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Former fast bowling sensation Mitchell Johnson will be way out of his depth when he pulls on the gloves against a huge UFC veteran with 18 knockouts to his name on Saturday - but he's doing it to help fight a disease that has struck down his daughter.
The Test quick is stepping into the ring with Soa Palelei, who's aptly nicknamed 'The Hulk' after starring in the UFC and the anything-goes Pride mixed martial arts competition by using his 193cm, 120kg frame to devastating effect.
They've spent weeks training together before their clash at the Corporate Boxing Event on the Great Lawn at Perth's Crown Casino, with some of the proceeds going to a charity that's very close to Johnson's heart: the Coeliac Research Group at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research.
Johnson (pictured bowling in a 2015 Ashes Test) was famous for giving batsmen a lot of 'chin music' as one of the world's
