{"id":293137,"date":"2023-10-26T17:26:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293137"},"modified":"2023-10-26T17:26:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T17:26:59","slug":"sonny-williams-on-why-boxing-camps-are-harder-than-rugby-pre-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/rugby-union\/sonny-williams-on-why-boxing-camps-are-harder-than-rugby-pre-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonny Williams on why boxing camps are harder than rugby pre-season"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Sonny Bill Williams explains why he finds a boxing camp that much harder than a rugby pre-season&#8230; as he meets up with Mail Sport&#8217;s Croqued Monsieurs ahead of the Rugby World Cup final<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Former Rugby World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams has also fought in boxing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He believes that training for boxing is more difficult than rugby&#8217;s pre-season<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>World Cup 2023: Click here for Mail Sport&#8217;s latest coverage from France<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Latest Rugby World Cup 2023 news, including fixtures, live scores and results<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former New Zealand international Sonny Bill Williams believes that a boxing camp is harder than a rugby pre-season.<\/p>\n<p>The former World Cup winner has also fought professional in boxing, holding a 9-1 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Croqued Monsieurs dropped in on Williams as part of their alternative Rugby World Cup diary, as the tournament reaches its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining why boxing training is more difficult, he said: &#8216;Why? Because I grew up playing rugby league so it was second nature. Boxing, I didn&#8217;t grow up doing it but there was a few fisticuffs in the school yard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;What&#8217;s more hard, a blind-side tackle or a body shot from Tyson Fury? Well I admit I copped a few from Tyson and they were pretty bad so I&#8217;ve had to man up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I had to man up a few times on the field but I definitely had to man up next to the heavyweight champion of the world.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also named his four top heavyweights, naming the Gypsy King, along with Oleksandr Usyk, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder.<\/p>\n<p><span>Watch Sonny Bill Williams in the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s Croqued Monsieurs &#8211; an alternative Rugby World C<span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span>diary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12676589\/Sonny-Bill-Williams-explains-finds-boxing-camp-harder-rugby-pre-season-meets-Mail-Sports-Croqued-Monsieurs-ahead-Rugby-World-Cup-final.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sonny Bill Williams explains why he finds a boxing camp that much harder than a rugby pre-season&#8230; 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