Rugby star '2m·130kg monster' announces KO in boxing debut match... Big Nest, "I'm here to chew on the heavyweight champion"

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A heavy-handed rugby star turned into a boxer and predicted a KO.

Britain's "The Sun" said on the 14th (Korea Standard Time) that "Big Nesty, a huge rugby star of 2m and 130kg, has been confirmed to make his boxing debut."

"Former rugby player Nelson Asofa-Solomona heads to the square ring with the nickname 'Big Nesty'," the media said. He is about to make his professional boxing debut, he said. "This is going to be one of the most threatening conversions from rugby to boxing."

He confessed that the real reason why Solomona changed the event was not just because of money and honor, but because of "mental thirst."

"Rugby is a team sport. No matter how good I am, I can't win if the whole team is shaken. But boxing is different. It's just me and my opponent in the ring. "It fascinated me that my victory or defeat depends entirely on my efforts and my mental strength," he confessed.

The nickname "Big Nesty" is due to his enormous physicality and aggressive style of play on the field when he was a rugby player. Solomona expressed her ambition to subdue her opponent with this aggression in her boxing glove.

Now he is learning the basics again with legendary trainers. It is focusing on converting the strong lower body strength and explosive breakthrough power unique to rugby players into boxing's "punch power." Officials believe his enormous richness and physical conditions will make a big impact on the heavyweight boxing world.

Solomona is set to make her heavyweight debut on the undercard of the "Nikita Chu vs Michael Zerafa" match in Brisbane this Friday. The opponent is Jeremy Latimore, a former rugby rival and currently has one win and no loss in boxing.

Solomona said, "I'm not just here to play an event game. I want to be remembered as a true boxer aiming for the heavyweight belt," he said seriously.

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