"It's a Dog Act!" - Paul Gallen UNLOADS on Nelson Asofa-Solomona
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Why did Paul Gallen decide to come out of retirement and fight Nelson Asofa‑Solomona?
Just a bloke in a bar. All righty, I'm here with Paul Gallen. Just announced Nelson Osofa-Solomona. Mate, I've got to ask you, why?
Look, mate, that's a good question. I've had a lot of people ask me the same question. Sometimes I think about it myself. But I've got to add a lot of time, a lot of respect for Nelson. But then I spoke to him last year about Nalum and asked me to fight in Las Vegas at round zero. at the start of this year, and he said, who are you going to fight? I said, no, I'm not fighting, mate. You should ring him and jump on it. You should do the card because I'm retired. I've had enough. So he had that knowledge of me wanting to retire, not wanting to fight anymore, and then to sign me no limit and then to call me out every fight he's had. It's just disrespectful and an unhonorable thing to do for a man. For a man to have intimate knowledge, for a bloke to have intimate knowledge about another bloke and then to be calling me out when he knows he doesn't want to fight anymore, I just think it's a dog act.
At least I've got to do something about it now. That's the main reason, to be honest. That's the main reason. I'm just filthy. I had a lot of respect, a lot of time for him, and I just feel what he's done is really disrespectfully unhonourable as a bloke.
And he's called you out quite a few times, been asked, will you fight Gale? When was the turning point where you said enough's enough?
Well, the first fight I said, look, I know what no limit are like. As well as I get on with them, I know what they're like. They've got to promote fights. I understand what the promotion's like. So the first time I was like, okay, fair enough. Second time I was like, man, come on.
What was the turning point that made Gallen say ‘enough’s enough’ with No Limit?
You know how I feel. I've told you to your face. You have intimate knowledge about the way I feel. Just be a man. Stand on your own two feet. Don't listen to no limit. Sell your own fight. Stop using my name. In the third fight, he said, I want them all. I want Gallant. And he's not mentioning blokes like Junior Paula or anyone his own age. He's mentioning me. And I'm just like, mate, righto, here we go. I'll ask a question, and no limit have come back to me with a figure that's got me out of bed, so here I go.
Mate, in regards to your training, have you been training this whole time, or have you just gotten back into camp?
I always train. I'm always fit and I'm always healthy. I'm always punching a bag. I'm always doing something. But I've just gotten back in the fight camp now.
And how do you feel?
I feel okay. Look, Nelson's lit a fire in me that's burning now. Before, as I said, I turned to his face, I've had enough, I'm done. And after his first couple of fights, I was like that. But after seeing that last fight and... All respect to George, but jumping in a ring is a hard thing, let me tell you. It's a very, very hard thing. But poor George Burgess was gone. He beat himself.
Is Paul Gallen still training regularly or did he just return to a fight camp?
He fell over because he was that unfit. Do you run around claiming that as a win? Put your head in, mate, seriously. And then to be calling me out after it, I just think it's just a shit thing to do. I've got to do something about it now.
Mate, you've obviously played a lot of rugby league. Is there any run-ins with Nelson that you can remember? Any history on the footy field?
Mate, there was only one, and I was at Shark Park, and it was the end of the game, and I think it was a bit of an argument. I don't think I was involved, and he actually grabbed me by the back of the collar and pulled me to the ground from behind, and I had no idea who it was. I know I've got up in the team, and I was sort of winning him, and Kevin Smith got in between us, and it was the end of the game. Anyway, I finished. When he'd shake his hand, he wouldn't shake my hand. I was like, mate, you fucking rat. Anyway, I'll give him credit. I was down working for Nine not long after that or later that year. I was doing something for Nine at a Melbourne Storm game and I was walking past him as they were warming up and he called me over and he said, mate, I want to apologise for that.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did Paul Gallen decide to come out of retirement and fight Nelson Asofa‑Solomona?
0:00–1:23
2
What was the turning point that made Gallen say ‘enough’s enough’ with No Limit?
1:23–2:29
3
Is Paul Gallen still training regularly or did he just return to a fight camp?
2:29–4:05
4
Does Gallen believe his boxing skills are better than Nelson’s and why?
4:05–5:20
5
Which former rugby league players would win in a hypothetical boxing matchup?
5:20–6:45
6
What are Gallen’s thoughts on the current state of refereeing and the video‑ref bunker in NRL?
6:45–8:04
7
Who does Gallen think is the favourite to win the upcoming fight?
8:04–9:14
8
How does Gallen view the impact of recent NRL refereeing decisions on the Knights‑Warriors game?
9:14–9:34
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