Michael Zerafa\u2019s big Tszyu call… and push for \u2018fight Australia wants to see\u2019<\/a><\/p>\nNo one wants to fight Callum Peters. (Photo by Emily Barker\/Getty Images)Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n
Asked for his thoughts on Heywood at Monday\u2019s press event in Brisbane, the young fighter replied: \u201cHe looks like a hard boy, has fought hard opponents so he\u2019ll bring a good show.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe knows how to throw down.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd he\u2019s also the first one who hasn\u2019t pulled out so it should be a cracker.\u201d<\/p>\n
But as for a prediction?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be over the first round,\u201d Peters shrugged.<\/p>\n
\u201cHopefully people get to see more of me on the night but I am looking for a stoppage.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if you don\u2019t fight me now, I\u2019m only going to get better.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day, every week, every month \u2026 I\u2019m only going to become harder to beat.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo you gotta get me now.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In the main event, Brisbane cruiserweight Floyd Masson \u2013 a former IBO champion \u2013 faces off against John Parker, the younger brother of Oleksandr Usyk\u2019s new mandatory.<\/p>\n
Asked about forging his own fight career, John described the fight as a \u201c100 per cent must win\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a great opportunity to showcase my skills, and I\u2019m ready for the challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, I\u2019m the best version of myself and I will continue to get better.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I have to take care of business.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got a lot of respect for Floyd who has already fought two of my fellow Kiwis and got the \u2018w\u2019 on both of them \u2026 so three strikes and you\u2019re out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Masson, meanwhile, said he was ready to work his way into a top 10 ranking, and potentially a world title eliminator, in a division where Australia\u2019s Jai Opetaia holds the IBF and Ring crowns.<\/p>\n
Floyd Masson headlines the card.Source: Instagram<\/p>\n
Elsewhere on the undercard, Gold Coast light heavyweight Jack Gregory takes on Brisbane\u2019s Jahzia Puohotaua, with the pair engaging in an entertaining press conference exchange.<\/p>\n
Asked what he knew about his rival, Gregory said: \u201cThere\u2019s not much on him.<\/p>\n
\u201cI like stalking my opponents but there\u2019s not much on him \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
To which Puohotaua shot back: \u201cWeird\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know that he likes to come forward,\u201d Gregory then continued unperturbed, \u201cand that \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cStrange,\u201d his rival shouted, going again on the stalking claim.<\/p>\n
Gregory: \u201cNah, not like weird. I just like watching the fights.\u201d<\/p>\n
Puohotaua: \u201cThat\u2019s weird, bro. It\u2019s a weird take.\u201d<\/p>\n
At which point the compere then asked if he was concerned by his rival?<\/p>\n
Puohotaua: \u201cA little bit. (Laughs) You say you\u2019ve been doing the work but it sounds like you\u2019ve been watching me the whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gregory: \u201cThat\u2019s a part of the work\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier, Puohotaua had declared himself ready for everything coming Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always felt that I was supposed to be here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven sitting at this table, I\u2019m getting a little bit giddy, like \u2018this is cool, I\u2019m with all the big kids\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I\u2019ve worked to get here.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I\u2019ll stay here.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to win. That\u2019s the bottom line.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what he says after me or what he\u2019s done to prepare.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to matter.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s probably a really nice guy and there is no malice towards him as a person.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at the end of the day, I\u2019m punching heads in \u2013 that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Asked next up how the fight goes down, he declared: \u201cHowever I decide it goes down\u201d.<\/p>\n
Peters, meanwhile, promised to use Wednesday night\u2019s card as another chance to showcase the firepower that\u2019s seen him dubbed \u201850 Cal\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the small gloves, anything is possible,\u201d he grinned.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet those combos in, work the body, the head, set the shots up, it should be good for me in there.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s going to have a hard time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI throw with volume.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s always punches going.<\/p>\n
\u201cShould be fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peters also spoke about being in Las Vegas recently, where he watched the card involving both Tim Tszyu and Manny Pacquiao.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd watching Tim in there, Pacquiao,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019re having the thought of \u2018that could be me one day, fighting in front of all these people\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s gunna be hectic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Callum Peters has put Australia\u2019s best young fighters across three weight classes on notice, declaring: \u201cIf you don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-28907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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