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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldegrave from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Eleven minutes past two.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
It's a fight that's been ten years in the making,
but is finally about to happen. After a decade of
verbal jabs back and forth, KIWI Cross code sporting legend
Sonny Bill Williams and Australian rugby league hard man Paul
Gallon will finally meet in the boxing ring at Kudos
Bank Arena in Sydney on Wednesday, July sixteenth from seven
(00:35):
thirty New Zealand Time, powered by Minukah Fuel. The fight
will be live an Excuse exclusive rather in New Zealand
on pay per view from Sky Arena and Sky Sport Now.
Two time Rugby World Cup winner, two time NRL Premiership winner,
Super Rugby Champion, twenty sixteen Olympian and boxer Sonny Bill
Williams is with us in the studio. Thanks for stopping
(00:57):
in Sunny. This seems to have taken an age to arrive.
Why has this taken so long?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
This fight?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Yeah, I don't know, man. I think over the years
he's taken a lot of punch parts at me and
saying I'm this, I'm mad. I don't want to fight
on but to be honest and to be quite frank man,
when I was playing for the All Blacks for all
those years, I don't really think about getting back into
the boxing ring. So probably just timing. I guess, you know,
life's about time, and so we're here right now and
(01:25):
I'm bloody excited to get in the ring with him.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
How do you feel about Paul Gallon?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
I don't know. It's hard because over the years, obviously
he's thought about me a lot, call him out, calling
me out every chance he has, But I've never really
thought about him, honey, until now at the press conference
where I finally got to speak some truth about him.
Where where when my old mate then decided not to
turn up. I think that's when all the emotions kind
(01:56):
of come out because over the years, No, not really,
he's not I don't really have a poster in my
house of Paul or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Bron cover the pre fight press conference.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
What did you make of that?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I just think that's what type of individual he is
and how he looks at me and my people that
you know, obviously he thinks he's better than us. I've
been in dressing rooms with these type of characters before,
where they love to suck up all the oxygen and
then if you speak, you know, you're not really heard.
So I think for me it was a reflection of
(02:31):
him thinking that myself Polynesians are dummies in his eyes,
you know. And and we held the press conference together.
It was actually better with probably with Adam there, but
at the same time, it was quite disappointing because I
had a few questions I wanted to ask him.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Well, I guess you could ask them in the ring
when you get in there in a month or so.
You haven't been in the ring for a while, three
years since your last fight. Yeah, is he the only
opponent you would have come back for?
Speaker 4 (03:00):
It had to be big. Look, I was retired, man.
We tried to make this fight happen three years ago
after I lost him count. I'm a realist, you know,
I'm I'm not I didn't make my name in the
boxing ring. I'm not a boxer, but you know I'm
athletic enough to be able to get in there and
you know, win some fights. So I think the reason
(03:24):
why this s grudge match is so big is because
of you. Know, the animosity that's been brewing for the
last ten years, and like I said, every opportunity he has,
he's taking digs at me. So after the Mark can't fight,
like I said, we try to make the fight happen.
It got right down to the final while final hurdle.
I'm pretty much almost gonna announce it, and he's come
(03:47):
back and said he wanted a bigger piece of the
pie instead of fifty to fifty. So that was the
question I wanted to ask at the press conference. What
have you been doing the last three years? You know?
What are all these rumors? What are these people calling
me about saying that you're on performance hunting drugs? You know?
And that's the worry that I had because the last
three years I've been training for life, and when you
trained for when you're training to get in the ring,
(04:08):
it's a different field of different buzz, of different mentality.
So going from going from changing nappies to you know,
potentially get in the ring and punching someone in the
faces being quite easy because of the animosity that there
is between me and poor.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I was going to ask about that because having been
out of the ring for so long, how long does
it take to get fight fit again.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I'm not too sure. You know, people think, okay, because
I've had a few fights. I'm a full time boxer.
I've had ten fights over in fifteen years. So for me,
it always come easy because it was at the end
of a season, for example, and I was naturally like
I was almost there fitness wise. Now three years out
(04:53):
of doing professional sport, it's been really tough. The mind
and the heart is there, but the body has been
struggling quite a bit. So I think that's the difference
when you get a little bit older. So yeah, this
this camp has been really really tough.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Eight two minute rounds. Does that suit you? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
I think it's it's more of an equalizer. You know,
there's been enough. There's been a lot said about the
two minutes, especially from my from my old mate, but
to be honest, I don't know anyone anything, you know,
when they came to me. I had these rumors. I
had these phone calls saying, you know, he's been in
the ring, he's on these things that you should get
on which I will never touch, and you're going to
(05:33):
get a phone call. Two weeks later, our copp the
phone call about it. Well, if you want me to
get off my couch, you want me to change my
mindset for training to life to training to fight, well,
these are the these are the boundaries that I need
that to be in place. And obviously the two minutes
are there. But the drug testing story hasn't happened, happened,
so I'm not too sure what's happening there. He's come out,
(05:54):
he said he'll take drug he'll be drug tested, but
nothing's happened. No Asada has called me. No one's wrong
me about your whereabouts. And that's what usually happens in
a professional sitting year. It's it's one of those things
where I think that the people involved understand that there
may be a chance that something might come up and
then the fight will be caught off. So for me,
(06:15):
it's it's a bit of an equalizer, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
So, do need that to happen before you'll fight them
or are you just going to.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Expect I don't think it's going to happen. I don't
think it's going to happen, to be honest, And and
that's hence the reason why I was adamant and having
these two things in place, so one of them is
being ticked off. So we're going to get in the
ring and find out.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Is this your last fight? Is just the last hurrah?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah? I think so? I think man, I think so.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Bro, how's the fine out? Five kids?
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Man?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
How are you going?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah? Everyone's good, man, it's five kids, it's five blessings.
It's the hardest job in the world, but it's the
most rewarding job in the world, you know. So I've
gone up to Gold Coast. I'm training in Joy's camp
along with his father, and it's been tough. But for me,
I needed to step away from you know, I'm naturally
(07:08):
a soft teddy bever, so I needed to get into
that mental state where it's kill or be killed. Because
my last fight, I looked at Mark like just one
of the allsorts, one of the brothers. O. Yeah, we're
going to get in. We're gonna have a bit of
a fight. You know. Nah, that's not going to happen
like that. So that's why I've taken myself out of
my family environment and I'm up there training, training hard daily,
(07:32):
just ready to give this guy a good hiding.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And it's just the Warriors year, I hope.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
So, man, I hope. So I think let's let's see
a warrior's bulldogs. Fine, good one, wouldn't it.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Well, before that can happen, we look forward to Wednesday
July sixteen. You and Paul Gallon in the ring in Sydney, Sonny,
thanks for stopping and all the best for the month
ahead and for the fight on July sixteen.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
That's goal. Thanks man.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Take care now you take care as well. That's Sunny
Bill Williams joining us in studio. So there you go. Kudos.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Bank Arena, Sydney, Wednesday July sixteen, from seven thirty It's
New Zealand time. Minuka Fuel are powering the fight. It's
available live an extra inclusive here in New Zealand on
pay per view from Sky Arena and Skysport Now.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
For more from the All Sport Breakfast with Darcy Watergrave,
listen live to News Talk set B on Saturday mornings,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the All Sport Breakfast podcast with Darcy
Waldegrave from News Talk ZEDB.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Eleven minutes past two.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
It's a fight that's been ten years in the making,
but is finally about to happen. After a decade of
verbal jabs back and forth, KIWI Cross code sporting legend
Sonny Bill Williams and Australian rugby league hard man Paul
Gallon will finally meet in the boxing ring at Kudos
Bank Arena in Sydney on Wednesday, July sixteenth from seven
(00:35):
thirty New Zealand Time, powered by Minukah Fuel. The fight
will be live an Excuse exclusive rather in New Zealand
on pay per view from Sky Arena and Sky Sport Now.
Two time Rugby World Cup winner, two time NRL Premiership winner,
Super Rugby Champion, twenty sixteen Olympian and boxer Sonny Bill
Williams is with us in the studio. Thanks for stopping
(00:57):
in Sunny. This seems to have taken an age to arrive.
Why has this taken so long?
Speaker 2 (01:02):
This fight?
Speaker 4 (01:04):
Yeah, I don't know, man. I think over the years
he's taken a lot of punch parts at me and
saying I'm this, I'm mad. I don't want to fight
on but to be honest and to be quite frank man,
when I was playing for the All Blacks for all
those years, I don't really think about getting back into
the boxing ring. So probably just timing. I guess, you know,
life's about time, and so we're here right now and
(01:25):
I'm bloody excited to get in the ring with him.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
How do you feel about Paul Gallon?
Speaker 4 (01:32):
I don't know. It's hard because over the years, obviously
he's thought about me a lot, call him out, calling
me out every chance he has, But I've never really
thought about him, honey, until now at the press conference
where I finally got to speak some truth about him.
Where where when my old mate then decided not to
turn up. I think that's when all the emotions kind
(01:56):
of come out because over the years, No, not really,
he's not I don't really have a poster in my
house of Paul or anything like that.
Speaker 3 (02:04):
Bron cover the pre fight press conference.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
What did you make of that?
Speaker 4 (02:09):
I just think that's what type of individual he is
and how he looks at me and my people that
you know, obviously he thinks he's better than us. I've
been in dressing rooms with these type of characters before,
where they love to suck up all the oxygen and
then if you speak, you know, you're not really heard.
So I think for me it was a reflection of
(02:31):
him thinking that myself Polynesians are dummies in his eyes,
you know. And and we held the press conference together.
It was actually better with probably with Adam there, but
at the same time, it was quite disappointing because I
had a few questions I wanted to ask him.
Speaker 3 (02:50):
Well, I guess you could ask them in the ring
when you get in there in a month or so.
You haven't been in the ring for a while, three
years since your last fight. Yeah, is he the only
opponent you would have come back for?
Speaker 4 (03:00):
It had to be big. Look, I was retired, man.
We tried to make this fight happen three years ago
after I lost him count. I'm a realist, you know,
I'm I'm not I didn't make my name in the
boxing ring. I'm not a boxer, but you know I'm
athletic enough to be able to get in there and
you know, win some fights. So I think the reason
(03:24):
why this s grudge match is so big is because
of you. Know, the animosity that's been brewing for the
last ten years, and like I said, every opportunity he has,
he's taking digs at me. So after the Mark can't fight,
like I said, we try to make the fight happen.
It got right down to the final while final hurdle.
I'm pretty much almost gonna announce it, and he's come
(03:47):
back and said he wanted a bigger piece of the
pie instead of fifty to fifty. So that was the
question I wanted to ask at the press conference. What
have you been doing the last three years? You know?
What are all these rumors? What are these people calling
me about saying that you're on performance hunting drugs? You know?
And that's the worry that I had because the last
three years I've been training for life, and when you
trained for when you're training to get in the ring,
(04:08):
it's a different field of different buzz, of different mentality.
So going from going from changing nappies to you know,
potentially get in the ring and punching someone in the
faces being quite easy because of the animosity that there
is between me and poor.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
I was going to ask about that because having been
out of the ring for so long, how long does
it take to get fight fit again.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
I'm not too sure. You know, people think, okay, because
I've had a few fights. I'm a full time boxer.
I've had ten fights over in fifteen years. So for me,
it always come easy because it was at the end
of a season, for example, and I was naturally like
I was almost there fitness wise. Now three years out
(04:53):
of doing professional sport, it's been really tough. The mind
and the heart is there, but the body has been
struggling quite a bit. So I think that's the difference
when you get a little bit older. So yeah, this
this camp has been really really tough.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
Eight two minute rounds. Does that suit you? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (05:13):
I think it's it's more of an equalizer. You know,
there's been enough. There's been a lot said about the
two minutes, especially from my from my old mate, but
to be honest, I don't know anyone anything, you know,
when they came to me. I had these rumors. I
had these phone calls saying, you know, he's been in
the ring, he's on these things that you should get
on which I will never touch, and you're going to
(05:33):
get a phone call. Two weeks later, our copp the
phone call about it. Well, if you want me to
get off my couch, you want me to change my
mindset for training to life to training to fight, well,
these are the these are the boundaries that I need
that to be in place. And obviously the two minutes
are there. But the drug testing story hasn't happened, happened,
so I'm not too sure what's happening there. He's come out,
(05:54):
he said he'll take drug he'll be drug tested, but
nothing's happened. No Asada has called me. No one's wrong
me about your whereabouts. And that's what usually happens in
a professional sitting year. It's it's one of those things
where I think that the people involved understand that there
may be a chance that something might come up and
then the fight will be caught off. So for me,
(06:15):
it's it's a bit of an equalizer, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
So, do need that to happen before you'll fight them
or are you just going to.
Speaker 4 (06:20):
Expect I don't think it's going to happen. I don't
think it's going to happen, to be honest, And and
that's hence the reason why I was adamant and having
these two things in place, so one of them is
being ticked off. So we're going to get in the
ring and find out.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Is this your last fight? Is just the last hurrah?
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Yeah? I think so? I think man, I think so.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
Bro, how's the fine out? Five kids?
Speaker 4 (06:45):
Man?
Speaker 2 (06:45):
How are you going?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah? Everyone's good, man, it's five kids, it's five blessings.
It's the hardest job in the world, but it's the
most rewarding job in the world, you know. So I've
gone up to Gold Coast. I'm training in Joy's camp
along with his father, and it's been tough. But for me,
I needed to step away from you know, I'm naturally
(07:08):
a soft teddy bever, so I needed to get into
that mental state where it's kill or be killed. Because
my last fight, I looked at Mark like just one
of the allsorts, one of the brothers. O. Yeah, we're
going to get in. We're gonna have a bit of
a fight. You know. Nah, that's not going to happen
like that. So that's why I've taken myself out of
my family environment and I'm up there training, training hard daily,
(07:32):
just ready to give this guy a good hiding.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
And it's just the Warriors year, I hope.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
So, man, I hope. So I think let's let's see
a warrior's bulldogs. Fine, good one, wouldn't it.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
Well, before that can happen, we look forward to Wednesday
July sixteen. You and Paul Gallon in the ring in Sydney, Sonny,
thanks for stopping and all the best for the month
ahead and for the fight on July sixteen.
Speaker 4 (07:54):
That's goal. Thanks man.
Speaker 2 (07:55):
Take care now you take care as well. That's Sunny
Bill Williams joining us in studio. So there you go. Kudos.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
Bank Arena, Sydney, Wednesday July sixteen, from seven thirty It's
New Zealand time. Minuka Fuel are powering the fight. It's
available live an extra inclusive here in New Zealand on
pay per view from Sky Arena and Skysport Now.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
For more from the All Sport Breakfast with Darcy Watergrave,
listen live to News Talk set B on Saturday mornings,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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