{"id":685279,"date":"2026-05-21T14:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685279\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:05:15","slug":"ex-broncos-rookie-luke-modini-signs-boxing-deal-with-no-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/685279\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Broncos rookie Luke Modini signs boxing deal with No Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"

He is the former Brisbane Broncos NRL hopeful now rated the scariest puncher in Australian boxing.<\/p>\n

Luke Modini was once a teammate to Broncos Academy aces Payne Haas, Pat Carrigan and Kotoni Staggs, but the Brisbane banger has carved out a new career in his quest to become a world champion.<\/p>\n

This masthead can reveal Modini has formally signed a six-fight deal with Australia\u2019s No.1 promoters No Limit.<\/p>\n

Such is his talent, Modini was chased by three promoters, including Matchroom supremo Eddie Hearn, but opted to join the Tim and Nikita Tszyu stable in his bid to rule the world.<\/p>\n

Modini has menacing one-punch knockout power and has twice beaten Australia\u2019s rising heavyweight sensation, Olympian Teremoana Teremoana, in their two bouts as teenage amateurs.<\/p>\n

A classy cruiserweight boasting an unbeaten 12-0 record with 10 knockouts, Modini is in the same division as Jai Opetaia and is eventually gunning for Australia\u2019s pound-for-pound king<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For now, Modini is biding his time, poised to fight on the undercard of Liam Paro\u2019s world-title bout against Lewis Crocker on June 24 at Pat Rafter Arena, and make a savage statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I can be a world champion, 100 per cent,\u201d said Modini, who says it\u2019s only a matter of time before he fights Opetaia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will fight anyone who can get me a title, some rankings or some pay days to help set up my family.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few years I have been thinking about a fight with Jai Opetaia.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe I can beat him. I want to take out all the big names. One day me and Jai will cross paths and make it a super fight for Australian boxing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn was keen to turn Modini into a global star – he was also being targeted by Dana White\u2019s Zuffa boxing – but the Queenslander backed No Limit\u2019s strategy to make him a pay-per-view smash hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cSigning with No Limit is the opportunity I have been waiting for,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciated the other promoters who made me offers, but No Limit are local and I want to build my name in Australian first and then get the big world title shots.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Limit showed with guys like Tim Tszyu, Sam Goodman and Liam Wilson they can give me that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Growing up, Modini played for Wynnum Manly, the club once captained by Wally \u2018The King\u2019 Lewis, and had a pre-season with the Broncos\u2019 star-studded NYC squad in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hoped to play NRL for the Broncos back then,\u201d Modini said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was 19 and our under-20s team had Payne Haas, Kotoni Staggs, Patty Carrigan, Tom Flegler and Herbie Farnworth.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a gun squad. It\u2019s amazing how many of them have gone on to great things in rugby league.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still stay in touch with Payne Haas, he is a real inspiration for me with the way he looks after his family and how consistent he is for the Broncos. He is the man.\u201d<\/p>\n

His trainer, Gold Coast-based Fidel Tukel, and manager, Angelo di Carlo, insist no boxer in the country hits harder than Modini.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy hands are sore for days when I hold pads for Luke,\u201d Tukel says. \u201cI struggle to get sparring for him. The power he has is scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

di Carlo believes Modini could be the domestic destroyer to hand the unbeaten Opetaia (30-0) his first career loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cLuke has the most power of any cruiserweight in Australia,\u201d di Carlo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe he has the power to knock Jai Opetaia out.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive him a few more fights and we would love to fight Jai.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He is the former Brisbane Broncos NRL hopeful now rated the scariest puncher in Australian boxing. Luke Modini…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-685279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685279","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=685279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=685279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=685279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}