Among those who paid tribute were Wellington mayor Celia Wade-Brown and sports athlete Sonny Bill Williams.
Barrett fought New Zealander Shane Cameron on 5 July 2012 with the winner becoming the number one contender to fight NZPBA title holder Sonny Bill Williams.
He was responsible for getting Sonny Bill Williams to return to rugby league with the Rooster after his 5-year ban from the NRL, for walking-out on the Bulldogs mid-season in 2008, expired in 2013.
During that time he lived with fellow Bulldogs players including future test star Jonathan Thurston, Nate Myles, Roy Asotasi and dual-code international, Sonny Bill Williams, whom he would go onto meet on two occasions at test level in rugby union.
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Creevy is known as a mobile hooker with some very good ball handling skills for a hooker, his good offloading skills have led him to become called "Sonny Bill" Creevy (after the All Blacks centre Sonny Bill Williams who's trademark is offloading) by some Montpellier fans.
He was also shortlisted alongside Sonny Bill Williams and Greg Inglis for the RLIF International Player of the Year.