On March 30, 2024, a 32-year-old Michael Zerafa (31-4, 19 KOs) got a shot at the middleweight WBA (Regular) title held by 40-year-old American boxer Erislandy Lara (29-3-3, 17 KOs).
Zerafa came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 7 days. Lara was on a 4-fight win streak with a 48% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 10 months, and 2 days.
Erislandy Lara made very easy work of Michael Zerafa, stopping the challenger via KO in the 2nd. Lara improves his record to 30-3-3 (18 KOs), while Zerafa adds a loss to his record at 31-5.
On December 18, 2019, a 27-year-old Michael Zerafa (27-3, 16 KOs) and a 31-year-old fellow Australian boxer Jeff Horn (19-2-1, 13 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time, in a middleweight bout.
Zerafa came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 18 days. Horn was on a -1-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 18 days.
In the rematch, Jeff Horn defeated Michael Zerafa via majority decision in the 10-round middleweight fight. Horn improves his record to 20-2-1, while Zerafa adds a loss to his record at 27-4.
On December 8, 2018, a 26-year-old Michael Zerafa (25-2, 14 KOs) and a 32-year-old British boxer Kell Brook (37-2, 26 KOs) met in the ring.
Zerafa came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 8 days. Brook was on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 9 months and 5 days.
Kell Brook defeated Michael Zerafa via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight. Brook improves his record to 38-2, while Zerafa adds a loss to his record at 25-3.
On September 12, 2015, a 23-year-old Michael Zerafa (17-1, 9 KOs) and a 32-year-old American boxer Peter Quillin (31-0-1, 22 KOs) met in the ring.
Zerafa came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 16 days. Quillin was on a 0-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 1 day.
Peter Quillin stopped Michael Zerafa via KO in the 5th round. Quillin improves his record to 32-0-1 (23 KOs), while Zerafa adds a loss to his record at 17-2.
On October 24, 2014, a 22-year-old Michael Zerafa (15-0, 7 KOs) and Arif Magomedov met in the ring in a middleweight bout.
Zerafa came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days.
Michael Zerafa lost to Arif Magomedov via unanimous decision in the 10-round middleweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 15-1.