SBW drops huge hint on future after shock loss

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After a knock-out decision to Mark Hunt successful the 4th circular of their heavyweight fight, Sonny Bill Williams conceded his clip arsenic an jock mightiness beryllium up.

Hunt, who came into the combat knowing afloat good that his warring vocation would soon beryllium over, rocked Williams with a bid of punches to the head.

Williams had held an aboriginal vantage aft the archetypal 3 rounds but got lulled into a mendacious consciousness of information earlier falling unfortunate to Hunt's dense hits to the assemblage and head.

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Asked aft the combat what is to come, Williams was reflective.

"At this stage, I'm not adjacent definite if I'll combat again," helium said.

"That could beryllium it for maine too. We'll spot however the adjacent mates of weeks unfold.

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"I've trained hard for this fight. I conscionable consciousness atrocious for my woman who had to enactment up with each the kids for the past mates of weeks.

"I'm conscionable keen to get location and get backmost into the plaything of things and commencement going backmost to the mosque successful the morning, spending my time disconnected similar that.

"Just a small spot disappointed, but it is what it is."

When pressed further connected his plans for the future, Williams conceded that his property was a contributing origin successful his determination making process.

The two-time Rugby World Cup victor admitted that Hunt work his plays similar a book.

"I'm 37, and I've ever said if I bull a spot of punishment oregon a batch of punishment, that could beryllium it," Williams said.

"I wasn't trying to beryllium a heavyweight champion of the satellite oregon thing similar that, I was conscionable retired determination doing my best.

"Mark work my punches. My punches were evidently a spot excessively telegraphed contiguous and helium caught maine a mates of times and that was it, that's the heavyweight division.

"I'll conscionable person to spell backmost and speech to my woman and speech to my manager and my adjacent household members and spot what the aboriginal holds."

Williams said that if his vocation arsenic an jock is done, helium is yet "grateful" for what opportunities it has brought.

"As disappointing arsenic it is due to the fact that of what happened tonight, I'll ever beryllium grateful for the friendships I've made and the beingness I've been capable to live.

"The opportunities that athletics has brought to not conscionable myself, but my adjacent household members. We came from nothing, truthful to beryllium present and spot the maturation I've had arsenic a person, arsenic a man, besides being capable to spot the fruits of my labour that has affected my household members has been life-changing."

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