{"id":417146,"date":"2026-01-16T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417146\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T15:20:17","slug":"former-nrl-melbourne-storm-star-wins-via-knockout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/417146\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NRL, Melbourne Storm star wins via knockout"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRISBANE: With a thumping right-handed uppercut, a slit of the throat and a triumphant climb onto the ropes, Nelson Asofa-Solomona burst onto the professional boxing scene in devastating fashion on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Asofa-Solomona, the two-metre, 133-kilogram former Melbourne Storm giant, defeated another ex-NRL player, rugby league journeyman Jeremy Latimore, via a stunning knockout blow at Brisbane Entertainment Centre.<\/p>\n

“Big Nasty”, as his belt read, delivered the knockout in the first of four rounds of the heavyweight fight.<\/p>\n

“It feels great,” Asofa-Solomona said in the ring.<\/p>\n

“I’m not happy with the performance, to be honest,” he added, before explaining he thought his stance was “a bit loose”.<\/p>\n

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Nelson Asofa-Solomona standing over Jeremy Latimore after his brutal knockout.\u00a0No Limit Boxing<\/p>\n

Ben Damon asked the two-time NRL premiership-winner who he wanted to fight next.<\/p>\n

“Any NRL player can get in, any NRL player,” Asofa-Solomona replied.<\/p>\n

The former Kiwi international was then spotted exchanging words in the crowd with ex-NRL giant George Burgess, who is reportedly in talks with promoter No Limit Boxing about his own switch.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the night, Queensland local Liam Wilson won the first of the main-card fights when he floored Rodex Piala with a series of brutal blows.<\/p>\n

Wilson hit the Filipino flush in the face with his left hand, did the same with his right and followed up with a left to the body, sending his opponent crumbling to the floor in the fourth of 10 rounds.<\/p>\n

Piala was left writhing on the floor in agony as Wilson took the win via knockout to ensure the WBO international super-featherweight title remained his.<\/p>\n

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