the NRL\u2019s season launch in Sin City next year<\/a>. <\/p>\nA loss this Friday would all but spell the end of Asofa-Solomona\u2019s boxing career though, with a clause in his contract allowing promoter No Limit to cut ties with him in case of a defeat. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the reality of my boxing career,\u201d Asofa-Solomona told this masthead. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s a sad reality for a lot of people who don\u2019t have options.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut like I\u2019ve said before, the more pressure on me the better. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll rise to the occasion, like I did in my footy career.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asofa-Solomona emphatically shut down a return to rugby league, despite Gallen taunting him that he\u2019ll be forced to reach out to the Perth Bears if his boxing career ends. <\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have a manager for football, so I don\u2019t even know if anyone\u2019s interested,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd quite frankly, I don\u2019t care to be honest, because I\u2019m retired. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve retired from the NRL.\u201d<\/p>\n
Instead, he is intent on making the Gallen fight this Friday the stepping stone towards even bigger and better things. <\/p>\n
Step one could be a fight in Vegas on NRL weekend, with his old team, the Storm, making its debut in 2027.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t pass up on the opportunity to go to Vegas,\u201d he said. \u201cFirst I\u2019d have to sit down with my team to evaluate it.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty sure we can find a retired NFL player for me though \u2013 Marshawn Lynch or maybe Rob Gronkowski. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019s a few names over there that people want to see punch on.\u201d<\/p>\n
One thing is for sure though: Gallen will be the last ex-NRL player Asofa-Solomona fights. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty keen to move on after this one, so Gallen will be my last NRL fight,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m keen to move on to the so-called \u2018real\u2019 boxers. <\/p>\n
\u201cPaul Gallen holds the heavyweight crossover title at the moment, so I\u2019d love to take that from him this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then, he wants to do something Gallen could never achieve: win the Australian heavyweight belt. <\/p>\n
Gallen fought for the title twice, losing to Justis Huni and Kris Terzievski, and \u2018Big Nasty\u2019 is adamant he can go one step further. <\/p>\n
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\u201cI\u2019m on the road to the Australian title,\u201d he said. \u201cI understand that\u2019s a very long road, and it\u2019s going to be tough. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s important to have dreams, and to dream big. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the route my coaches want to go down, and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll be heading after this fight. <\/p>\n
\u201cGallen had those two losses, and I\u2019ll never knock him for trying. It\u2019s a hard feat to pull off, but it\u2019s something I\u2019m going to try to do \u2013 dare to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Asofa-Solomona has outlined his bold plans of beating Paul Gallen before taking his heavyweight knockout show to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[514442,514465,469222,514439,514458,89838,514460,514454,425198,386351,397635,514435,391203,514447,405513,376730,393246,514471,514473,381261,514456,514468,514445,381022,75780,64,63,220285,802,2460,92383,514452,596,28791,755,514463,425209,380909,514440,514437,514436,514448,464534,121065,469221,2623,211168,514444,454620,505346,514461,467765,46499,75778,155207,514449,514469,514459,386393,388615,15498,2821,1861,381356,106706,74139,514464,159,24237,57823,514451,85,514470,514462,670,514457,514455,215379,514453,514443,514467,514441,225862,514472,380184,417673,380430,290300,377832,2974,379937,471801,514466,514450,378787,377475,387051,446795,397700,380192,379782,514446,514438,363003,39,2875],"class_list":["post-947091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-dare","tag-sad-reality","tag-s-boxing-career","tag-s-retirement-threats","tag-s-season-launch","tag-89838","tag-514460","tag-a-3-0-record","tag-a-bout","tag-a-clause","tag-a-defeat","tag-a-few-names","tag-a-fight","tag-a-hard-feat","tag-a-loss","tag-a-lot","tag-a-manager","tag-a-retired-nfl-great","tag-a-retired-nfl-player","tag-a-return","tag-a-sad-reality","tag-a-sin-city","tag-a-very-long-road","tag-a-week","tag-asofa-solomona","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-nasty","tag-boxing","tag-case","tag-dreams","tag-even-bigger-and-better-things","tag-football","tag-gallen","tag-golf","tag-his-bold-plans","tag-his-boxing-career","tag-his-contract","tag-his-heavyweight-knockout-show","tag-his-heavyweight-showdown","tag-his-next-target","tag-his-old-team","tag-its-debut","tag-justis-huni","tag-kris-terzievski","tag-las-vegas","tag-marshawn-lynch","tag-my-boxing-career","tag-my-coaches","tag-my-footy-career","tag-my-last-nrl-fight","tag-my-team","tag-nas","tag-nelson-asofa-solomona","tag-next-year","tag-nfl-greats","tag-nfl-legends-marshawn-lynch","tag-nrl-weekend","tag-one-step","tag-one-thing","tag-options","tag-paul-gallen","tag-people","tag-promoter-no-limit","tag-punch","tag-rob-gronkowski","tag-rob-gronkowski-the-former-melbourne-storm-prop","tag-rugby-league","tag-sight","tag-sin-city","tag-sin-city-showdown","tag-sports","tag-step-one","tag-super-bowl-winners-marshawn-lynch","tag-sydney","tag-the-australian-heavyweight-belt","tag-the-australian-title","tag-the-end","tag-the-former-sharks-captain","tag-the-gallen-fight","tag-the-heavyweight-crossover-title","tag-the-last-ex-nrl-player-asofa-solomona","tag-the-moment","tag-the-more-pressure","tag-the-nrl","tag-the-occasion","tag-the-opportunity","tag-the-perth-bears","tag-the-reality","tag-the-ring","tag-the-road","tag-the-route","tag-the-so-called-real-boxers","tag-the-stepping-stone","tag-the-storm","tag-the-title","tag-this-fight","tag-this-friday","tag-this-masthead","tag-this-one","tag-this-weekend","tag-those-two-losses","tag-three-knockouts","tag-ties","tag-top-stories","tag-vegas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947091","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=947091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}