{"id":99427,"date":"2021-07-13T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=99427"},"modified":"2021-07-13T10:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T10:57:18","slug":"gallen-confirms-he-will-box-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=99427","title":{"rendered":"Gallen confirms he will box again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Gallen has confirmed he will fight again, revealing he has fielded a number of &quot;unbelievable&quot; offers since his heavyweight bout against Justis Huni.<\/p>\n<p>Gallen (11-1-1, 6 KOs) was waved off by the referee in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/news-paul-gallen-justis-huni-boxing-fight-live-updates-main-event-start-time-weigh-ins-round-by-round-results-latest-news\/07e15239-3d4c-4b9e-94e4-1d7e0838b379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"10th and final round of his Australian heavyweight title figh\">10th and final round of his Australian heavyweight title figh<\/a>t last month against Huni (5-0, 4 KOs), following a knockdown.<\/p>\n<p>It was Gallen&#x27;s first defeat.<\/p>\n<p>Since the loss to Huni, in which Gallen also suffered a broken rib<em>,<\/em> the 39-year-old former NRL star has been <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/news\/paul-gallen-justis-huni-fight-nrl-great-urged-not-to-take-rematch-retire\/e90b0a53-8411-4360-97ba-f23773404625\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"urged by a number of pundits to retire from boxing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urged by a number of pundits to retire from boxing<\/a>, including from the likes of Australian boxing great Jeff Fenech.<\/p>\n<p>But despite those calls, Gallen confirmed he&#x27;s ready &quot;to make a dollar&quot; by returning to the sport.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I will get in the ring again,&quot; Gallen told 2GB&#x27;s <em>Wide World of Sports radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"ada177ac-d5ca-420b-80d8-33a3439882ab\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/ada177ac-d5ca-420b-80d8-33a3439882ab\" alt=\"Paul Gallen vs Justis Huni\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Who that is against and when? I&#x27;m not too sure.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Over 400 games of football and 15 fights, I&#x27;ve been hurt once.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have nothing to prove, but I want to make a dollar.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The former Cronulla Sharks skipper claims the offers he&#x27;s fielded since his most recent defeat have blown him away.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The offers that have come to me over the past three weeks have been unbelievable from that [Huni] fight,&quot; Gallen said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;It&#x27;s like my stocks have gone up. I can&#x27;t imagine what would have happened had I won that fight.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;My stocks have gone up because of the effort I put into it and the fight itself.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6259192777001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/06\/364808\/pickerImage.jpg\" alt=\"Huni beats Gallen by 10th round TKO\" data-vms-id=\"ref:ckpzzfzoc000w0hkxsaid3hhm\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Asked if the offers have come from either footballer players or boxers, Gallen revealed both options have arisen.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I have the option to do both, but first of all, it will be football players to start with and then after that, I will go back to boxers and MMA-type of people,&quot; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There will be rugby league players to start with and then we will look at boxers and MMA fighters after that.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;And there is always the option of Sonny Bill Williams.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><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<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Paul Gallen has confirmed he will fight again, revealing he has fielded a number of &quot;unbelievable&quot; offers since his heavyweight bout against Justis Huni. 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