The retired Jeff Horn, a veteran of two high-profile all-Australian contests with Zerafa and another with Tim Tszyu, was present in his capacity for broadcasters Main Event. So, too, was the Irish light heavyweight Conor Wallace. But, in many respects unpredictably, the Australia-based junior welterweight Billy Polkinghorn – born in Essex, England – demanded greater attention when, while wearing a 90s era shirt of English Premier League team West Ham United, he left the press conference platform to join the queue of media members asking questions to engage with Zerafa in a tongue-in-cheek exchange. Polkinghorn had previously been described as a “character” by the same representative of No Limit, having also posed on the red carpet at Monday’s grand arrivals for a photo in which he was held up by those around him like a bride often is by the groomsmen and groom when they are newly wed. More relevantly, he consistently presents like a natural showman not only relaxed in but relishing the spotlight on the eve of a fight, suggesting that composure will long be one of his strengths.
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