Exiled former rugby league players Joey Leilua and Curtis Scott are set to punch on in the boxing ring.
Leading Australian promoters No Limit Boxing will hold a press conference in Wollongong on Tuesday at which Leilua and Scott will be announced on the agency's first big fight card of 2024.
A date has not been confirmed for the event, but it appears a certainty to be held at Wollongong Entertainment Centre – the same venue Paul Gallen famously knocked out Lucas Browne in the first round in 2021.
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Leilua, 32, was a prodigious talent when he burst into the NRL with the Roosters, playing in the losing 2010 grand final in his first season.
He had stints at Newcastle, Canberra and Wests Tigers before leaving the league in 2021 and heading overseas.
He has recently returned home and is said to be playing for Dapto in the Illawarra competition.
Leilua had a reputation as being a hot head on the field.
Scott's NRL career also started with a bang and he looked destined for big things, but off-field scandals have all but ended any hope of him playing professionally again.
The former Storm and Raiders centre was last year convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, common assault and stalk/intimidate with the intention of causing fear or physical harm against his former partner.
Scott had attempted to rejoin the NRL this year but the governing body has reportedly blocked his return.
While Scott and Leilua will attract certain eyeballs to the No Limit fight card, it will be headlined by rising Aussie boxer Sam Goodman who takes on Mark Schleibs.
MMA fighter turned boxer Isaac Hardman will be the co-main event and take on Endry Saavedra.
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