It was the eighth round. An unidentified man loomed up next to Francois Botha's corner man, Hardy Mileham. The fight against Sonny Bill Williams was 10 rounds, not 12, he said.

David Tua's camp have challenged Sonny Bill Williams to a heavyweight title fight to "restore credibility" to the sport after the farcical finish to the Williams-Francois Botha bout in Brisbane on Friday night.

Sky television received dozens of complaints from viewers demanding refunds, angry that the fight finished two rounds earlier than expected.

It ended in farce but Sonny Bill Williams' win over grizzled heavyweight Francois Botha has some deadly serious repercussions for Williams and his camp.

The TAB have refunded 'Pick the Round' bets placed on Sonny Bill Williams' controversial boxing win over Francois Botha in Brisbane.

Sonny Bill Williams will emerge victorious from tonight's stoush with the White Buffalo, writes Steve Deane. He can't lose.

Boxing can be a chaotic affair and so it proved once again at the Brisbane Events Centre, the venue for tonight's fight between Sonny Bill Williams and Francois Botha.

Rival homes in on Wallaby's uncertainty as pair prepare for boxing clash in Brisbane

The vogue for top sportsmen taking up boxing despite, in many cases, their physical unsuitability is a modern oddity, writes Bob Jones.

Sonny Bill Williams faces the possibility of legal action after he called judges in a recent boxing match "corrupt'' on Twitter, according to Australian reports.

Sonny Bill Williams has accused judges in Anthony Mundine's middleweight defeat to Daniel Geale as being corrupt following his close friend's unanimous points loss.

He has left for Sydney and the NRL but rugby remains firmly in the thoughts of Sonny Bill Williams.

David Tua's comeback is coming back - and he is being lined up to fight a world-ranked heavyweight boxer in New Zealand next year.

Jesse Ryder is interested in fighting former England cricket star Andrew Flintoff but any boxing bout next year would have to occur outside the cricket season.

The sight of the world's best fighter lying unresponsive, face down on the canvas is one of the most shockingly memorable moments of 2012.

Joseph Parker's impressive demolition of Richard Tutaki on Saturday night suggested there might be some substance behind the growing hype.