confirmed he would fight Australian-based Herman Ene-Purcell on the undercard of Daniel Geale versus Garth Wood. Gallen was awarded a technical knockout victory inside two rounds despite being dropped by a left hand in the first-round. Gallen was later scheduled to fight Anthony Watts, a former Cowboys, Sharks and Roosters utility National Rugby League player. Prior to the event, Gallen reported he had been admitted to hospital due to experiencing severe pain after contracting golden staph in his groin and underwent surgery privately in Sydney. Gallen extended his professional record with a second consecutive win after a first-round technical knockout victory. His next opponent was for the Footy Show Fight Night in January 2015 against Randall Rayment, a current mixed martial arts fighter. Gallen won with a unanimous four-round points win. His fourth fight was another points decision victory over fellow-rugby league forward Bodene Thompson in a charity event at SkyCity Auckland. On 20 December 2018, Gallen agreed to return to the ring to fight former professional rugby league footballer John Hopoate with the match being scheduled for 9 February 2019. Hopoate was knocked out in the second round of the bout. He said afterwards “I got caught by a good punch and I can’t hide from that, I went to sleep and fell over". In the middle of 2019, it was announced that Gallen would return to the ring again with the opponent this time being former Australian rules footballer Barry Hall. In the lead up to the fight, Hall said of Gallen “I know it’s been painted as a code war, but even the support I’ve been getting off rugby league people has been overwhelming, He’s not a very liked human being … so I’ve got a lot of support". Gallen and Hall went the full six rounds, ending in a 57–57 draw. After the bout was over, each fighter thought he would win the decision. Two more victories over Mark Hunt and Lucas Browne had Gallen challenging Justis Huni for the Australian heavyweight title on 16 June 2021. In the ten round bout, Gallen would be defeated when the referee stopped the bout in the final round. It was Gallen's first loss in his career. Professional boxing record Television career Gallen has had several presenting roles over the years. From 2013 until 2015, Gallen was a panelist on SportsFan Clubhouse alongside Renee Gartner and Mieke Buchan and