Speaking with Fox Sports Australia, longtime family rival Michael Zerafa has also accused Tim Tszyu of now running from an all-Australian blockbuster between the pair, while also accusing The Soul Taker of \u201csh***ing on his own career\u201d.<\/p>\n
Only days after being branded a coward by Nikita Tszyu, Zerafa has taken the big stick to Australia\u2019s superstar boxing brothers \u2013 accusing the younger sibling, in particular, of ruining everything his old man built as an undisputed king.<\/p>\n
It comes as both Nikita and Zerafa will fight in separate bouts on Wednesday night\u2019s stacked No Limit card at ICC Theatre, Sydney.<\/p>\n
While the pair are already deep into discussions for a December blockbuster, Zerafa stressed promoters No Limit should instead now shift focus to his longtime arch rival Tim Tszyu \u2013 who in July lost his third straight title fight to WBC champ Sebastian Fundora.<\/p>\n
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The Melburnian insisted it was Tim Tszyu who was now \u201crunning\u201d from him, while adding Nikita\u2019s increasingly weird persona should either be outed as an act or see him sent for psychological testing.<\/p>\n
The declaration follows a week of headlines from The Butcher involving everything from eating his wife\u2019s placenta and drinking her breast milk through to branding Zerafa an attention-seeking \u201ccoward\u201d. <\/p>\n
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\u201cBut for the Tszyu name, I\u2019m really hoping this is all an act,\u201d Zerafa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, you\u2019ve got Kostya Tszyu, an absolute legend.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd then you\u2019ve got Tim Tszyu, who is also a former world champion.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut now we\u2019ve got Nikita Tszyu \u2026 and he\u2019s talking about chewing on placenta and drinking titty milk.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really praying this is all a joke.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, I\u2019m hoping he comes out at some point soon and says \u2018ha ha\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Zerafa added that Tszyu\u2019s increasingly weird public comments were also why he took zero notice of the fighter recently branding him a coward due to his walking out on a fight with Tim in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cHim saying I\u2019m a coward? Means absolutely nothing,\u201d Zerafa fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause this is a guy who continually says the dumbest things.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd things that just shouldn\u2019t be said.<\/p>\n
\u201cLike eating placenta.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, people are free to do whatever they like but nobody needs to know that.<\/p>\n
\u201cSame as the guy also wants to tell everyone how he drinks snake blood, eats pigeons, I think he\u2019s got serious f***ing issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow does eating pigeon make you a better boxer?<\/p>\n
\u201cBuy a chicken.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut again, this is a guy who talks about watching dogs hump.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd as I said earlier, each to their own \u2026 but surely there is a psychological assessment that needs to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n