Tongan World Cup star Siosiua Taukeiaho is set to make a shock heavyweight boxing debut before Christmas — and has been secretly sparring some of Britain’s best amateurs between Cup games in preparation.
Following the success of crossover fighters like Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams, two-time NRL premiership winner Taukeiaho is now readying for the move himself, aged 30.
Speaking with Fox Sports Australia overnight from Middlesbrough — where the Tongans face Cook Islands in their next pool game — the 108kg enforcer revealed he is currently working with England’s former WBA middleweight champ Martin Murray.