{"id":148867,"date":"2021-10-24T06:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T06:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148867"},"modified":"2021-10-24T07:57:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T07:57:22","slug":"gal-blasts-nrl-stars-ridiculous-fight-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148867","title":{"rendered":"Gal blasts NRL star&#039;s &#039;ridiculous&#039; fight proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rugby league great turned boxer Paul Gallen has blasted Manly&#x27;s Josh Aloiai over a disagreement in length of rounds as speculation continues to swirl around the prospect of a showdown between the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Aloiai, 25, has made headlines over the past week <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/boxing-paul-gallen-josh-aloiai-fight-when-record\/8bb6e394-b902-4f30-a41f-780b08c273ec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"after he went public with his bid to get into the ring with Gallen\">after he went public with his bid to get into the ring with Gallen<\/a>, 40, who has a professional record of 11\u20131\u20131.<\/p>\n<p>Despite recently losing to Australian boxing prodigy Justis Huni, Gallen has made no secret of his desire to continue fighting. He recently signed a deal committing to three fights over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since the Huni loss, Gallen, who&#x27;s become one of Australia&#x27;s top prizefighters, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/boxing-paul-gallen-reveals-fight-offers-after-justis-huni-tko-defeat-nrl\/8f29e437-9db7-439b-b54e-85468a54dcaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\" has indicated on several occasions the amount of &quot;unbelievable&quot; offers that are continuing to come his way.\">has indicated on several occasions the amount of &quot;unbelievable&quot; offers that continue to come his way.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"93f841dc-0de8-4d09-88e8-6cefcccf65c6\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/93f841dc-0de8-4d09-88e8-6cefcccf65c6\" alt=\"Paul Gallen \" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now it appears Aloiai could be that next bout for Gallen, but for that to happen, the former Cronulla Sharks captain says Aloiai must agree to three-minute rounds and no less.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s (Aloiai) now saying he&#x27;s only going to fight four two-minute rounds, which is ridiculous,&quot; Gallen said in a video posted to Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I fought a fight a couple of years ago with two-minute rounds (against Barry Hall), I&#x27;m not doing that again. It&#x27;s not the right thing to do.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ea0ede25-88bb-4c9e-8408-2ec9fadb2c37\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ea0ede25-88bb-4c9e-8408-2ec9fadb2c37\" alt=\"\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;He chased this fight big time&#8230; he said he would give me a boxing lesson. I said if he&#x27;s that good, let&#x27;s fight the fight over eight or 10 rounds. He said no.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Six rounds [three-minute rounds] were agreed upon.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Gallen in 2019 fought AFL great Barry Hall in a fight with two-minute rounds, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/paul-gallen-barry-hall-fight-afl-star-fires-back-at-nickname\/a0a4c7d6-5ae2-4233-a420-46d9b51df80e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"which he was heavily against at the time. \">which he was heavily against at the time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>That bout ended in a draw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulGallen13\/status\/1452143130745135104\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulGallen13\/status\/1452143130745135104<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Here&#x27;s a guy (Aloiai) 15 years younger than me&#8230; talking up a big game saying he&#x27;s going to beat me. Say he&#x27;s got more experience than me in boxing as far as training and sparring goes,&quot; Gallen added.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He&#x27;s talked up a big game&#8230; so let&#x27;s fight the fight properly. Let&#x27;s do it properly on what was agreed upon, which was six three-minute rounds.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You&#x27;re getting paid way too much to fight the fight over two-minute rounds.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Do it properly. Don&#x27;t dog [it].&quot;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Rugby league great turned boxer Paul Gallen has blasted Manly&#x27;s Josh Aloiai over a disagreement in length of rounds as speculation continues to swirl around <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=148867\" title=\"Gal blasts NRL star&#039;s &#039;ridiculous&#039; fight proposal\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148867"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148869,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148867\/revisions\/148869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}