"It doesn't tickle when he hits ya. He hit me with something in the second round and I don't even know what it was," Gallen told Sporting News<\/a>.<\/p>\n "I didn't even know if I hit the deck or not, but it got me real good. Thankfully, I sucked it in.<\/p>\n "I saw that [Hunt showing off] – that was when I came to.<\/p>\n "He should've jumped all over me, that was his opportunity and you miss all the opportunities you don't take. Thankfully he didn't come for me and I came good."<\/p>\n Main Event commentator Ben Damon said that Hunt appeared to be "showboating for the crowd" at Sydney's Bankwest Stadium. Gallen also later told reporters: "He showboated."<\/p>\n Hunt admitted that he expected to finish Gallen regardless, saying: "I thought he wasn't going to make six [rounds] – but he got away with it and good on him."<\/p>\n Gallen credited his preparation with his survival: "He hit me in round two and next second I was up. I'm so fit at the moment."<\/p>\n Australian boxing legend and co-commentator Jeff Fenech said that Hunt had missed a clear opportunity to finish the fight early.<\/p>\n "Could Mark Hunt not have gone for that knockout? Could it come against him later on? Can Gallen come back?" Fenech said.<\/p>\n "Can you believe that? He had an opportunity to jump on him but he turned around, looked at the corner and said, 'I'm going to get him'.<\/p>\n "It gave Gallen time to breathe and time to recover."<\/p>\n Fellow Aussie boxing great Barry Michael agreed that Hunt had blundered in the decisive moment.<\/p>\n "To be honest with you, Mark Hunt took his foot off the pedal for a little bit there in round two," Michael said.<\/p>\n "I think maybe he was a little bit gassed himself, probably thought he had him on toast and just stepped back to have a look at his work.<\/p>\n "As it turned out, it was a really bad blue."<\/p>\n Panellist Paul Kent believed that Hunt might have fallen back into his UFC habits.<\/p>\n "In the UFC period of his career, he was famous for the walk-off knockout where he'd turn on the guy," Kent said.<\/p>\n "Mark Hunt had this ability to hit them in the chin, know they were gone and he just turned around and walked off, cool as a cucumber.<\/p>\n "It looked like he tried that again tonight but underestimated the recuperative powers of Paul Gallen."<\/p>\n Michael said: "It's possible that's what it was but you should never underestimate that man Paul Gallen, because he's got such a fighting heart.<\/p>\n "He's got a great chin and as he said, his fitness is what gets him through as well."<\/p>\n Gallen admitted that Hunt's power had rocked him.<\/p>\n "I was rattled without a doubt. We all know what he's renowned for," the NRL great said.<\/p>\n "I'm not happy I got hit like that but I'm happy that I never went down."<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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