Satisfying your bloodlust is one thing. What happened at the boxing on Friday night is another

November 7, 2026 — 3:47pm

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I remember the first time I saw Nelson Asofa-Solomona shirtless.

It was June 2018, in a Colorado hotel. Covering the ill-fated Denver rugby league Test between England and New Zealand, I was walking past the hotel swimming pool and caught sight of the biggest human I had seen.

I remember thinking to myself: this man, if so inclined, could inflict serious damage on anyone.

And so it came to pass at Sydney’s TikTok Entertainment Centre on Friday night.

Sitting only a few metres away from the action – only the likes of Kangaroos World Cup stars Latrell Mitchell, Pat Carrigan, Harry Grant, Sam Walker, Lindsay Smith had a better vantage – Asofa-Solomona........

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