Paul Gallen’s next fight will be against a former world champion after the former NRL star’s team paid a hefty price to make it happen. Former NRL star Paul Gallen’s boxing career will continue against former WBA world champion Lucas Browne after a war of words between the pair. Watch Boxing Live & On-Demand on Kayo.


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Paul Gallen and Lucas Browne are edging closer to a fight on April 21th, with the pair engaging in a heated war of words over social media on Thursday night. Browne had previously called out Gallen after the former NRL star’s shock win over Mark Hunt in December, urging him to ‘stop calling out UFC fighters’.

It comes after Gallen, a 10-0-1 boxer defeated former UFC star Mark Hunt in a bout last December on the undercard of Tim Tszyu’s fight against New Zealander Bowyn Morgan.

While Gallen has largely defeated fellow football players, he had twice defeated Herman Ene Purcell, who is the fifth ranked heavyweight in Australia according to BoxRec.

But it’s a big step up to Browne, who’s career record of 29-2 with 25 knockouts sees him ranked as one of the best heavyweights in Australia.

On Saturday afternoon, Fox Sports boxing reporter Ben Damon revealed the fight had been agreed upon. Gallen v Browne

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