Klitschko vs. Leapai
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Team Leapai Confident Alex Will Be in High Demand
Wladimir Klitschko rained punches on an outclassed Alex Leapai then showered him with praise after shattering the Australian's world heavyweight title dream. The fight was every bit as one-sided as many feared, with the giant Klitschko landing 147...
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Wladimir Klitschko Gives Praise To Leapai For Efforts
Wladimir Klitschko has rained punches on Alex Leapai then showered his vanquished opponent with praise after shattering his world title dream. World heavyweight champion Klitschko stretched his 10-year winning streak to 20 fights by clinically dis...
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CompuBox Reviews Wladimir Klitschko's Last 16 Fights
64% of heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko's thrown punches were jabs. He landed 9 per round- 33% higher than hvy. avg. Opponents landed just 7 punches per round- 10 less than hvt. avg. Challenger Alex Leapai landed 13 of 36 punches in his upset...
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Klitschko Beats Down Overmatched Leapai in Five
Koenig Pilsener Arena, Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - IBO/WBA/IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (62-3, 52KOs) battered overmatched WBO mandatory challenger Alex Leapai (30-5-3, 24KOs) for a fifth round knockout victory. At t...
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Leapai Has Entire Country on His Shoulders in Germany
Irrespective of whether he upsets Wladimir Klitschko and wins four heavyweight boxing world titles, Alex Leapai has taken his family, friends and followers on the ride of a lifetime. Among those enjoying the experience in Germany, where Leapai is...
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Leapai: I'll Break Klitschko, Won't Be My Toughest Fight
Alex Leapai is not a name destined to roll off the tongue of even the most hardcore members of the boxing family, but the Samoa-born 34-year-old will get his shot at the so-called richest prize in sport in Oberhausen, Germany on Saturday night, accor...
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Briggs Offers Klitschko's Trainer $1 Million To Jump Ship
The Shannon Briggs sideshow became the main event again today with the American heavyweight boxer hijacking the official Wladimir Klitschko weigh-in and offering one of the world champion's trainers one million Euros to coach him. Just as he had d...
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Lucas Browne: Leapai Has a Puncher's Chance To Win
Alex Leapai's greatest domestic rival Lucas Browne gives him a puncher's chance of dethroning world champion Wladimir Klitschko on one of the biggest days in Australian heavyweight boxing history. Leapai and Browne, who are ranked first and second...
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Team Leapai Confident Ref Will Prevent Wlad Clinching
Experienced boxing referee Eddie Cotton has warned he won't stand for any nonsense in the world heavyweight title fight between quadruple champion Wladimir Klitschko and Australian challenger Alex Leapai in Germany, Saturday. However, he stopped s...
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Klitschko: I Beat People Up, Leapai Can Keep His Heart
Alex Leapai has kept his arsenal under wraps but world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko hid nothing before outlining his chilling "dominate and terminate" philosophy. Ukrainian Klitschko and his underdog Australian challenger Leapai...
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W. Klitschko: Payback is My Motivation, I'm a Bad Ass
He's certainly no gentle giant but neither is world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko quite the "bad ass" he likes to describe himself as. His nickname of Dr Steelhammer and towering 198cm stature might make him a perfect candidate fo...
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Videos
Video: Bonkers Briggs Confronts Klitschko at Presser
DUESSELDORF, Germany - Former heavyweight champion Shannon Briggs disrupted a news conference on Tuesday ahead of Wladimir Klitschko’s title bout against Alex Leapai — demanding a fight of his own against the reigning champion. Briggs lost a 2010...