Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Sonny Bill Williams and Clarence Tillman III brawl at weigh-in
Sonny Bill Williams has hit the headlines again following an altercation with his next boxing opponent, Clarence Tillman III. The scuffle broke out at their weigh-in ahead of Wednesday night's clash for the vacant New Zealand Heavyweight title.
Williams and Tillman faced off in Hamilton ahead of the fight that came about after Williams' planned opponent, Richard Tutaki, was scratched from the fight following an arrest on various charges.
The All Black center is looking to gain some respect following a string of questionable fights. This will be his fifth as a professional boxer, with his last fight being against 43 year old Alipate Liava'a.
Williams and Tillman came to blows after some verbal sparring sparked a shove, then quick right from the big American. Williams' brother John tackled him off to the side, squashing trainer Anthony Mundine in the process, as Liam Messam watched on.
"It’s pretty below the belt, but that’s all good," said Williams.
"He’s the one talking it up at the press conference. We should leave it all in the ring tomorrow, but obviously there is other things on his mind and he wants to bring the fight right now. If he’d wanted to, we could have got it on right now. Just adds a bit more spice to it, doesn’t it?
"I didn’t feel nothing man," Williams insisted, despite footage showing that the Tillman shot landed.
Was this a real altercation, or just another publicity stunt to hype up a fight?
Update: Watch what happened here
Posted at 10:48 am | 20 comments
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Pretzel February 07, 2012 1:54 pm
Tillman obviously started the whole thing by pushing him...
I'm sure "Allah the merciful" will guide SBW.... ¬_¬
Pretzel February 07, 2012 1:54 pm
Pretzel February 07, 2012 1:54 pm
cheyanqui February 07, 2012 4:22 pm
D-Matt February 07, 2012 7:07 pm
DaRab February 07, 2012 8:20 pm
Jimothy February 07, 2012 9:06 pm
I for one RD find things like this interesting so thanks for the post.
Spence February 07, 2012 7:58 pm
Stubby February 08, 2012 3:36 pm
but Clarence was wonky after he got hit in the match. SBW FTW
Richard February 07, 2012 9:14 pm
Boxing match not a brawl I'm sure.
cheyanqui February 08, 2012 1:24 am
patedelievre February 07, 2012 11:30 pm
Tibo February 08, 2012 3:01 pm
SBW is a joke - he should focus on Rugby. Did Jean-Marc Mormec try squash for the glory ?
Come on Sonny Bill… grow up dude.
Pretzel February 08, 2012 4:35 pm
I'm not trying to take anything away from SBW (well not really...) but why is he fighting non tuned looking people....
Sankeor February 08, 2012 11:12 pm
Michael February 09, 2012 8:16 pm
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