Former league star-turned-boxer Solomon Haumono has labelled Sonny Bill Williams as soft and rubbished his boxing credentials.
The Auckland-born Haumono, who played for New South Wales and Australia during the league split of the 1990s, is trying to provoke former world champion Danny Green into a contest.
News.com quotes the 110kg, 40-year-old Haumono - who is highly ranked by the WBA - as slamming the former world champion Green for picking "soft targets" like Sonny Bill Williams. The 42-year-old Green had spoken to Williams' manager Khoder Nasser about fighting the All Black in 2016.
Haumono said: "Why pick Sonny when he is only a part-time boxer who hasn't fought in nearly a year? Danny is world class...Green against SBW is a ridiculous mismatch. Danny is a former world champion who has boxed over 200 rounds as a professional. Sonny's only had seven bouts and 34 rounds.
"Danny has a history of picking soft targets...then he targets Choc (Anthony Mundine) who is coming off a bad loss and has been fighting four weight divisions below him at junior middleweight.
