound-for-pound great Gennady Golovkin after an impressive showing in a loss to eventual silver medallist Nurbek Oralbay at the Paris Olympics. <\/p>\n

He wants to win over more fans this weekend, with \u201950 Cal\u2019s\u2019 dad, Bradley saying he can surpass one of the country\u2019s greats. <\/p>\n

\u201cCallum can be better than Anthony Mundine,\u201d he told Code Sports. \u201cMundine was an incredible sportsman, he could be great at rugby league, basketball, you name it, he was a gifted sportsman, but Callum is a better boxer than him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis kid has been training since the age of eight. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to be a world champion and I know he has the talent and hunger to do it. <\/p>\n

\u201cI make my son train that hard that the fight part is the easy part.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters (71.96kg) comfortably made the middleweight limit on Saturday and is taking the spotlight and the pressure in his stride. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe pressure is always going to be around you, it\u2019s just the way you deal with it,\u201d Peters told Code. \u201cWith the pressure comes excitement, and without excitement, there\u2019s no love in what you do. <\/p>\n

\u201cBeing in the ring, that\u2019s my home. It\u2019s my favourite spot to be and where I\u2019m always in the right state of mind. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what I live for.\u201d <\/p>\n

Like Rose, Peters\u2019 dad says it\u2019s a mission to convince opponents to fight him. <\/p>\n

He even named some of the highest profile fighters in Australia. <\/p>\n

\u201cCallum will fight anyone but so many guys won\u2019t fight him,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are scared of him. We\u2019ve gone through so many names.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Tasman Fighters think they have the golden boy in Max Money McIntyre, bring him over and let\u2019s see who wins.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael Zerafa won\u2019t fight Callum. He has sparred him already and doesn\u2019t want the fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters powered past his first four opponents with four consecutive first round knockout wins. <\/p>\n

In his first big step up opponent in December, he outclassed the rugged Cody Beekin, dropping him twice and stopping him in the sixth round of their Australian middleweight title fight. <\/p>\n

Known for his fluid punching style and the flouro indoor football shoes he fights in, Peters has power in both hands and a stoppage on his mind on Sunday. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s feeling good, he will stop this guy in the first round,\u201d his old man said. \u201cHe can win a world title, of course. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m his dad and coach, but I\u2019m not being biased when I say he can dominate everyone in the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cCallum is the real deal. Everyone in boxing knows how good he is. He can be better in the pros than the amateurs because he has a pro style.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters has promised to try breaking the CompuBox record for the most punches thrown in a round.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis volume of punches is unbelievable,\u201d Bradley said. \u201cHe will throw 110 punches a round and he just drowns blokes. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut his best asset is his boxing IQ, he can watch an opponent, pick up their strengths and weaknesses and adapt straight away.<\/p>\n

\u201cCallum will be our next poster boy and up there with the greatest fighters we\u2019ve produced.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery 20 years someone special comes along and that\u2019s Callum in this generation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He\u2019s the Olympic sensation rated better than Anthony Mundine, and Callum Peters is poised to one day take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[43476,64,63,689,2802,286343,286347,28350,9746,286341,286344,286340,219492,207119,286346,28354,286345,28364,11850,286342,41976,44,677,33860,70479,286348,94357,5942,2753,2836],"class_list":{"0":"post-584846","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-anthony-mundine","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australia-and-new-zealand","12":"tag-australian-boxing","13":"tag-australian-middleweight-title","14":"tag-boxing-talent","15":"tag-brendan-bradford","16":"tag-callum","17":"tag-eventual-silver-medallist","18":"tag-fight-part","19":"tag-flouro-indoor-football","20":"tag-george-burgess","21":"tag-golden-boy","22":"tag-highest-profile-fighters","23":"tag-indoor-football-shoes","24":"tag-jamie-pittman","25":"tag-limit-boxing","26":"tag-michael-zerafa","27":"tag-middleweight-limit","28":"tag-middleweight-title-fight","29":"tag-news","30":"tag-oceania","31":"tag-peter-badel","32":"tag-real-deal","33":"tag-right-state","34":"tag-super-middleweight","35":"tag-tim-tszyu","36":"tag-world-champion","37":"tag-world-title"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}