https:\/\/twitter.com\/StanSportAU\/status\/1585753284937383936?s=20&t=tQUyyfsx1YQk7_9FuBRcxg<\/a><\/p>\n The 37-year-old will fight MMA legend Mark Hunt in Sydney on November 5 and reflected on his new occupation in a sit down interview with Stan Sport.\ufeff<\/p>\n "It's a surreal feeling in the boxing (dressing) room," Williams said.<\/p>\n "It's more intense than it is before a massive All Blacks World Cup final or NRL grand final. Just because you can sit there and look around you and you see the boys, your teammates going through the same emotions.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Roos stars separated after heated exchange<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Finch left bemused by legend's Cummins call<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:\ufeff<\/strong> Australia's 'never seen before' $23m tournament<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n "But then also you can lean on them and look around and think 'oh man, there's a world class player next to me, that guy's giving me some confidence.'<\/p>\n "But in the boxing ring it's just you, there's no-one else. You can look over there and say 'oh bro, you keep pushing for this set and make this tackle for me, or I'm a little bit winded here, I've got a sore ankle, can you take that hit up?'<\/p>\n "There's none of that – it's you and solely you. There's that edge there because it's about to go down. So before the Barry (Hall) fight, yeah, it was like that for sure."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n