{"id":954994,"date":"2026-11-06T18:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954994\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:06:09","slug":"boxing-2026-paul-gallen-vs-nelson-asofa-solomona-updates-nelson-claims-racist-act-behind-fan-rampage-gallen-knocked-out-cold-in-frightening-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954994\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing 2026 Paul Gallen vs Nelson Asofa-Solomona updates: Nelson claims racist act behind fan rampage, Gallen knocked out cold in \u2018frightening\u2019 scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are concerns for the welfare of Paul Gallen after he was brutally dethroned as footy\u2019s crossover boxing king by Nelson Asofa-Solomona on Friday night. <\/p>\n

The former Melbourne Storm star had a huge height and weight advantage over Gallen, who has used his fitness and courage to prove himself against professional boxers in previous years.<\/p>\n

Gallen v Asofa-Solomona | Friday November 6 from 7pm AEDT | returns to the ring to face his biggest opponent yet, Nelson \u2018Big Nasty\u2019 Asofa-Solomona. | Order now on Kayo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But the 45-year-old was left seeing stars when Asofa-Solomona connected in a brutal barrage of punches at the end of the first round of their heavyweight bout in Sydney as the referee waved off the fight. <\/p>\n

You can watch the knockout in the video above.<\/p>\n

The chaos continued when Asofa-Solomona leapt over the ropes to punch a fan in the crowd in wild scenes \u2014 he later apologised for his violent outburst.<\/p>\n

\"Nelson<\/p>\n

Gallen lay motionless against the ropes for several minutes before he was eventually able to sit up and get to his feet. <\/p>\n

His former Cronulla Sharks coach Shane Flanagan and ex-teammate Michael Ennis were in the Sydney Entertainment Centre watching and had expressed concerns about the mismatch before the fight.<\/p>\n

Asofa-Solomona now has a professional boxing record of 4-0 and called out English boxing star Tommy Fury.<\/p>\n

Catch up all the action below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are concerns for the welfare of Paul Gallen after he was brutally dethroned as footy\u2019s crossover boxing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[522338,522328,42993,522324,522340,376746,522330,522321,442446,2666,398157,75780,64,63,220285,802,56957,522332,522331,69844,9116,212979,39598,489044,522327,28791,516432,522339,400310,522320,522333,522342,522319,516406,277557,47024,75778,35062,469238,38065,2821,522336,522329,522334,308247,239139,44167,396019,85,1974,670,522322,431091,377127,215379,347190,522335,377096,522341,377138,522326,378484,2974,400295,522325,522323,445969,522337,442902],"class_list":["post-954994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-s-crossover-boxing-king","tag-s-violent-ko-rampage","tag-4-0","tag-7pm-aedt-returns","tag-a-brutal-barrage","tag-a-fan","tag-a-huge-height-and-weight-advantage","tag-a-professional-boxing-record","tag-a-spectator","tag-act","tag-all-the-action","tag-asofa-solomona","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-big-nasty","tag-boxing","tag-concerns","tag-english-boxing-star-tommy-fury-catch","tag-ex-teammate-michael-ennis","tag-fan","tag-footy","tag-footy-star","tag-friday","tag-frightening","tag-frightening-scenes","tag-gallen","tag-his-biggest-opponent","tag-his-brutal-knockout","tag-his-feet","tag-his-fitness-and-courage","tag-his-former-cronulla-sharks-coach-shane-flanagan","tag-his-violent-outburst-nelson-asofa-solomona","tag-kayo-sports-but","tag-motionless","tag-ncaeditorialkayoprogram","tag-nelson","tag-nelson-asofa-solomona","tag-night","tag-november-6","tag-order","tag-paul-gallen","tag-paul-gallen-vs-nas-boxing","tag-paul-gallen-gallen","tag-previous-years-gallen-v-asofa-solomona","tag-professional-boxers","tag-punches","tag-scene","tag-several-minutes","tag-sports","tag-stars","tag-sydney","tag-that-bulls","tag-the-45-year-old","tag-the-crowd","tag-the-end","tag-the-fight","tag-the-fight-asofa-solomona","tag-the-first-round","tag-the-former-melbourne-storm-star","tag-the-knockout","tag-the-mismatch","tag-the-referee","tag-the-ring","tag-the-ropes","tag-the-sydney-entertainment-centre","tag-the-video-above-the-chaos","tag-the-welfare","tag-their-heavyweight-bout","tag-wild-scenes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954994","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=954994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}