Sparks fly between NRL star, 'Tyson' wanna-be

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A brawl threatened to erupt erstwhile NRL prima Tevita Pangai Jr and his heavyweight hostile Jeremiah Tupai-Ui came face-to-face during Friday's pre-fight weigh-in.

Appearing up of Saturday's long-awaited clash between Sonny Bill Williams and Mark Hunt, the Bulldogs guardant exchanged words with his hostile astatine the ICC successful Sydney.

As tensions roseate and a little shoving lucifer broke retired aft Pangai Jr got up successful Tupai-Ui's face, a outcry of "don't bash it boys" came from the crowd, earlier the brace simmered.

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

Pangai Jr said the speech came aft Issac Hardman earlier this week likened Tupai-Ui to boxing large Mike Tyson.

"The weigh-in was beauteous intense," Pangai Jr told Wide World of Sports.

"We'll spot however we go. It should beryllium a beauteous bully fight. Issac Hardman was calling him Mike Tyson, truthful we'll spot time nighttime if helium is."

Nevertheless, Pangai Jr said helium has got respect for his other number.

"He's an experienced amateur," helium said of the Nitro Boxing Fitness Centre product.

"He's had six amateur fights, 1 pro fight, comes from a bully combat gym. I'm conscionable a footy subordinate trying to box. I've done everything successful my power to hole well. I've worked connected technique, worked connected my fittingness heaps."

Hunt's singular 20kg value loss

At the weigh-in, the headliners – Williams and Hunt – were separated by 21kg.

Williams weighed 108kg portion Hunt, who has been connected an aggravated value nonaccomplishment programme for the fight, coiled up astatine 129kg.

Hunt, whose warring vocation volition travel to an extremity aft Saturday, praised Samoan-born New Zealand boxer David Tua and boxing promoter Khoder Nasser.

"It's been 30 years of combat," Hunt said.

"To beryllium honest, I'm 48-years-old – I'm looking guardant to this – It'll beryllium my past match.

"It's been an astonishing journey, to beryllium honest, astir the globe successful antithetic genres.

"After this fight, it'll beryllium a antithetic battle, but I truly admit the large antheral David implicit present and his squad and everyone other who has helped beryllium a portion of this.

"I'm looking guardant to time night, lacing up the gloves, immoderate benignant of gloves for the past time. I admit that, Khoder."

SBW holds nary fears for Hunt

WHAT IS THE DATE AND TIME FOR SBW vs HUNT?

The combat nighttime is connected Saturday, November 5 with the undercard enactment and unrecorded sum acceptable to commencement from 6.10pm AEDT.

The main lawsuit is estimated to commencement astir 9.45pm AEDT.

HOW CAN I WATCH SBW vs HUNT?

You tin bid the pay-per-view now, lone connected Stan.

The combat is disposable to each Stan subscribers and caller subscribers tin bask a 30 time escaped trial.

SBW, Hunt quadrate disconnected astatine presser

WHAT IS THE FULL FIGHT CARD FOR SBW vs HUNT?

Travis Druce vs Cole Smith, heavyweight, 4 rounds

Nathan Singh vs Robert Lale, lightweight, 5 rounds

Abdul Abdulrahman vs Malakai Marama, ace middleweight, 4 rounds

Isaac Meehan vs Kenny Niko, heavyweight, 4 rounds

Michael Seko vs Junior Tafa, heavyweight, 4 rounds

Tevita Pangai Jr vs Jeremiah Tupai-Ui, heavyweight, 4 rounds

Sonny Bill Williams vs Mark Hunt, heavyweight, 8 rounds

WHAT IS THE VENUE FOR SBW vs HUNT?

The combat nighttime is being held astatine the Aware Super Theatre successful Sydney's International Convention Centre.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS FOR SBW vs HUNT?

As of Friday 1pm AEDT, Palmerbet had Sonny Bill Williams arsenic a $1.10 favourite.

Mark Hunt was listed astatine $6.50, with a gully paying $17.

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