Scary reason 'next Paul Gallen' can't get a fight

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Australia's starring boxing promotion company hopes erstwhile Roosters elephantine Sio Siua Taukeiaho takes implicit from Paul Gallen arsenic the "next cross-code star".

The lone occupation is nary 1 has stepped up to combat Taukeiaho connected the undercard of Gallen's farewell bout against Justin Hodges successful Sydney adjacent Wednesday night.

No Limit Boxing is moving desperately to find a lucifer for Taukeiaho, who recovered clip during the Rugby League World Cup to hone his boxing.

In Gallen's words, No Limit Boxing is "looking for the adjacent Paul Gallen", and the rugby league fable has heard Taukeiaho "can punch similar a beast".

Eels wrecking shot Junior Paulo would person made for a imagination lucifer for Taukeiaho, but helium volition beryllium successful nary authorities to measurement successful the ringing aft the World Cup last betwixt Australia and Samoa connected Sunday (AEDT).

"He was implicit successful the UK astatine the Rugby League World Cup doing other grooming and waiting for the confirmation arsenic to who helium was going to combat connected the Gallen-Hodges undercard, but sadly we're inactive waiting," said No Limit Boxing main enforcement George Rose.

"No 1 has stepped up to the plate.

"I'm definite helium would've loved to person been playing successful the World Cup final, but his squad advised america weeks agone that helium was truthful committed to warring connected this paper helium was consenting to ditch immoderate post-final celebrations oregon holidays to instrumentality location and fight."

It's a uncommon disappointment for No Limit, which has helped marque Australian boxing fashionable again done spectacular combat nights, full-card property conferences and the prima powerfulness of Gallen and Tim Tszyu.

"It's beauteous uncommon for america to beryllium successful a presumption with a large level connected Main Event and not beryllium capable to lucifer idiosyncratic connected debut, truthful intelligibly boxing types person done their probe connected him," Rose said.

"Paul Gallen is simply a cross-code icon and helium bows retired adjacent Wednesday night, truthful of people we're looking for idiosyncratic to measurement up and capable the void he'll leave.

"Gal has proved if you person the thrust and committedness to grooming and springiness boxing the hours it deserves, past the satellite is your oyster.

"And if what Sio Siua has shown to day successful juggling his World Cup commitments and boxing training, past who knows, possibly helium could beryllium our adjacent cross-code star."

Taukeiaho was astatine the Rugby League World Cup representing Tonga, who was eliminated by Samoa successful a 20-18 quarter-final decision successful Warrington.

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Taukeiaho played his last crippled for the Roosters this twelvemonth and is acceptable to articulation the Catalans Dragons successful the Super League.

Gallen fired a informing astatine the antheral mountain.

"There are immoderate large punchers successful the satellite that don't truly spell on, truthful he's got to larn that there's a batch much to it than conscionable being capable to punch hard," Gallen said.

"You've got to beryllium capable to onshore that punch.

"There's evidently Junior Paulo there, arsenic well. No Limit's looking for the adjacent Paul Gallen and it sounds similar there's a mates of bully ones determination ... hopefully they tin find a combat for him and helium tin amusement however bully helium is.

"Hopefully 1 of them, Junior Paulo oregon Taukeiaho, instrumentality implicit from maine and pb the way, pb the complaint for the footy boys and get successful determination and springiness it a go."

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