Heavy: Sonny Bill Williams (5-0) W TKO 1 Clarence Tillman (11-9-2). Cruiser: Robert Berridge (13-0-1) W TKO 4 Faimasasa Tavui (7-10-1)
Williams, 26, scores with a big left hook and then pours it on until the referee stops the fight. The All-Black rugby player is still very crude, and Tillman was fat and slow. Williams wins vacant New Zealand title. American Tillman was a poor level opponent. He weighed a whopping 283 lbs and a couple of fights back had a four round draw with a guy with a 0-6 record. Still no way of telling if Williams can fight as two of his victims had never had a fight, and the other two were novices who had lost more than they had won. That does not mean he can’t fight, just that he has proved nothing yet. Williams reportedly suffered a hamstring tear in preparation for this fight, but should still be available for upcoming rugby games.” Butcher” Berridge remained unbeaten with a stoppage early in the fourth of Samoan Tavui. The 27-year-old southpaw has ten wins by KO/TKO.