Calls for Jake Paul after Hunt's stunning TKO

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Mark Hunt's shock TKO upset implicit a stunned Sonny Bill Williams has led to calls successful the US for the "Super Samoan" to combat Jake Paul.

Hunt's fourth-round knockout of the cross-code superstar shocked Williams and his campy arsenic the MMA legend's past combat went to script.

Hunt was a large underdog fixed helium is 48 years aged and mislaid to Paul Gallen backmost successful 2020.

Williams, who is 11 years younger, had ne'er been beaten and was 9-0 successful his nonrecreational boxing career, past beating Barry Hall backmost successful March.

The erstwhile All Black sat slumped successful his seat successful the country aft the daze effect with his squad solemnly unwrapping his gloves arsenic Williams absorbed what had conscionable happened.

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Just a fewer weeks agone Hunt weighed successful astatine 157kg, but helium mislaid 30kgs successful campy wanting to springiness himself the champion changeable astatine going retired a victor aft a highly palmy vocation mostly successful MMA.

Williams had ne'er fought anyone arsenic seasoned arsenic Hunt, who had shared the cage with greats similar Brock Lesnar, Alistair Overeem and Frank Mir.

But things did not spell to program for Hunt astatine the beginning, with astir believing Williams would adjacent it retired connected points.

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After 3 rounds the MMA fable had landed conscionable 18 of his 73 thrown punches, successful examination to Williams' 38 of 105.

But the momentum swung Hunt's mode successful the 4th circular aft Williams was caught with a antagonistic punch that changed everything. The cross-code large moved consecutive guardant and lined up his right, leaving his caput precocious aft throwing the punch.

Hunt caught him connected the mode in, dislodging Williams' rima defender and leaving him dazed. Hunt smelt humor from that constituent and finished the occupation soon after, confirming his status plans successful the ring.

"I don't cognize if it's his chin, I mightiness conscionable person a batch of power. That's heavyweight stuff, I transportation a batch of weight," Hunt said.

"Heavyweights battalion a batch of power, a changeable similar that could person ended anyone."

Williams conceded helium could travel Hunt into retirement.

"At this signifier I'm not adjacent definite if I'll combat again. That could beryllium it for me, too," Williams said.

"We'll spot what unfolds implicit the adjacent fewer weeks."

Asked if helium was genuinely considering retirement, Williams replied: "Yeah, for sure. I'm 37, I've ever said that if I bull a batch of punishment, that could beryllium it.

"I wasn't trying to beryllium the heavyweight champion of the world, I was conscionable retired determination doing my best. Mark work my punches, they were evidently a spot excessively telegraphed, helium caught maine and that was it... we'll spot what the aboriginal holds.

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"If this is the extremity of my sporting career, it's been a bully one."

The TKO effect made immoderate waves online and among MMA fans successful the US, who hailed "The KFC King" for his efforts.

There were adjacent immoderate who called for societal media performer Jake Paul to get successful the ringing with Hunt, pursuing his caller triumph implicit 47-year-old MMA fable Anderson Silva. Even though Hunt said this combat was his last, specified a connection would surely prick his ears fixed Paul's expected pulling power. Funnily enough, Paul named Williams arsenic a imaginable hostile earlier this year.

A combat with Paul mightiness beryllium hard to marque considering Hunt mislaid 30kg to get down to 127kg for his combat with Williams and Paul fought astatine cruiserweight and tipped the scales astatine 84kg for his combat with Silva.

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