Great's mammoth 43kg weight loss bid for SBW

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Mark Hunt says he'll astir apt beryllium the lightest he's been for a combat successful years erstwhile helium faces Sonny Bill Williams adjacent month.

The erstwhile mixed martial creator and kickboxer has already shed 19kg of a targeted 43kg value nonaccomplishment for the highly anticipated bout.

Hunt and Williams volition spell head-to-head astatine the International Convention Centre successful Sydney connected November 5.

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Hunt said helium had been "at location eating cheesecakes" and grown to 157kg since his past fight.

"I'm similar 138kg now," Hunt revealed successful September.

"You'll astir apt spot maine beryllium the smallest I've been for a combat successful years. I should beryllium astatine 114kg for this match.

"I stopped eating cheesecakes. Like I said, I was sitting connected the sofa relaxing. That's each I was doing, I wasn't doing much."

Hunt precocious posted an representation to societal media cutting a slimmer fig aft a sparring league successful the USA.

The combat volition beryllium Hunt's archetypal since his nonaccomplishment to Paul Gallen successful 2020 and the 2nd combat this twelvemonth for Williams, following his knockout triumph implicit Barry Hall.

Hunt said helium was grateful to beryllium called retired by Williams, who got him disconnected the sofa and steadfast again.

Add the seamlessness with which the combat was organised with the erstwhile rugby star's manager Khoder Nasser and Hunt is simply a blessed man.

"Making a woody with [Sonny's] manager Khoder, it took fractional an hr alternatively of each these snakes successful the grass. With Khoder, it's been a enactment of caller air, to beryllium honest," Hunt explained.

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"I picked up my lad from schoolhouse and I said to him erstwhile I took him to conscionable Khoder, I said 'this promoter is going to beryllium telling you each sorts of bullshit, each sorts of rubbish'. When I went successful there, I sat with him, it took fractional an hour. We shook hands and made a deal.

"As I left, my lad goes, 'He didn't bash thing similar that, dad'. Maybe it's due to the fact that he's a Muslim guy, possibly he's a bully man. It was benignant of refreshing, to beryllium honest, alternatively of dealing with snakes successful the writer my full life."

As for the fight, portion Hunt conceded he's "bad astatine betting", helium is adamant the combat volition not spell the afloat 8 rounds and volition autumn successful his favour.

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In immoderate case, he'll beryllium acceptable to spell the distance.

"I don't deliberation it's going to spell 8 rounds, to beryllium honest," helium said.

"I deliberation Sonny would similar it to spell 8 rounds. I don't deliberation it'll spell 8 rounds. I'm going to spell backmost to grooming and marque definite it doesn't spell 8 rounds.

"Like I said, Sonny is simply a peculiar athlete, a peculiar idiosyncratic to beryllium honest," helium added.

"To beryllium called out, to me, I didn't look astatine it arsenic a motion of disrespect, due to the fact that helium could person called retired galore people, but it goes to amusement the integrity of him.

"If you privation to beryllium an honorable fighter, similar Paul [Gallen], you know, helium earned his stripes with me. It's the aforesaid happening Sonny has got to do, he's got to gain his stripes with me. You can't bargain me, let's enactment it that way."

The combat – available exclusively for Stan customers to acquisition connected Stan Event – sees Williams spell successful undefeated with a 10-0 record.

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