{"id":49954,"date":"2021-03-26T11:24:14","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T12:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=49954"},"modified":"2021-03-26T15:59:49","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:59:49","slug":"youre-shorter-than-before-sbw-guarantees-gal-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=49954","title":{"rendered":"'You're shorter than before': SBW guarantees Gal fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sonny Bill Williams has guaranteed he will fight Paul Gallen in the boxing ring, and couldn't resist a few cheeky pot-shots at the Cronulla Sharks great.<\/p>\n

Gallen has been chasing a fight with the globetrotting superstar for years<\/a>, with talks between the two camps repeatedly unraveling at the final hurdle.<\/p>\n

The closest the former NRL rivals have ever come to reaching a deal was in 2016 when Gallen agreed "to a figure much less than a 50-50 split" in favour of Williams which didn't eventuate.<\/p>\n

Following Williams' recent stint back in the NRL with the Roosters last season, speculation has again mounted over a potential fight between the pair.<\/p>\n

\"Sonny<\/p>\n

But Speaking on Nine's Friday Night Knockoff after the Rabbitohs' 26-16 win over the Roosters, Williams assured eager fans the bout was a sure-thing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

"I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'll fight Paul," Wiliams told Nine.<\/p>\n

"But I've got to do my due diligence like he has in the past few years. You know what I mean? That means sizing him up."<\/p>\n

Gallen revealed Williams had already taken the opportunity of his new commentary role with Nine to stoke the rivalry between the two.<\/p>\n

"He sized me up already tonight," Gallen said. "He goes, 'You're a bit shorter than before'."<\/p>\n

\"SBW<\/p>\n

"I\u2019ve got great respect for what Sonny has done in sport. But as I said, it remains to be seen whether this fight will happen.<\/p>\n

"There's no announcement tonight. I've got a big fight coming up against a world-ranked opponent. It's a huge fight I'm preparing for.<\/p>\n

"Maybe one day me and Sonny can happen. I've said it over and over for many years now, let's do it. I still have my doubts it will happen though, big boy.<\/p>\n

"But one thing me and you are going to do is get paid. We know that."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sonny Bill Williams has guaranteed he will fight Paul Gallen in the boxing ring, and couldn't resist a few cheeky pot-shots at the Cronulla Sharks […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49954"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49956,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49954\/revisions\/49956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}