Lucas Browne makes extraordinary claim that he did NOT lose to Paul Gallen as heavyweight veteran insists he had ‘no balance’ before brutal KO due to being hit in the back of the head FIVE times
- Lucas Browne was stopped in the first round by Paul Gallen in April last year
- But the 43-year-old refuses to chalk up the fight against the ex NRL star as a loss
- Browne claimed Gallen hit him in the back of the head several times
- ‘Big Daddy’ will be back in the ring against Kiwi star Junior Fa on Sunday
Lucas Browne refuses to chalk his shock defeat to Paul Gallen up as a loss and has accused the NRL great of resorting to illegal tactics.
The former Cronulla captain delivered a massive upset in April last year, stopping Browne in the first round of their bout in Wollongong to hand ‘Big Daddy’ only the third defeat of his professional career.
Browne, however, refuses to acknowledge the loss and insist Gallen delivered a flurry of cheap shots during the fight.
Lucas Browne (right) insists he doesn’t consider his defeat to Paul Gallen (left) as a loss
‘I don’t count the Gallen loss so much because he hit me behind the head five times,’ Browne told Fox Sports.
‘Then he popped my eardrum. I basically fought cross-eyed, so I didn’t know what was going on.
‘It’s not that I got knocked out, it’s that I had no balance. I can’t count that as a loss so to speak.’
Browne will be back in the ring against Kiwi star Junior Fa at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, on the undercard of the world title fight between George Kambosos and Devin Haney.
The NRL great delivered a major upset when he stopped Browne in the first round last year
But Browne accused his opponent of resorting to cheap shots throughout the fight
The 43-year-old claimed he wasn’t KOd but simply slipped as he had no balance
The 43-year-old (30-3, 26KO) knows he’s in the final stretch of his career, but he’s determined to bow out on a high.
‘You don’t want to be remembered for your last bulls*** fights,’ he said.
‘You don’t want to be remembered for your c****y fights where people say you should have stopped three fights ago.
‘I want to go out with a win. No matter what, I’d like to go out with a win.’