It wasn’t very far away from watching a cat toying with a mouse as heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko defended his four world title belts against mandatory challenger Alex Leapai last night at Koening Pilsner Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. Australia’s Leapai came into the contest confident after a career best win in November, putting the first loss…
While his elder brother and retired former WBC title holder Vitali Klitschko campaigns for political change in their native Ukraine, younger Klitschko brother Wladimir, who holds the WBA, WBO, IBO and IBF Heavyweight belts, has announced that he will return to the ring on the 26th April in Oberhausen, Germany’s against the World Boxing Organisation…
WBA/IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko will defend his titles against WBO #1 and mandatory challenger Alex Leapai of Australia at the König-Pilsener-Arena Oberhausen, Germany on April 26. Last November the 34-year-old Leapai became a boxing sensation when he beat undefeated Denis Boytsov, the great heavyweight hope and No. 1 of the WBO world rankings. Leapai…
Red hot heavyweight Alex Leapai scored a bull’s eye in the biggest bout of his career to date, stopping American veteran Owen Beck last night at the RSL Club in Southport, Queensland. Leapai was on his heels in the early going as former world title challenger Beck took the initiative but the Tennessee man could…
Two good fight cards took place in Oz earlier this week with some big names on the domestic scene in action along with a former world champion. Ex-two time WBA super middle kingpin Anthony Mundine made it down to light middle this past Wednesday, headlining a show at Brisbane’s Entertainment Centre against experienced Argentine campaigner…
One of Australia’s top super middles was back in action on Thursday as Les Sherrington won the biggest fight of his eight year pro career. 27 year old local man Sherrington was all business against America’s Rubin Williams, mounting a surging attack from the first bell that put the visitor on the defensive. Williams could…
Three good fight cards took place over the last few days and we kick things off with Thursday’s show at The Orion Function Centre in Campsie, NSW. Former two-time super middle world title challenger Sakio Bika, 28-3-2 (19), annihilated chinny Argentine import Nestor Fabian Casanova, 22-15 (9), in the first round to win his sixth…
It was a pretty good week for Australian boxing, but most of the action happened of a Wednesday night show at the Entertainment Centre in Newcastle, NSW, headlined by Anthony Mundine and supported by super prospect Billy Dib. Mundine, who recently gave up the WBA Super Middleweight belt rather than to face Mikkel Kessler again,…
It was a massive night of fisticuffs last night Down Under and with so much action to choose from, it’s difficult to know where to start! But start we must and that takes us to the Sydney area where at the Catholic in Campbelltown, NSW, there was a big showdown at middleweight between IBO Champion…