{"id":556570,"date":"2026-03-24T02:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556570\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T02:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:47:10","slug":"thats-nasty-matt-lodge-tees-off-at-asofa-solomona-over-boxing-wishlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556570\/","title":{"rendered":"“That’s nasty”: Matt Lodge tees off at Asofa-Solomona over boxing wishlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nelson Asofa-Solomona’s post NRL<\/a> boxing career is gaining momentum as the No Limit boxing agency revealed the proposed timeline for his fights.<\/p>\n

It will see him fight Jarrod Wallace<\/a>, George Burgess<\/a>, Matt Lodge, and then meet with champion NRL<\/a> convert Paul Gallen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The professional debut of Asofa-Solomona against Jeremy Latimore<\/a> saw ‘NAS’ secure a first-round victory with a knockout uppercut earlier this year.<\/p>\n

Things began to heat up on No Limit’s Instagram, where Lodge criticised his wishlist.<\/p>\n

“Imagine quitting your professional rugby league career to concentrate on being a full-time professional heavyweight boxer,” Lodge commented on the post.<\/p>\n

“Then announcing your fighting Jeremy Latimore<\/a> and Jarrod Wallace<\/a> x 2 \u2026..<\/p>\n

“That’s Nasty.”<\/p>\n

During Round 1 preparations for the North Queensland Cowboys<\/a> in Las Vegas, reporters questioned Lodge about a potential fight between the two, as the two big men have exchanged words before.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Unlike Nelson, I’m not gonna quit footy to get in the ring,” Lodge said, speaking to Fox Sports in February.<\/p>\n

“But good luck to him. I hope [the boxing switch] fulfils what he wants to do.<\/p>\n

“And if he wants to get it on, we can get it on.”<\/p>\n

Burgess, who is on the knockout list for Asofa-Solomona, also commented on the post.<\/p>\n

“LETS AV IT!!”<\/p>\n

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Sea Eagles enforcer Sio Siua Taukeiaho also chimed in on the announcement after being tagged by former teammate Michael Chee-Kam<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“What about @s.taukeiaho (Taukeiaho),” Chee-Kam jokingly wrote.<\/p>\n

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“They don’t want it,” he responded.<\/p>\n

‘BIG NASty’s first fight on his four-fight run will be with Jarrod Wallace<\/a> on Easter Sunday, which will be the second meeting between the duo.<\/p>\n

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During their last fight in 2024, Asofa-Solomona delivered strong blows, resulting in a TKO win in the third round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nelson Asofa-Solomona’s post NRL boxing career is gaining momentum as the No Limit boxing agency revealed the proposed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-556570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}