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Speaker 1: You're listening to the FITZI and Whip a podcast.

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Speaker 2: Our next guest. He's got a big Saturday night coming

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Speaker 2: up because on Stan you will be able to see

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Speaker 2: this main event. Sunny but Williams taking on Mark Hunt

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Speaker 2: and he joins us, Now, welcome to the show, buddy.

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Speaker 1: How are you going here?

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Speaker 3: He is, So, where are you at the moment with

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Speaker 3: your training schedule? Mate, because that you lead up like

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Speaker 3: the last six weeks before a fight, you're getting right.

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Speaker 1: Into it, Sunny Man. The hard work's done now, so

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Speaker 1: it's quite nice to last week. It's tough the last week.

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Speaker 1: It's like tapering. So, but the last week is difficult

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Speaker 1: for different reasons, just because you're starting the anxiety and

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Speaker 1: all of that type of stuff. You know, you just

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Speaker 1: want to fight. I just want to fight now, get

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Speaker 1: out of the way.

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Speaker 2: And Sonny, when are you talking about that anxiety? And

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Speaker 2: I can't even imagine what it would be like knowing

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Speaker 2: that you're stepping into the ring. When you actually do

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Speaker 2: step in, though, does your mind switching to gears that

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Speaker 2: when you go all right, enough's enough, we're on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was actually it was weird, like that's what

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Speaker 1: happened last fight. I was just I had a lot

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Speaker 1: of anxiety nerves just because of the casion. And but

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Speaker 1: then as soon as I've seen the crowd I got

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Speaker 1: out there, it was like like like a calm kind

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Speaker 1: of feeling, like all right, let's go. You know, I

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Speaker 1: didn't didn't really have picked me at all, the crowd

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Speaker 1: and whatnot. I think just because of the years of

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Speaker 1: playing in big stadiums and whatnot.

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Speaker 2: So does it help when you get hit too sonny?

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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you don't want to get whack too

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Speaker 2: out in the face.

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Speaker 1: But last time I didn't caught one, so hopefully aspiring, Yes, inspiring.

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Speaker 1: Sometimes it takes, you know, a couple of punches and

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Speaker 1: you're like, oh, okay, we're here, you know, let's go.

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Speaker 3: You know, so, hey Mark, you don't want to be

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Speaker 3: hit by him, though he's got a big haymaker on him, Sonny.

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Speaker 1: I just got to be smart, calculated and disciplined in there.

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Speaker 1: And if I do that and concentrate on the small things,

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Speaker 1: I'll get the big thing done. And at my age

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Speaker 1: is quite nice to still be able to compete at

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Speaker 1: this top of level. Yeah. I just don't want to

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Speaker 1: go home to my kids and tell that they're lots.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. How much of an inspiration is Muhammad a

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Speaker 3: la to you, Sonny. I mean, it was the anniversary

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Speaker 3: of Rumbling the Jungle the other day, and that's an

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Speaker 3: unbelievable fight where he was an underdog and he actually

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Speaker 3: he went all the way to the end and just

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Speaker 3: let George Foreman beat the absolute but Jesus out of him,

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Speaker 3: and then he came back right.

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Speaker 1: At the end one hundred percent. I've watched that Rumble

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Speaker 1: in the Jungle a few times and for me, the

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Speaker 1: thing that stands out and that movie is obviously his

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Speaker 1: dedication to his fate and his beliefs by him when

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Speaker 1: he goes for runs, he runs in the back streets,

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Speaker 1: he runs in the street. He's a man of the

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Speaker 1: people and he had a massive heart. He always gave,

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Speaker 1: gave his time authentically to people and take a lot

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Speaker 1: of inspiration out of the path in the way that

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Speaker 1: Muhammad conducted himself.

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Speaker 3: Sonny. I've been enjoying your commentary in the Union on

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Speaker 3: stand Sport and what you've been doing. You've been doing

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Speaker 3: an amazing job, Sonny. Can I ask you a question?

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Speaker 3: We may need you one day and I know You've

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Speaker 3: played for the All Blacks, You've won World Cups, and

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Speaker 3: your career has been amazing, but would you ever consider

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Speaker 3: one day just helping the team out and just being

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Speaker 3: around there giving advice or being a part of assistant coaching.

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Speaker 1: Role personally, I really appreciate that, mate. It's been a journey.

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Speaker 1: The space that I'm in, I'd never my oldest dreams

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Speaker 1: thought i'd ever be in it. So you know, I

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Speaker 1: never close any door. I've got a lot of experience

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Speaker 1: in the sport, but yeah, maybe one day what I

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Speaker 1: enjoy helping from far from a distance, especially the young

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Speaker 1: boys in so you know who knows who knows?

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Speaker 2: Good on your sunny Bill, Sonny.

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Speaker 3: We love you, but ways appreciate it. We know This Saturday,

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Speaker 3: fifth and November from six pm you can catch it

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Speaker 3: on Standsport go to stand dot com, dot au Ford

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Speaker 3: slash PPV. He's taking on Mark Hunt and you always

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Speaker 3: find the time to have a chat that with Sonny

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Speaker 3: and we appreciate it. You are an inspiration to many.

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Speaker 3: Good luck on Saturday. Go well buddy.

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Speaker 1: Thanks. You're listening to the Fitzi and Whipper podcast.