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Queensland rugby league legend Gorden Tallis will be offered $50,000 to box NSW Origin forward David Klemmer after declaring he would have punched the feisty Blues player if he’d gotten in his face on the field.
Tallis criticised Klemmer after the Canterbury youngster seemed to have a running battle with most of the Maroons’ pack in the second Origin clash at the MCG.
“I didn’t run in and push people and stand there and do all that,” Tallis said on Triple M radio.
“Everybody forgets, I never ran in and pushed. Yeah, I did punch people when they got in my face. He (Klemmer) would’ve been one of them, 100 per cent.”
New Zealand-based Duco Events is prepared to pay Tallis to punch Klemmer in Hamilton on December 5 in their annual Fight for Life charity boxing show.
Participants on previous shows have included Blues captain Paul Gallen, Sam Thaiday, Greg Bird and Willie Mason.
Proceeds of this year’s event will go to Hospice Waikato.
“Given Gorden’s comments we’d would like to offer Gorden the opportunity to fight against David Klemmer,” Duco Events director David Higgins told AAP on Thursday.
“We will pay Gorden $50,000 Australian and we will pay for his training expenses.
“If Gorden was serious then we would go to David.
“The fight is good timing, they are clear of any rugby league commitments.
“The fight will be (over) three two-minute rounds, wearing headgear and 16-ounce gloves.
“This is a bona fide genuine offer. Fight for Life has been going ten years and numerous celebrities, politicians and sports stars have tried their hand at boxing.
“It’s raised millions of dollars for charity.”
Online bookmaker Sportsbet.com.au posted odds on the proposed fight, listing Klemmer at $1.10 and Tallis at $7.00.
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