Order now on Kayo Sports.<\/a><\/p>\nAsofa-Solomona maintained he had simply called Gallen\u2019s wife a \u201csmart lady\u201d.<\/p>\n
But the explanation did little to calm the former NSW Origin captain.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou brought up my wife,\u201d Gallen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne thing people don\u2019t do in professional sport is bring up families, and you brought up my wife.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m telling you right now, if I sit you down on Friday night, I\u2019m gonna kick your f**king head off shoulders, you mutt.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asofa-Solomona immediately challenged Gallen to act on his threat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m right here … Let\u2019s go,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cI said your wife is a smart lady.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gallen repeatedly told his opponent: \u201cYou don\u2019t bring up blokes\u2019 families.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just saying she\u2019s a smart lady. I\u2019m Polish, she\u2019s Polish,\u201d Asofa-Solomona replied.<\/p>\n
Gallen remained unimpressed.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re a mutt and a dumbass.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Big Nasty again challenged him to \u201cdo something\u201d, Gallen said any fighting could wait until they were being paid.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do it now? We aren\u2019t getting paid now. I came out of retirement for money. Why would I fight you now?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI finish you on Friday and then you are done. You are going nowhere anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gallen then turned his attention from his rival\u2019s comments to whether NAS had the heart to handle what was coming.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour heart\u2019s the problem. You\u2019ve got a f**ken pea heart,\u201d Gallen said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can have the biggest will in the world, he\u2019s got no heart. End of.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asofa-Solomona\u2019s response was brief.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep telling yourself that. I\u2019ll see you in the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair then came together for a frosty face-off ahead of Friday night\u2019s heavyweight clash.<\/p>\n
But Gallen was still seething when interviewed afterwards, insisting Asofa-Solomona\u2019s explanation did nothing to change his view.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou start talking about someone\u2019s wife … You don\u2019t talk about people\u2019s families,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAny bloke that thinks that is acceptable behaviour is not a bloke I want to hang around. He\u2019s a rat and a dog and my opinion of that won\u2019t change.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo bring my wife into, to say you should listen to your wife, that\u2019s just … s*** thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asofa-Solomona also offered his explanation afterwards, saying the comment referred to a report that Gallen\u2019s wife had advised him against taking the fight.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was an article saying his wife actually advised him not to fight and I said \u2018hey your wife is a smart lady. You should have listened to her\u2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s all I said and if he wants to take that personally that\u2019s going to come at the detriment of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The bad blood wasn\u2019t confined to the heavyweights, with lightweight rivals Ahmad Reda and Jake Wyllie continuing their heated feud ahead of their undercard clash.<\/p>\n
Wyllie had earlier angered Reda by suggesting the undefeated Sydneysider would soon be back working in his supermarket.<\/p>\n
And after Wyllie promised to knock him out on Friday, Reda turned the taunt back on the Queenslander, offering him a job in the supermarket once he was finished with him.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfeter I knock you out, or bash you for ten rounds,\u201d said Reda.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd you need a job, I\u2019ve got you covered.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two world title fights on the Gold CoastBoxing: Tim Tszyu will fight Erislandy Lara for the WBA Middlweight World Championship as the headline for a HUGE boxing event on the Gold Coast on December 13.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the press conference also brought confirmation that Tim Tszyu will face Erislandy Lara on the Gold Coast on December 13.<\/p>\n
Tszyu will challenge Lara for the WBA middleweight title as he bids to become a two-division world champion.<\/p>\n
The card will also feature former undisputed super welterweight champion Jermell Charlo against Australia\u2019s Brock Jarvis, while Liam Wilson will fight Elnur Samedov for a world title.<\/p>\n
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