By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Former Rugby League and Rugby Union football legend Sonny Bill Williams (9-0, 4 KOs) destroyed Australian Rules football legend Barry Hall (0-1-1) in the first round on Wednesday night at the ICC Exhibition Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sonny Bill dropped Hall three times to end it in just 1:55.
Unbeaten 2008 Olympian super featherweight Paul Fleming (27-0-1, 18 KOs) won a hard-fought ten round unanimous decision over Jackson Jon England (13-1, 8 KOs). Fleming recovered from a second round knockdown to win 95-94, 95-94, 97-92.
Pro-debuting Rahim Mundine, son of former world champion Anthony Mundine, outpointed Lepani Levatia (1-5, 1 KO) over four 40-37, 40-37, 39-37.
Cruiserweight Bilal Akkawy (21-1-1, 16 KOs) dominated Sebastian Singh (13-5-3, 8 KOs) over eight rounds, winning 60-54, 60-54, 60-54
Come on Australia. You can do better than this sideshow stuff.
Absolutely correct its an absolute joke
Barry Hall the novice against a medium quality professional its lucky it even lasted that long
Yeah mate – they just figured let em talk smack to sell the fight – still need to be able to fight though! FFS how is somebody who is 0-0-1 a head line act aaaaand it was PPV (only $12 but so what)
We have plenty better, however anyone pays for this stuff gets what they deserve
So naturally I’m assuming its SBW – Gallen next?
Here in the states our legends fight MMA and internet stars
Let’s be honest. SBW looked alright. Training with Fury camp has obviously helped him. Paffen Sport boxing gloves he used were illegally taped but hey, if no one’s gonna check you get away with it.
Who watched the Fleming V England fight? I know of both fighters but didn’t have a good enough background on either to be in a particular corner. On paper they both looked good with Fleming having a slight advantage. During the fight it became obvious that either of the combatants had a chance of winning, possibly by knockout. There were 6 of us watching and all 6 of us thought London won 95-94 ….that’s giving 3 of the 50:50 rounds to Fleming…it could have been London 98-91 Fleming if the judges gave the close rounds to London.
Just like the game of Aussie Rules Football, Hall is a joke. Playing ping pong egg ball can only get you so far (The Mardi Gras tops)
I’d have loved it if Sonny who turned pro 12 years ago would have stayed more active.
And you think Jake Paul is a cherry-picking fake?
Sonny Boy Williams at 36yo has been spoon-fed opponents throughout!
Hall was 46yo and 11kgs lighter than Williams who also had had nine weeks of top-shelf training in Tyson Fury’s gym in England with Joseph Parker, Tyson Fury, and trainer Andy Lee! Don’t know how long it was since long-ago amateur Hall fought?