Justis Huni vs Paul Gallen

[skanksta]

How do you do a poll ?

Seen Browne vs Gallen and now Huni vs Tsoye.
I@m quite excited for this fight now !

Who wins ? And why...?

[margaret thatcher]

how did huni look vs tsoye, first time been distance

[Beltane]

Huni boxed well within himself to get that valuable ring time, preferring to fight at distance and won by nine rounds to one.

Tsoye lacked the speed to mix it with Huni, but had a jaw of granite and was never in any danger of going down. Huni is a solid hitter, but is an accumulator of punches, swiftly thrown that wear down his opposition.

One noticed that not once did Huni back Tsoye into a corner or spin Tsoye around when Huni was caught in one. Maybe he didn't want to reveal too much with Gallen doing a commentary gig.

In fact Tsoye would have been a far better opponent for Gallen in his last fight, in stead of that sausage roll muncher, Browne. But Gallen wanted a big name on his resume, and a decrepit Browne provided that with the minimum of fuss.

Huni will no doubt step it up against Gallen who will come out swinging from the opening bell. Gallen, a very fit, but aged fighter has never gone anywhere near 10 rounds, and will struggle once the fight develops. But in defeat, he will be clearly the fiscal winner, in grabbing the lion's share of takings. He should take the money and retire, and not be seduced by, future novelty fights against Sonny Bill and Barry Hall, a concept that is getting tedious.

[skanksta]

Huni looked a good prospect, but waaay from the finished article.
Good hands and feet and skills - proper boxer. Didn't really look like getting a stoppage, but didn't go for it any way either.

Gallen can't be completely written off.
He could get a sort of Rogan vs Audley win if Huni has something missing.

[margaret thatcher]

i'll write gallen off an say he's got 0 shot, couldnt even beat a non boxer rugby player a couple fights ago

[gregregegg]

Huni will starch gallen early. People doubt hunis power based on going rounds but he is fighting some guys that just look like they have great chins. Don’t put gallen in the same catagory and expect him to be beaten into submission or out of consciousness in less than 3 rounds.

[Beltane]

Undercard taking shape and three quality bouts already posted.

[gregregegg]

nice to see the IBF have pulled out a 10 year old vacant title to put onto this just to take a cut.

Jokes aside nice little card so far, hope they can get some more fresh prospects on it, good chance to get eyeballs on some young aussie fighters.

[Beltane]

The card is still stuck on five fights, and in the main event bookmakers have installed Huni as the $1.14 favourite against outsider Gallen at $5.20.

Now if by some chance Gallen gets to raise his hand in victory, that then propels him into the real world of heavy-weights (unless he retires), and at the age of 39, a rather daunting challenge. This elevation in the rankings will put he out of the range of the "nice little earner" fights against Bazza Hall and Sonny Bill.

But a loss will be tempered by the fact that he will get far the bulk of the prize-money, which is well worth it ring time-wise, when compared to the money he earned getting battered in hundreds of rugby league matches.

[skanksta]

i'll write gallen off an say he's got 0 shot, couldnt even beat a non boxer rugby player a couple fights ago

I was pretty sure he had more than 0% chance, but according to Huni's trainer, he has less than 0% !

[gregregegg]

i'll write gallen off an say he's got 0 shot, couldnt even beat a non boxer rugby player a couple fights ago

I was pretty sure he had more than 0% chance, but according to Huni's trainer, he has less than 0% !

Hunis trainer is retiring after this fight to move into his preferred realm of theoretical mathematics specialising in fictional probability's. .

[Beltane]

Gallen is expected to get $1.5 million for his ring time, with Huni getting far less so.

[gregregegg]

Geezes fornicate, 60 bucks for this... Getting a stream on an australian fight is a fornicating tough gig too. Shame its Kayo, becuase it means no TV network is pushing it. Imagine if they did it on channel 9 free TV, Could of promoted the fornicate out of it last weeks state of origin, would of beeen massive. I know the money wouldent be as good, but sacrifice a little bit right now, and become an australian household name KOing gallen.

[coneye]

Geezes fornicate, 60 bucks for this... Getting a stream on an australian fight is a fornicating tough gig too. Shame its Kayo, becuase it means no TV network is pushing it. Imagine if they did it on channel 9 free TV, Could of promoted the fornicate out of it last weeks state of origin, would of beeen massive. I know the money wouldent be as good, but sacrifice a little bit right now, and become an australian household name KOing gallen.

I've never found a stream yet for a Aussie show , but i would never pay for these fights , a rugby player v a Ameteur boxer , its on at one of my local pubs , just gonna have a shower and decide wether to go watch it , probably won't . this allowing ameteurs to have a few pro fights then go back to the olympics does'nt sort of sit right with me ... Then again could argue that say most countries ameteur teams are not really ameteur ,, Cuban squad live like Kings compared to the poor people there ,, along with there with movie star status ,, Great Britain team don't they get paid now ,

[gregregegg]

Geezes fornicate, 60 bucks for this... Getting a stream on an australian fight is a fornicating tough gig too. Shame its Kayo, becuase it means no TV network is pushing it. Imagine if they did it on channel 9 free TV, Could of promoted the fornicate out of it last weeks state of origin, would of beeen massive. I know the money wouldent be as good, but sacrifice a little bit right now, and become an australian household name KOing gallen.

I've never found a stream yet for a Aussie show , but i would never pay for these fights , a rugby player v a Ameteur boxer , its on at one of my local pubs , just gonna have a shower and decide wether to go watch it , probably won't . this allowing ameteurs to have a few pro fights then go back to the olympics does'nt sort of sit right with me ... Then again could argue that say most countries ameteur teams are not really ameteur ,, Cuban squad live like Kings compared to the poor people there ,, along with there with movie star status ,, Great Britain team don't they get paid now ,

Keen on watching huni but I don’t think my local pubs will have it, might have to check.

Olympics should be an under 23s or 25s event and have nothing to do with armatures. Why should someone who wants to represent there poor African nation have to not get paid boxing, so then have to work as a labourer 50 hours a week between his training to compete with someone on the uk team who have housing, training, meals, equipment, phisio and travel provided and just has to focus on training..

[coneye]

Geezes fornicate, 60 bucks for this... Getting a stream on an australian fight is a fornicating tough gig too. Shame its Kayo, becuase it means no TV network is pushing it. Imagine if they did it on channel 9 free TV, Could of promoted the fornicate out of it last weeks state of origin, would of beeen massive. I know the money wouldent be as good, but sacrifice a little bit right now, and become an australian household name KOing gallen.

I've never found a stream yet for a Aussie show , but i would never pay for these fights , a rugby player v a Ameteur boxer , its on at one of my local pubs , just gonna have a shower and decide wether to go watch it , probably won't . this allowing ameteurs to have a few pro fights then go back to the olympics does'nt sort of sit right with me ... Then again could argue that say most countries ameteur teams are not really ameteur ,, Cuban squad live like Kings compared to the poor people there ,, along with there with movie star status ,, Great Britain team don't they get paid now ,

Keen on watching huni but I don’t think my local pubs will have it, might have to check.

Olympics should be an under 23s or 25s event and have nothing to do with armatures. Why should someone who wants to represent there poor African nation have to not get paid boxing, so then have to work as a labourer 50 hours a week between his training to compete with someone on the uk team who have housing, training, meals, equipment, phisio and travel provided and just has to focus on training..

In an ideal world for me , Olympic boxing should be ameteurs only ,,, But your correct you have to level the playing field somehow ,, years ago kids in ameteur shows in OZ could'nt even pick up a shower of coins if they put on a good fight ,, was picked up for them and given to them later ,, whilst all the time Cubans and Russians were state funded , ect ect ,, they were in fact pro's and other kids around the world , selling chook raffles to raise money to represent there country ,,

Course , officials were always paid for and looked after .

[gregregegg]

I've never found a stream yet for a Aussie show , but i would never pay for these fights , a rugby player v a Ameteur boxer , its on at one of my local pubs , just gonna have a shower and decide wether to go watch it , probably won't . this allowing ameteurs to have a few pro fights then go back to the olympics does'nt sort of sit right with me ... Then again could argue that say most countries ameteur teams are not really ameteur ,, Cuban squad live like Kings compared to the poor people there ,, along with there with movie star status ,, Great Britain team don't they get paid now ,

Keen on watching huni but I don’t think my local pubs will have it, might have to check.

Olympics should be an under 23s or 25s event and have nothing to do with armatures. Why should someone who wants to represent there poor African nation have to not get paid boxing, so then have to work as a labourer 50 hours a week between his training to compete with someone on the uk team who have housing, training, meals, equipment, phisio and travel provided and just has to focus on training..

In an ideal world for me , Olympic boxing should be ameteurs only ,,, But your correct you have to level the playing field somehow ,, years ago kids in ameteur shows in OZ could'nt even pick up a shower of coins if they put on a good fight ,, was picked up for them and given to them later ,, whilst all the time Cubans and Russians were state funded , ect ect ,, they were in fact pro's and other kids around the world , selling chook raffles to raise money to represent there country ,,

Course , officials were always paid for and looked after .

I also don’t like countries like Russia, Ukrainian, Cuba, Kazakhstan,uzbecestan ect, pressuring there guys to stay amature too long, think they 23s would fix that, have 90 percent of people turn pro at the same age. All with 7-15 years of prime left.

[margaret thatcher]

amateurs do get paid already

and most of the guys with pro fights who fight am as well have only fought bums as pros, guys who are worse than the ams they will fight in national/international competition. every fighter in the shw in the olympics will be better than anyone huni has fought pro

[Fray Bentos]

It was stopped in the tenth, Gallen gave it a go but Huni was too polished and too good and Gallen eventually ran out of steam. It seemed like a good value match up for Huni at this stage of his career.

[Beltane]

All in all, Huni was younger, faster, better skilled than the game Gallen. Huni never lost a round in what was a times a brutal demolition of Gallen. So where to for both of them?

Huni will hopefully mark his mark soon at the Olympics, and then leave the amateur ranks for good. Is there anyone in Australia now able to match it with him? Demsey McKean awaits out there, unbeaten in 19 fights, but both Huni and McKean will no doubt pursue different trajectories up the heavyweight ratings. A matchup would be a long way off.

Apart from Joseph Parker (way out of reach at the moment) and Junior Fa (a similar situation to McKean) in New Zealand, there is not much to trouble Huni over the ditch. Huni's handlers will need to chose carefully in bringing out suitable fighters for Huni to keep winning, but to gain ring experience. His best years are still ahead, but as long as his handlers don't get ahead of themselves and over match him.

Gallen has a rematch clause with Huni, but after his hiding from Huni, he would be very wise to not activate it. There would be little public appetite for any rematch given the lopsided nature of the result, and the pay-per-view watchers would ignore in droves. At 39 all that is left are a few corporate fights against the likes of Barry Hall and Sonny Bill. Gallen's previous four opponents prior to Huni were all aged 40 and over, and fights involving Gallen could only be used on the undercard for any pay-per-view events at best. But his big paydays are gone.

[margaret thatcher]

gallen gave it a good go, so close to making it the 10 round distance vs a vastly vastly more experienced and younger stud with a bright future. imagine if gallen boxed from a lad and fought at cruiser and was 15 years younger.....might have been very handy

is huni a draw yet? would notable opponents get paid well to take the risk of fighting him? i think he's good enough to be fast tracked this year against some like mckean, though i think mckean has good rankings with some of the sanctioning bodies and may wwant to hold out on those for a shot at a big payday

[gregregegg]

gallen gave it a good go, so close to making it the 10 round distance vs a vastly vastly more experienced and younger stud with a bright future. imagine if gallen boxed from a lad and fought at cruiser and was 15 years younger.....might have been very handy

is huni a draw yet? would notable opponents get paid well to take the risk of fighting him? i think he's good enough to be fast tracked this year against some like mckean, though i think mckean has good rankings with some of the sanctioning bodies and may wwant to hold out on those for a shot at a big payday

Gallen is tough as nails, sceptical he would pass VADA testing but cant doubt his heart. took about 50 hard body shots onto a supposedly broken rib. Huni suposidly made 300k, gallen over a million, that type of event makes huni a massive draw moving fowards (relitive to domestic guys).

Huni should do olympics then Meehan>goodal>brown>gallen>sonny bill>mckean (that should get him to about this time next year).. honestly by that point Huni is 23 in the drivers seat as the Aus PPV guy (along with tim tszyu probably). no rush after that, Make big coin to fight hasbeens with name recognition for a bit.

[Beltane]

Gallen's Nostradamus quip that he would force Huni out of the Olympics with a broken arm has come true.

Today it has been reported that the Heavyweight gold medal hope, Justis Huni will miss the Tokyo Olympics after injuring his hand in last week’s win over Paul Gallen.

The injury is believed to have occurred in the opening round and could see the 22-year-old out of the ring for five months.

[DrDuke]

Oh, I missed that fight. No surprise Gallen got stopped. This time he faced a young and fresh guy, not some ancient never-was like Lucas Browne.

[coneye]

Gallen's Nostradamus quip that he would force Huni out of the Olympics with a broken arm has come true.

Today it has been reported that the Heavyweight gold medal hope, Justis Huni will miss the Tokyo Olympics after injuring his hand in last week’s win over Paul Gallen.

The injury is believed to have occurred in the opening round and could see the 22-year-old out of the ring for five months.

I said it to someone before the fight , that it was absolutly stupid to take that fight , he would probably get head butted , suffer a cut or something and ruin his chances at a Olympic medal ,,, seems i was proven correct OR and it is a possibility , if like me you see conspiracy theores and little yellow men under every bed , , well its possible after his performance against a 39 year old rugby player who only boxes has a second sport he took up late in life , that now they relize he just might get his ass handed to him at the Olympics and the end result is he will not draw ppv money in Aust .

So go the Conor Benn route , don't challenge for titles against someone who will hit back and defend it , just go fight 4 times a year , against older seen better days guys