By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Australian heavyweight champion Justis Huni (3-0, 3 KOs) will clash with rugby league legend Paul Gallen (11-0-1, 6 KOs) at the Sydney International Convention Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia on June 16 that will be televised on Foxtel Main Event Pay-Per-View. Huni’s promoter Dean Lonergan said he had received a letter from IBF chairman Carlos Ortiz confirming that Huni and Gallen will challenge for an IBF regional title. “I am thrilled to have the fight sanctioned for the IBF Pan Pacific title,” Lonergan said.
“If I was Paul Gallen, I would be starting to get very frightened. No amount of money will cover for the fear and anxiety Paul will feel when he knows he is about to get the hiding of his life. At that stage, Paul will question his sanity in fighting Justis. Nothing will stop the beating he is about to get and the only question is how long Paul is prepared to survive in there to get a beating as Justis moves a step closer to his shot at a world title.”
Must say the Australian boxers put themselves out there and fight each other, does not matter what level they are at in the world rankings. They have huge local interest with large crowds going to watch fights.
Easy work for Huni. The Gallen Show ends with this one, unless, he wants to accumulate more KO or TKO losses.
Justis moves closer to his shot @ a world title? Hahaha! Huni will be another tick in Gallen’s victory box…Gallen will defeat Huni within 4rounds.
Bane, are you on drugs?
Hehehe…c’mon Jen, he’s been beating real boxers recently & he’s still learning so I think he’ll be too fit & smart against Huni
The Gallen show ends on June 16th. No disrespect to Gallen, the man comes to fight regardless. But Huni needs to win impressively so his stock can continue to go up in the heavyweight ranks. I’m anxious to see Huni step up in competition and see how he does against a top ten heavyweight in the near future.
Arturo: Recon the Gallen show will continue even if he loses if one goes on what he has said that he is not interested in any titles, but just being a prizefighter.
Actually think that this is a dangerous fight for Huni.Gallen is a different proposition than the others Huni has fought,no flab on this bloke, supremely fit, massive heart and getting better with each outing. If there is an overconfidence issue the fight could get interesting.
Look what happened to Lucas Browne !!!