{"id":323614,"date":"2025-12-02T22:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323614\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T22:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:02:10","slug":"nelson-asofa-solomona-set-to-follow-paul-gallen-blueprint-which-could-dwarf-r360-nrl-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/323614\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Asofa- Solomona set to follow Paul Gallen blueprint which could dwarf R360, NRL deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melbourne<\/a> enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona will chase the millions on offer in boxing and reportedly leave rugby league behind as he embarks on the newest chapter of his career.<\/p>\n

Nobody can fault Asofa-Solomona wanting to add more digits to his bank account. Anthony Mundine and Paul Gallen<\/a> have been the most successful NRL<\/a> stars to crossover to boxing.<\/p>\n

Gallen reportedly grossed $25 million across his boxing career.<\/p>\n

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Mundine is said to have netted more $30 million in a 59-fight career after leaving rugby league for the squared circle in 2000.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, it’s no wonder the powerful prop is tipped to make the announcement about the switch next week.<\/p>\n

\"Nelson<\/p>\n

Nelson Asofa-Solomona in the thick of a scuffle in the Storm’s preliminary final loss to the Panthers in 2023.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

Asofa-Solomona was granted a release from the final two years of his contract at the end of this year and had been linked to breakaway rugby competition R360.<\/p>\n

Several NRL clubs had also been circling the New Zealand prop.<\/p>\n

But it’s said the 200cm, 115kg beast will most likely join Australia’s premier boxing stable No Limit, in what appears to be a win-win situation for both parties.<\/p>\n

Wide World of Sports has contacted No Limit for comment.<\/p>\n

If the reports are true, No Limit gets a chance to revive the same blueprint that made them and Paul Gallen some serious money.<\/p>\n

And Asofa-Solomona, 29, will have the opportunity to make more money than he ever would in the NRL or R360.<\/p>\n

All the ingredients are there.<\/p>\n

Like Gallen, Asofa Solomona would fight in the heavyweight division, which is a boon for promoters trying to sell an event.<\/p>\n

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\"Paul<\/p>\n

Paul Gallen celebrates winning against Sonny Bill Williams.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The public has also seen NAS in action inside and outside the ring – another significant promotional advantage.<\/p>\n

He scored a 2023 knockout win over fellow NRL forward Jarrod Wallace and was caught on camera throwing some nasty haymakers in that infamous 2019 Bali brawl<\/a>, where he reportedly stepped in for Storm teammate Suliasi Vunivalu, who was punched inside a bar.<\/p>\n

While Asofa-Solomona isn’t as much of a household name as Gallen, he still would be a massive seller with the NRL crowd.<\/p>\n

Yet the length of his career – like most fighters – will come down to matchmaking and how far he and his promoters want to take it.<\/p>\n

Mundine stepped into boxing fulltime at 25.<\/p>\n

Gallen was 33 and still playing in the NRL when he had his first pro fight in 2014.<\/p>\n

At 29, the ex-Storm prop has the chance to make some serious cash.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Anthony Mundine paved the way for all NRL players.\u00a0Getty<\/p>\n

The slower they go, the more money they’ll make.<\/p>\n

It has been reported he could make around $1 million a year from boxing and there are already plans for a fight against another NRL big man.<\/p>\n

Asofa-Solomona was on a contract of nearly $850,000 a season at the Storm.<\/p>\n

That will pale in comparison to what he can make in the ring.<\/p>\n

Will it be Gallen\/Mundine-type money? Probably not.<\/p>\n

But it doesn’t have to be, in order to live comfortably and maximise what he has left in his professional sporting career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melbourne enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona will chase the millions on offer in boxing and reportedly leave rugby league behind…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-323614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}