Heavy-handed Australian former truck driver, Alex Leapai (30-5-3, 24 KOs) is vowing a do or die effort against American Malik Scott (36-2-1, 13 KOs) in an October 24 Brisbane bout that may decide the fate of the 34-year-old's fighting future. "This will pretty much determine my future in boxing," Leapai told the media in a press conference to announce the fight. "(But) I … [Read more...]
Klitschko, Mayweather, and the Mismatch; Magno’s Monday Rant
All mismatches are not alike. When Aussie truck driver, Alex Leapai made his ring walk to meet Wladimir Klitschko at the Stechert Arena in Germany on Saturday afternoon, he inspired all the confidence of portly ESPN boxing writer Dan Rafael taking his mark next to Usain Bolt in a 40-yard dash. And Klitschko-Leapai, as a main stage, supposedly elite-level contest was, … [Read more...]
Wladimir Klitschko To Take on Alex Leapai — and Shannon Briggs? — On Saturday
by Johnny Walker World heavyweight champion and owner of every significant belt aside from the WBC strap vacated by his older brother Vitali, Wladimir Klitschko (61-3, 51 KOs), returns to action on the main American TV network of ESPN this weekend to take on Australian hopeful Alex Leapai....and the way things have been going, he may also have to knock out former heavyweight … [Read more...]
Heavyweight Scene: David Price’s Redemption Tour Continues Saturday: Hughie Fury, Manuel Charr Also In Action
by Johnny Walker UK heavyweight giant David Price of Liverpool was, at this time last year, still reeling from being knocked off of his perch as "the next heavyweight champion of the world" after American veteran Tony Thompson shockingly stopped him in the second round of what was supposed to be another routine KO for the massive Scouse fighter. The disastrous decision to … [Read more...]
Australian Heavyweight Alex Leapai Vows to Destroy World Champion Wladimir Klitschko
by Johnny Walker One thing boxing fans love to do when they feel an opponent is overmatched is to call him out as a glorified caddie, cabbie, laundromat worker, jailbird or bartender: the proverbial "tomato can." Such names are already being bandied about to chartacterize World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko's opponent, Alex Leapai of Australia. And this … [Read more...]