12-20-2018, 06:04 PM
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Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen to fight former rugby league player John Hopoate
Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen will return to the boxing ring in February next year.
Gallen has an 8-0 record, while ex-NRL star Hopoate, who hasn't fought since March 2010, has a 12-5 log.
The pair will meet as part of the Star of the Ring Charity Fight Night at Hordern Pavilion on February 8.
The announcement of the bout comes just weeks after All Black Sonny Bill Williams laughed off Gallen's public calls for the pair to do battle in the ring.
Gallen, hasn't fought since a unanimous decision win over former Fiji league international Puna Rasaubale, last year.
Former NRL player John Hopoate will be looking to back up his recent words thrown at Paul Gallen.
The 37-year-old had recently knocked back the chance to fight Hopoate in November as he was still recovering from a shoulder injury which he carried through the end of the NRL season.
That rejection had seen Hopoate 44, publicly slam the former NSW State of Origin captain, telling The Sunday Telegraph last month Gallen was "a coward"
"He talks up a big show, he accepted the fight and now they're telling me he won't sign the contract. Either sign the contract or retire from boxing," Hopoate had said.
"He knows what's happening if he jumps in the ring with me, that he's getting knocked out, and that's why he's running scared and won't sign."
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Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen to fight former rugby league player John Hopoate
Cronulla Sharks captain Paul Gallen will return to the boxing ring in February next year.
Gallen has an 8-0 record, while ex-NRL star Hopoate, who hasn't fought since March 2010, has a 12-5 log.
The pair will meet as part of the Star of the Ring Charity Fight Night at Hordern Pavilion on February 8.
The announcement of the bout comes just weeks after All Black Sonny Bill Williams laughed off Gallen's public calls for the pair to do battle in the ring.
Gallen, hasn't fought since a unanimous decision win over former Fiji league international Puna Rasaubale, last year.
Former NRL player John Hopoate will be looking to back up his recent words thrown at Paul Gallen.
The 37-year-old had recently knocked back the chance to fight Hopoate in November as he was still recovering from a shoulder injury which he carried through the end of the NRL season.
That rejection had seen Hopoate 44, publicly slam the former NSW State of Origin captain, telling The Sunday Telegraph last month Gallen was "a coward"
"He talks up a big show, he accepted the fight and now they're telling me he won't sign the contract. Either sign the contract or retire from boxing," Hopoate had said.
"He knows what's happening if he jumps in the ring with me, that he's getting knocked out, and that's why he's running scared and won't sign."
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