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Only weeks after Lodge initially ignited a war of words with Asofa-Solomona via Fox Sports Australia, the Cowboys prop has now delivered a second social media serve against the 130kg puncher. <\/p>\n
As part of hyping Asofa-Solomona\u2019s latest fight \u2013 an Easter Sunday rematch with Jarrod Wallace \u2013 No Limit have released a proposed 2026 hit list for the former Melbourne Stormer.<\/p>\n
Starting with the impending Wallace bout, the list also includes South Sydney Old Boy George Burgess, Lodge and finally Gallen \u2013 whose own crossover career includes fights against the likes of Justis Huni, Lucas Browne, Sonny Bill Williams, even UFC great Mark Hunt.<\/p>\n
Yet no sooner had No Limit posted the list to Instagram when Lodge fired back.<\/p>\n
\u201cImagine quitting your professional rugby league career to concentrate on being a full-time professional heavyweight boxer,\u201d Lodge said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen announcing your fighting Jeremy Latimore and Jarrod Wallace x 2 \u2026..<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s Nasty.\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt Lodge and Nelson Asofa-Solomona.Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, Burgess also commented on the post \u2013 writing \u201cLETS AV IT!!\u201d \u2013 while Manly Sea Eagles\u2019 forward Sio Siua Taukeiaho also found himself inadvertently thrown into the mix, after being tagged by former teammate Michael Chee-Kam.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat about @s.taukeiaho,\u201d Chee-Kam jokingly suggested.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey don\u2019t want it,\u201d the big fella responded.<\/p>\n
Cheekham then added: \u201cUce, can I do the walkout with you?\u201d.<\/p>\n
Prior to the Cowboys NRL season opener in Las Vegas, Fox Sports Australia asked Lodge about the potential of him fighting Asofa-Solomona sometime at the end of this year, after his footy commitments are done.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe already knows where he can get it,\u201d Lodge said of the fighter dubbed Big Nasty.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the rest of the year, we\u2019ve got to focus on footy.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut he knows where he can get the fight and so does George [Rose].<\/p>\n
\u201cBut right now, my full focus is this weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnlike Nelson, I\u2019m not gonna quit footy to get in the ring.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut good luck to him. I hope [the boxing switch] fulfils what he wants to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if he wants to get it on, we can get it on.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Within hours of the story going live on foxsports.com.au, Asofa-Solomona returned fire on Instagram, hinting that it was Lodge who would no longer be in the NRL if he had stayed.<\/p>\n
When quitting his $800,00-a-year contract to take up boxing this year, it was confirmed the Storm premiership winner had been fielding lucrative offers from the Parramatta Eels, Warriors and rugby\u2019s mooted R360 competition.<\/p>\n
However, NAS revealed the Cowboys were also interested in his services – and for the exact spot that was eventually offered up as something of a lifeline to former Manly Sea Eagle, Lodge.<\/p>\n
\u201cFunny that,\u201d NAS wrote beneath an excerpt from the story of Lodge taking aim, \u201cyou wouldn\u2019t have a job if I took the contract you\u2019re currently on right now. Thank me later @matt_lodge\u201d.<\/p>\n
After needing less than a round to finish Jeremy Latimore in his professional heavyweight debut, Asofa-Solomona will now look to double down against former Queensland Origin forward Wallace.<\/p>\n
The fight is a rematch of a 2023 exhibition bout, which Big Nasty won via TKO win in the third round.<\/p>\n
Back in January, No Limit boss George Rose spoke of a heavyweight showdown between his new client and Gallen, who he has also previously promoted, declaring: \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s something Gal could handle\u201d.<\/p>\n
When asked about the possibility of coaxing Gallen, at 44, out of retirement after fighting, and beating, Sonny Bill Williams last July, Rose conceded it was unlikely the Cronulla premiership hero would bite.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd look, we\u2019ve enjoyed some great years with Gal,\u201d Rose said. \u201cAnd I can tell you that as an athlete, Paul Gallen fears absolutely no one.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in a boxing ring these days, I just don\u2019t think he could keep up with Nelson.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Nelson is too big, too fit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just don\u2019t think it\u2019s something Gal could handle.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, No Limit have now announced their intentions to bring Gallen back to the ring one more time for a showdown with Asofa-Solomona. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Queensland Cowboys enforcer Matt Lodge has upped the ante in his ongoing feud with Nelson Asofa-Solomona, describing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":345153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-345152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}