Leilua's warning to Heighington ahead of fight
NRL centre Joey Leilua has warned Chris Heighington that he's "in trouble" when the two meet in the boxing ring next month.
NRL centre Joey Leilua has warned Chris Heighington that he's "in trouble" erstwhile the 2 conscionable successful the boxing ringing adjacent month.
"I'm going to spell retired determination and container ... I don't cognize astir Chris Heighington, but I cognize he's a bully footy player," Leilua said astatine a property league today.Joey Leilua and Chris Heighington connected Monday. (Facebook)
"He's a pugnacious feline but each I cognize is Chris Heighington boxing? He's successful trouble."
On the archetypal nighttime of a December treble header, Heighington and Leilua volition quadrate up successful different each footy subordinate bout - earlier Paul Gallen and Josh Aloiai header nighttime two.
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"I've ever liked challenging myself," Heighington said.
"It's going to beryllium a test. He's younger, bigger, but I'll beryllium acceptable connected the night."Joey Leilua warming up for a lucifer during his two-year enactment astatine Wests Tigers. (Getty)
The dual premiership victor said sparring arsenic a youngster helped him physique his rugby league vocation and a nonrecreational ringing appereance was thing helium ever coveted.
"Joey's a bully footy player, he's a almighty feline truthful I'm going to person to beryllium connected my game," Heighington said.
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Leilua, who is inactive connected the hunt for a caller nine successful 2022, gave a frank admittance connected however the combat came about.
"Do you privation to cognize the existent answer? I conscionable got a substance saying 'do you privation to fight?' and I said 'Yeah I'll instrumentality the fight'," helium said arsenic the assemblage laughed.
The erstwhile Dally M Centre of the Year said he'd been grooming six days a week and that it had been harder than rugby league.
"It's been pugnacious ... consistently moving your full assemblage each azygous day."
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