Nasser Avoids Official at Mundine Fight

A legal fight over runaway rugby league star Sonny Bill Williams turned into a farce at a boxing event in Newcastle, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reports.

The private investigator who tried to serve controversial adviser Khoder Nasser his court papers required police protection at the Anthony Mundine fight at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre, the Sydney newspaper says.

The newspaper published a photo on Thursday of the investigator but covered his face at the man's request for his own safety.

The investigator who needed protection from two police officers at the fight, told The Daily Telegraph: "I was only trying to do my job, but at the end of the day it was just too dangerous.