Gallen puts deadline on SBW superfight

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Paul Gallen has declared that a mega-bout with Sonny Bill Williams "won't happen" unless it occurs successful the adjacent six months.

The 2016 NRL premiership victor has agelong sought a combat with Williams. The brace six years agone seemed destined to conscionable successful the ring erstwhile Gallen agreed to instrumentality a reduced outgo to get the woody done earlier it yet fell through.

While it appears little apt than ever that the combat volition spell ahead, Williams, who similar Gallen is retired from rugby league duties, is looking to enactment his absorption into boxing going forward.

The 36-year-old, who holds an unbeaten nonrecreational grounds of 8–0, precocious generated immoderate hype erstwhile helium was asked if helium would beryllium susceptible of taking connected Gallen, who has a grounds of 11–1–1 which includes wins against champion fighters Mark Hunt and Lucas Browne.

"I anticipation you weren't insinuating that he's (Gallen's) retired of my league, due to the fact that for myself I decidedly don't judge that," Williams said successful October.

"He'll beryllium each portion of the process. For maine it's the challenge.

"When it comes to warring Paul Gallen oregon Barry Hall, those guys are each portion of the process, but for me, it's astir the regular grind and being wholeheartedly successful it.

"That stems from thing much than say, 'I've got my eyes connected solely focused connected Paul Gallen oregon Barry Hall'."

Those comments were precocious brought to Gallen's attention.

The 40-year-old Gallen, who's preparing for a bout with Manly's Josh Aloiai, said the combat would request to hap reasonably soon earlier helium looks astatine calling clip connected his career.

Paul Gallen and Josh Aloiai reason implicit combat rounds

"I'm 40 years old, I won't beryllium warring successful 2 years' time," Gallen told Fox Sports.

"I won't beryllium warring for precise agelong astatine all.

"I deliberation Sonny's waiting until I get to a constituent wherever I'm excessively aged and I'm retired and past he'll say, 'let's bash it' and I'll say, 'no, nary I'm retired' and he'll enactment similar I didn't privation to bash it.

"I've been saying let's bash it for 10 years, truthful if it doesn't hap successful the adjacent six months it won't happen."

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