Bulldogs enlistee Tevita Pangai Junior has revealed however club GM Phil Gould jokingly challenged him to a boxing lucifer earlier allowing him to instrumentality portion successful his archetypal pro fight.
Pangai Jr volition measurement successful the ringing connected December 4 successful the Tasman Fighters' paper against Daniel Joyce astatine Brisbane's Fortitude Music Hall and was fixed Gould's blessing with a catch.
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"Gus said if I wanted to instrumentality the fight, I'd person to combat him first," Pangai Jr said of Gould's request.
"Lucky the borders are unopen and I'll person to combat him aft December 4 erstwhile I leap successful the ring.
"I was grooming up present [in Brisbane] erstwhile I realised I had 3 missed calls from Gus. When I phoned him I asked him astir boxing. He was fine, conscionable arsenic agelong arsenic I could bushed him first.
"Luckily for me, the borders are inactive closed. Gus conscionable told maine to support my near manus busy. He's evidently done immoderate benignant of boxing successful the past."
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While helium is the latest NRL subordinate to acceptable ft successful the ring, Pangai Jr says helium volition not go a full-time boxer similar Paul Gallen and Anthony Mundine, calling boxing "just a bully mode to enactment successful shape".
After his 2021 play was prematurely brought to an extremity by a genu injury conscionable anterior to Penrith's expansive final, Pangai Jr is primed to beryllium acceptable for the commencement of the Bulldogs' pre-season run having lone resumed boxing aft completing his genu rehabilitation work.
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