Gallen names NRL's hottest boxing prospects

Anthony Mundine blazed a way successful the boxing satellite arsenic the archetypal NRL subordinate to instrumentality his talents to the ringing and made an estimated $30 cardinal doing it.

Paul Gallen precocious confirmed helium had made much wealth during his 15-fight vocation successful the squared ellipse than his full 348-game NRL vocation with the Sharks.

The riches connected connection for established names wrong rugby league to people a handsome payday successful boxing, volition undoubtedly pb to much players throwing connected the gloves to trial their worthy successful the combat game.

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Ahead of Gallen's double-header bout against erstwhile league stars Justin Hodges and Ben Hannant astatine Brisbane's Nissan Arena, Wide World of Sports asked the erstwhile NSW skipper who the adjacent question of NRL players to leap successful the ringing mightiness beryllium and here's what helium said.

Nelson Asofa-Solomona - 201cm, 115kg

Nelson Asofa-Solomona and his Bali thoroughfare combat (inset). (Getty)

"Jumping into the boxing ringing is simply a spot antithetic to having a combat astatine a barroom with Balinese people.

"It's a small spot different. He surely looks scary successful that video. But getting successful the ringing it's a antithetic imaginable altogether.

"But surely helium would person capabilities, nary uncertainty astir that, he's a large guy, agelong arms and powerful. But I don't deliberation we tin work excessively overmuch into that video."

Jordan Mclean - 196cm, 118kg

Jordan McLean of the Cowboys runs the ball. (Getty)

"He's similar Nelson, tall, agelong arms. I person nary thought whether helium tin combat oregon adjacent wants to.

"I've ne'er seen oregon heard of him punching pads.

"It would beryllium a large agelong to accidental thing without seeing what helium tin do. He surely has the measurables.

"He plays pugnacious connected the footy tract truthful that tin construe to the ringing but accomplishment is huge."

Junior Paulo - 188cm, 123kg

Junior Paulo and Paul Gallen commercialized punches during their December 2016 combat astatine Sydney's Hordern Pavilion. (Fairfax Media)

"Yeah he's good. He knows however to fight. He's accelerated and has bully skills. He could beryllium 1 that could surely measurement successful there.

"He'd beryllium the 1 astatine the apical of the histrion astatine the infinitesimal I reckon. If you were ranking them helium would beryllium No.1.

"He tin deterioration a punch and tin drawstring a fewer together.

"It's not each astir aggression. If it was you'd conscionable determination guardant each day. There's a batch of skills involved.

"A batch of things radical person nary thought about. If you've got power, nary uncertainty that helps, but you've got to beryllium capable to onshore that changeable and onshore a right.

"There's truthful overmuch much progressive than beating idiosyncratic up."

Jack Wighton - 190cm, 96kg

Jack Wighton. (Getty) (Getty)

"If you're talking astir aggression and idiosyncratic who's consenting to person a go. He's 1 for sure.

"He wouldn't dice wondering, Jack Wighton. I deliberation he'd spell truly good to beryllium honorable with you.

"It's a substance of whether helium wants to bash it and enactment himself retired determination and person a go.

"I'm not excessively definite I deliberation he's really managed by No Limit, the champion promoter successful Australia, truthful he's surely got the quality if helium wants to bash it.

"No uncertainty helium could beryllium 1 of the champion from the NRL to person a crack.

"Whether he's got rounds oregon done overmuch sparring I don't know.

"There's nary uncertainty he's been taught to punch. If helium enactment his caput to it and wanted to bash it, helium could."

David Klemmer - 198cm, 116kg

David Klemmer during a clash for the Knights against the Tigers. (Getty)

"He's got the assemblage shape. Tall and agelong arms goes a agelong mode successful boxing. I've ne'er seen him punch but he's surely got the look.

"He's got a scary look. But I'd person to spot however he'd go. The boxing ringing there's thing similar it.

"You can't hole for it with a combat connected the footy field. But he's got the mongrel and the will, and could surely bash it if helium wanted to.

"Like JWH (Jared Waerea-Hargreaves) he's got the look arsenic well."

Josh Papalii - 183cm, 110kg

Josh Papalii of the Canberra Raiders (Getty)

"He had a combat with Ben Hannant, it didn't spell that good for him to beryllium honest.

"Everyone was expecting a hellhole of a batch with his relative being Alex Leapai. There was speech that helium was taught by his relative and they utilized to get into it each present and past successful the backyard.

"He had a beauteous large estimation and it didn't spell arsenic good arsenic helium wanted it to.

"It was his archetypal combat though and helium knows however to propulsion a punch, helium could bash it if helium gave it clip and developed."

Josh Aloiai - 188cm, 106kg

Manly guardant Josh Aloiai caught COViD-19 which forced him to propulsion retired of the combat with Gallen. (Getty)

"There are that galore rumours astir footy players until you enactment your balls connected the enactment and person a ace you don't know.

"I heard each the stories astir him helium had the accidental to combat maine but helium pulled out.

"I've ne'er seen him propulsion a punch."

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