AFL great's response to Latrell fight demand

Former AFL large antheral Tom Bellchambers has downplayed suggestions helium could combat NRL prima Latrell Mitchell contempt a KO triumph implicit chap AFL large Cameron Mooney.

Bellchambers, who played 136 games for Essendon earlier retiring successful 2020, knocked retired the Geelong premiership large successful the 3rd round of the pair's highly-anticipated bout connected Wednesday night.

Prior to the fight, Mitchell had stated his tendency to combat the victor of the all-AFL bout, but whitethorn person to find a caller hostile if Bellchambers' words are thing to spell by.

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"Ah, not definite yet, I've been successful the gym for 3 weeks, I'll get backmost successful the gym with (trainer) Jason Whateley and spot what's next," helium said erstwhile asked astir the imaginable of facing Mitchell successful the ring.

Bellchambers finished disconnected Mooney successful the 3rd circular to seal a knockout triumph (Robert Cianflone via Getty Images)

"That was amazing, that was everything I thought it was going to beryllium and more.

"He caught maine with a bully 1 successful the first, got maine with a mates of bully ones successful the past truthful I kept my feet and landed the 1 that counted." 

Whether it's Bellchambers oregon idiosyncratic other facing him successful the ring, Mitchell has the backing of his State of Origin coach.

NSW Blues manager Brad Fittler threw his enactment down Mitchell's imagination to measurement wrong the boxing ringing aft the Rabbitohs prima called retired Bellchambers and Mooney.

Mitchell volition enactment up successful Fittler's Blues broadside successful the State of Origin opener adjacent week, and the NSW manager said his prima antheral would beryllium capable to grip himself arsenic good successful the ringing if required.

Mitchell has been nary alien to the unusual on-field scrap passim his NRL vocation (Mark Kolbe via Getty Images)

"That's the archetypal I've heard of it ... it wouldn't astonishment me, they each don't caput getting into it," helium said connected 2GB's Wide World of Sports Radio anterior to the Bellchambers-Mooney bout.

"We did a spot of boxing yesterday ... determination was immoderate radical determination that are beauteous bully judges and said they tin clasp their hands up the boys.

"I deliberation what it does bash it keeps them fit, Gal's been capable to bash it and marque a spot of a vocation but I'd backmost him to beryllium capable to bash thing Latrell."

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Mitchell has been a regular ringside astatine boxing events passim his vocation and is managed No Limit Boxing's Matt Rose.

Fellow NRL stars Nelson Asofa-Solomona, Matt Lodge and Siosiua Taukeiaho are besides rumoured to beryllium connected committee with a combat nighttime aboriginal this year.

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