{"id":78863,"date":"2025-08-18T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78863\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:12:11","slug":"michael-zerafa-threatens-legal-action-against-promoters-no-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78863\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Zerafa threatens legal action against promoters No Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Zerafa<\/a> has launched a stinging attack on promoters No Limit in a since-deleted social media post after he was missing from Monday’s press conference.<\/p>\n

The polarising Australian star was a notable absentee from the event, just two days out from his return to the ring against Mikey Dahlman.<\/p>\n

Zerafa will compete on Wednesday’s card headlined by Nikita Tszyu<\/a>, but was nowhere to be seen at one of the last promotional pushes for the pay-per-view event.<\/p>\n

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It was suggested that Zerafa opted not to attend, but the former world title contender has moved to refute that claim via social media.<\/p>\n

“Let me make this very clear,” he said via Instagram, before taking it down hours later.<\/p>\n

\"SYDNEY,<\/p>\n

Michael Zerafa\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

“At 9:41am, I received a call from No Limit telling me I was no longer required at the press conference. When I asked why, the response was vague “we’ve had to make some changes”. No further explanation.<\/p>\n

“We knew it didn’t sit right, so we released a statement two hours before the press conference, laying out the facts. Still, they went ahead and falsely told national TV and streaming audiences that I “no showed”.<\/p>\n

“That is not just dishonest, it’s defamation [Zerafa claimed].<\/p>\n

“You cannot remove someone, then publicly shame them for not being there. That’s a direct attack on my integrity, my professionalism, and my name. And that has real consequences.<\/p>\n

“I’ve spent years building a brand I’m proud of and I won’t sit back while others try to damage my reputation to serve their own narrative.<\/p>\n

“This attempt to damage my reputation is serious and it won’t be ignored. Our legal team has now been contacted. Enough is enough.”<\/p>\n

He received support in the comments from UFC champion Alexander Volkanovski.<\/p>\n

“Sorry to hear brother. Not a good look,” he said.<\/p>\n

Zerafa posted again at around 6.30pm and said he would ‘clear the air’ on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

“Thank you for all the love and support,” he said via an Instagram story.<\/p>\n

“Tune in live tomorrow 12pm, the air will be cleared as I get the platform to talk.”<\/p>\n

\"Boxer<\/p>\n

Michael Zerafa\u00a0James Alcock<\/p>\n

Despite the tension in fight week and other fighters pointing out his past regarding late withdrawals – notably his 2021 fight against Tim Tszyu falling through<\/a> – the brash 33-year-old still intends to step into the ring and face Dahlman.<\/p>\n

Wide World of Sports has contacted No Limit for comment regarding Zerafa’s statement.<\/p>\n

Zerafa had been outspoken in the lead-up to the event regarding some of Tszyu’s weird behaviour, which included claiming he had been consuming breast milk and placenta before his return to the ring after a 12-month absence.<\/p>\n

The pair could be on a collision course later this year or early next year, should they both get through their respective bouts on Wednesday with victories.<\/p>\n

Zerafa (37-5) last fought in August of last year, defeating Tommy Browne in Sydney.<\/p>\n

His attempt to move up and compete on the world stage fell short in March 2024 when he was stopped by Erislandy Lara in a fight for he WBA middleweight world title<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Zerafa has launched a stinging attack on promoters No Limit in a since-deleted social media post after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78864,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-78863","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\/78863","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=78863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}