Tszyu revives world title dream… now $15m US blockbuster awaits<\/a><\/p>\nNAS calls out NRL star after win! | 00:51<\/p>\n
The former Rabbitoh was sat ringside for the fight and entered the ring immediately afterwards, not only agreeing to the fight but taking a crack at Asofa-Solomona\u2019s head cut.<\/p>\n
While he hasn\u2019t fought professionally, Burgess has trained with Australian fight greats Jeff Fenech and Danny Green.<\/p>\n
However, when asked about the next challenge to his hyped crossover career afterwards, NAS suggested he has already seen training video of the former bookend, and isn\u2019t too worried about what he brings.<\/p>\n
Asked by Fox Sports Australia about fighting someone with zero tape, NAS replied: \u201cZero tape? No, we\u2019ve got tape on him, don\u2019t you worry about that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know people who know people.\u201d<\/p>\n
So you\u2019ve already got spies in the Burgess camp?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got spies everywhere, brother,\u201d he grinned<\/p>\n
Asked about the type of build that would come with a Burgess fight he continued: \u201cHe\u2019s an actor. He can sell the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s what we\u2019re looking for, someone to sell the fight \u2026 and someone for me to put to sleep.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Asofa-Solomona also spoke about having overcome some adversity through the first two rounds with Wallace.<\/p>\n
\u201cI f***ing love this s***,\u201d he said. \u201cI love adversity.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where I\u2019m from. I\u2019m from f***ing adversity my whole life.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know who I am? <\/p>\n
\u201cI love this s***. I love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tszyu v Nurja: Fight Highlights | 04:53<\/p>\n
But as for fighting Burgess as soon as April?<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll go back with Team Ellis, and we\u2019ll go through the list,\u201d he said. \u201cMentally I might need a little bit of break. But tomorrow is a new day. I could wake up and want to go again.\u201d<\/p>\n
And as for what caused the cut?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat was it? Headbutt,\u201d he grinned. \u201cHe tried to kiss me.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it is what it is.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not always going to have everything go to plan.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it was good learnings. Jarrod gave me some good work.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re not always going to get the first round knockout.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was showing me something different which was good. Something to learn from.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was good with his movements.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaking me off planting my feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo back to the drawing board.\u201d<\/p>\n
Already being hailed Australia\u2019s new crossover king, Asofa-Solomona hired a private pilot as part of this week\u2019s fight entourage \u2013 flying by private aircraft from Melbourne to both the Sydney press conference and then Wollongong fight. <\/p>\n
After tipping the scales at almost 134kg on Saturday, NAS declared: \u201cWe\u2019ve landed the plane \u2026 now we land the punch on his f***ing chin\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tszyu ready for ‘big fish’ after win | 02:41<\/p>\n
But after walking into the Wollongong Entertainment Centre on Sunday wearing a balaclava, and then walking out to Simply the Best, the heavyweight in the bright yellow trunks was tested plenty early by his underdog rival.<\/p>\n
Wallace landed several times in the opening two rounds and, midway through the first, appeared to rattle his towering rival.<\/p>\n
However by the third, it was all one way traffic and NAS finally got the finish.<\/p>\n
As a result, all eyes now turn to a showdown with Burgess.<\/p>\n
As first revealed by Fox Sports Australia, the retired Souths prop already has a deal in place to fight Asofa-Solomona next up \u2013 with the bout slated for Nikita Tszyu\u2019s next event in early April.<\/p>\n
Speaking this week, Burgess revealed how he was inspired to take the fight while filming alongside Hollywood\u2019s Russell Crowe before a live MMA crowd in Bangkok.<\/p>\n
After retiring from the NRL, Burgess has taken up acting and boasts a role in an upcoming fight flick co-written by Crowe \u2013 Beast — and said it was while filming on the same night as a raucous One Championship event that he decided to throw himself into the crossover space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Asofa-Solomona has declared himself ready to let George Burgess challenge for his tag of Australian crossover king…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-586669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586669","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=586669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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