Paul Gallen vs Sonny Bill Williams
A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.
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Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams met once (2025). Paul Gallen won in 2025.
SOURCE·Paul Gallen and Sonny Bill Williams — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·both records name the other·REVIEWED AUG 2026
How this head-to-head is established
- This pairing exists only because at least one of the two articles' own results tables names the other fighter. No matchup on this site is speculative and none is a hypothetical.
- Every figure in the comparison below comes from that fighter's own page and carries the same source line. A dash means the source states nothing, not that the value is zero.
- Common opponents are found by matching linked bout lists, which is only possible because every fight list here is linked to every other. A shared opponent is not a transitive result and this page does not treat it as one.
- Nothing on this page predicts an outcome. It is a comparison of what is on record.
Side by side
| Paul Gallen | Sonny Bill Williams | |
|---|---|---|
| 70.9″ (180 cm) | Reach | — |
| 70.9″ (180 cm) | Height | 75.2″ (191 cm) |
| 0% | Reach advantage | — |
| 15–2 | Record | 9–2 |
| 53% | Finish rate | 44% |
| 11 | Longest unbeaten run | 8 |
| 18 | Recorded bouts | 11 |
| Orthodox | Stance | Orthodox |
A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.
Common opponents
Both fought these 1. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.
| Opponent | Paul Gallen | Sonny Bill Williams |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Hunt | W | L |
Both records, drawn
The same ledger line on each: wins stamped above the rule, losses below, the mark's shape carrying how it ended.
Paul Gallen
Sonny Bill Williams
Where this pairing leads
The full ledger: 18 bouts, the reach placed in its cohort, and what the record does not say.
15–2 Sonny Bill WilliamsThe same, from the other corner — 11 bouts and the cohort Williams is ranked inside.
9–2 Every confirmed matchupThe other 899 pairings whose own records confirm the fight happened — not a list of fights anyone imagined.
900 BOUTS