Former NRL player Cory Paterson fighting for credibility in boxing ring

By Daniel Lane
Updated January 17 2015 - 12:18pm, first published October 25 2014 - 7:03pm

Retired Wests Tigers forward Cory Paterson didn't laugh when it was suggested NRL chief executive David Smith might have enforced the code's "no punch" rule to prevent him from taking on his former teammate Matt Groat in a professional heavyweight contest next month.

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