SBW's 'intense' revelation about boxing career

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Sonny Bill Williams says preparing for a boxing combat is simply a much aggravated acquisition than it is earlier a Rugby World Cup last oregon NRL decider.

Williams is continuing his vocation of sporting excellence arsenic a pugilist, boasting a cleanable 9-0 nonrecreational boxing grounds since his debut successful 2009.

He won 2 World Cups with the All Blacks to spell with 2 NRL titles with the Bulldogs and Roosters.

Sonny Bill Williams volition look Mark Hunt successful a titanic heavyweight clash connected November 5. Watch unrecorded and exclusive connected Stan Event

The 37-year-old volition combat MMA fable Mark Hunt successful Sydney connected November 5 and reflected connected his caller concern successful a beryllium down interrogation with Stan Sport.

"It's a surreal feeling successful the boxing (dressing) room," Williams said.

"It's much aggravated than it is earlier a monolithic All Blacks World Cup last oregon NRL expansive final. Just due to the fact that you tin beryllium determination and look astir you and you spot the boys, your teammates going done the aforesaid emotions.

"But past besides you tin thin connected them and look astir and deliberation 'oh man, there's a satellite people subordinate adjacent to me, that guy's giving maine immoderate confidence.'

"But successful the boxing ringing it's conscionable you, there's no-one else. You tin look implicit determination and accidental 'oh bro, you support pushing for this acceptable and marque this tackle for me, oregon I'm a small spot winded here, I've got a sore ankle, tin you instrumentality that deed up?'

"There's nary of that - it's you and solely you. There's that borderline determination due to the fact that it's astir to spell down. So earlier the Barry (Hall) fight, yeah, it was similar that for sure."

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