Alex_Leapai met by family in Brisbane, vows to return stronger - despite loss he remains a hero to all who know him No Cookies | The Courier-Mail …
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Alex_Leapai met by family in Brisbane, vows to return stronger - despite loss he remains a hero to all who know him No Cookies | The Courier-Mail …
Both of you are fuckin bums .. this bum is a hero then australia is in deep shit.. kangaroo can fight better than that bum who got knocked out by kevin johnson.
5 minuts of fame is over for the samoan bum he can go back to climbing some cocunut trees
The guy should never have been a contender for the title.
How is coming back "stronger" gonna help?
The man is ample strong enough, just vertically challenged and doesn't have the skillset to make anything work for him.
He should spend his million+ wisely because he wont get another pay day like that.
lol well saidQuote:
Originally Posted by FinitoElDinamita
How do you know he will not get another pay day. Can you see into the future? He earns a living getting into the ring and taking punches to the face. How would you do? Who the hell are you to tell him not to carry on?Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
He can carry on. But we don't need a crystal ball to see he's had his one and only big time chance.
He ain't suddenly gonna turn into Mike Tyson over night is he?
He can maybe still get a decent pay day against Chisora!!
:D
Better fighters have not gotten a 2nd chance.
Worse fighters have had more than one shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
Leapai seems like an alright guy ... it's not his fault boytsov and co were buying there way to a title shot and boytsov got comprehensively beaten by leapai... I think it's good that this happened.. well maybe not good but funny anyway, how many guys like boytsov have fast tracked their way to a title shot by taking on what are seen as bum fights for a silly belt... Good job leapai for derailing this nonsense..
I only ever saw leapai fight boytsov before the wlad fight, he looked alright, if he keeps dedicated to the sport he could be in some interesteing contests maybe.. Get him v big daddy browne I say..
Forget about getting stronger, work on head movement and delivering straight punches to begin with.
You're right about the head movement. he was very flat footed and a bit overawed against Wlad. he's a better fighter than that. If he can stand and trade with opponents he is a tremendous puncher.
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Originally Posted by MasterWorse fighters have had more than one shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
Name one, seriously.
How about a fight with Lucas Browne down under? Or a rematch with Mark de Mori.
Lucas Browne is perhaps just as terrible, that would make sense as a domestic clash for both I'm sure.
Can anyone can name a fighter in any weight class who got more than one title shot and was not either clearly better or more accomplished than Lepai, though? I doubt anyone should spring to mind, this guy is really bad.
All I'm saying it that Leapai has managed to eclipse his literal 15 minutes of 'fame' by 2:05.
Voting Luis Santana, who got roughly 4,5 and deserved to or did lose them all ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by p4pkingQuote:
Originally Posted by MasterWorse fighters have had more than one shot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Max Power
Name one, seriously.
Truthfully though have only seen Leapai two times ;D
Not even sure I remember his fights with Norris, but going by old trusty boxrec he only received one title shot before that "trilogy". BS or not he beat Norris twice, those second two fights were defences not challenges:p And I very much doubt he was anywhere near as shit as Lepai;D
Lepai will get more pay days because he's a beatable opponent and has just been in with Wlad. Someone like Wilder will fight him next and try and get him out a round or two before Wlad managed to try and look credible.
seriously? this total bum never even tried. he gave up instantly and knew it was only a payday. I'm the same size as leapai and I woulda put up a better fight than this so called fighter. truly pathetic was the effort he put into this fight.....
Yeah it's just that simple isn't it. Your a complete fool. "I would have done this and that" is all EVERY opponent has to say. But come fight time that plan goes hay wire doesn't it.Quote:
Originally Posted by #1FightFan
Why do you think that is? After being punished by ramrod jabs for everything you do, everytime you move for a few rounds whatever plan you had would be out the window and you will just stand there in front of him, ready to be knocked out!
I think leapai was just a bit naive in his preperation for this fight, it is much easier to say you are going to rush klitschko and get him on the inside.. Getting whacked in the face by wladimir a few times is enough to slow anyone down I'd guess, early knockdowns of povetkin, chagaev and now leapai show this, all these guys eased off a bit after taking a a hit and knockdown from wlad.. I thought leapai was pretty tough he took a fair few hard punches and got up from the floor twice.. Bit unfair to call him a lazy bum or whatever, the guy got a good win v a lesser opponent than wladimir and was made mandatory, he just isnt a world class fighter, no shame in leapais performance, he was just outclassed by a very big man.
whatever, there were no strong punches thrown at wlad. NONE!! all slow meaningless pit pat punches. it was lame. and yes, I REPEAT, my fat ass woulda put up a better fight and woulda had more courage to step in and and at least try, despite ole glass jaws ever present lame ass jabs, which i thought were slow and boring as usual. Jameel Mccline woulda whupped this guy!
Lepai fought terribly n didn't try to win. But, one jab from Wlad would put you in la la land.Quote:
Originally Posted by #1FightFan
Same goes for most of us on this forum. Wlad's boring but he hits hard enough to quickly discourage big, tough, mean professional fighters.
McCline woulda beat that guy prime, I'd say probably not now. Klitschko comprehensively beat both.Quote:
Originally Posted by #1FightFan
Wlad's heaps fast and powerful. Leapai would have tried to land some hurtful bombs but fuck me look at the mountain he had to climb to land anything, literally. It was of absolutely no surprise that Alex was nil effective.
Yeah and if your fat ass tried to take more chances you probably would not have made it past the first round. There's a reason why his opponents are generally quite tentative.
So Wlad bashes an opponent clean and simple and it's STILL not good enough! :rolleyes:
Chagaev was a great opponent, solid pro record, one of the greatest amateur records out there, very good fighter and strong boxer. Yet completely outclassed and then knocked out by Klitschko.
And yes, even though the Povetkin fight was something of a disgrace with all the holding, in between all that it was STILL a dominant performance!
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Originally Posted by Max PowerMcCline woulda beat that guy prime, I'd say probably not now. Klitschko comprehensively beat both.Quote:
Originally Posted by #1FightFan
Wlad's heaps fast and powerful. Leapai would have tried to land some hurtful bombs but fuck me look at the mountain he had to climb to land anything, literally. It was of absolutely no surprise that Alex was nil effective.
Yeah and if your fat ass tried to take more chances you probably would not have made it past the first round. There's a reason why his opponents are generally quite tentative.
So Wlad bashes an opponent clean and simple and it's STILL not good enough! :rolleyes:
Chagaev was a great opponent, solid pro record, one of the greatest amateur records out there, very good fighter and strong boxer. Yet completely outclassed and then knocked out by Klitschko.
And yes, even though the Povetkin fight was something of a disgrace with all the holding, in between all that it was STILL a dominant performance!
you praise the povetkin fight? omg. dude. that was the worst shit ive ever seen boxingwise. i had a whole houseful of people pissed and making fun of wlads performance. wlad fights like a scared little weakling, when he should fight like what he is. a monster!!! the haye fight? wlad was just as bad as haye! jab jab. lame!!! id be throwing vicious right hands and ko'ing every MF i fought if i was that big n' strong. he is truly a TERRIBLE champion. id rather see briggs, wilder, or even unskilled arreola fight. at least they have a bit of fire in them. not content to jab and hold all night, just to get a UD snorefest.
heavyweights are supposed to be exciting..... and even now, mcline would still kick leapais ass. thats how bad wlads opponent is.
its almost as bad as Roy Jones fighting the cop or garbageman.
I am not praising the Povetkin fight. I said it was terrible. I just said it was a dominant performance, Povetkin achieved nothing and Wlad still punched his head in pretty decent, amongst all the man humping lol.
The Haye fight has been labelled a stinker and it definitely wasn't the greatest fight to be sure. But I personally found it to be a watchable fight. No I wouldn't watch it over again like other fights but to me it was an example of a very skilful fight between 2 hws who were more than capable of hurting each other and very good technical boxers. I would be safety first against Haye too and Wlad.
If you prefer to watch punch bags.. You will need to build a time machine. The punch bag eras are long gone now because anybody who fights like that now will find themselves quickly knocked out.
It's ludicrous to call Wlads win over Povetkin a dominant performance. It probably should have been, what made it so grating to watch was the fact that Povetkin actually had more success getting inside than any opponent in recent years. If it had been a boxing match, it would have been interesting to see what happened. And yes, Povetkin was largely at fault as well for accepting the clinches like he did, but the fact remains it was Wlad who should have been warned immediately and forced to box like a professional.
Alright "dominant" might be not such a great term to use really there but he did punch his head in the whole time in between the clinches.Quote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
You might say Wlad only boxed 6 rounds lol
I thought povetkin has been wlads toughest fight, haye was not an easy win at all but povetkin made wladimir very uncomfortable and he held, leaned and wrestled a lot more.. when he did let his punchs go he landed some great shots on povetkin who has a strange abilty to be out on his feet but not fall over :S I actually want to see a rematch with a stricter ref before both of these guys get too old.. I think wladimir would win but it would be a lot closer on the scorecards than anything he has had recently.. I am a povetkin fan though :SQuote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Anyway as leapai i thought it was pretty obvious he was trying but when he was trying to get at wladimir wladimir was hitting him with hard jabs and hooks, he even put him down in round one :S lepai did try to get at him, he even used his samoan bowler punch(it missed :S).. but wladimir has knocked down or at least severly rocked better guys than lepai with quick hooks in the early stages of fights and they all slowed down a bit afterwards.. I dont think it is so easy to charge at wladimir take a hard hook and just keep going...... I dont knwo what people were expecting of leapai he upset boytsov with a good performance in a fight that was meant to make boytsov teh mandatory and he took over this slot, he just inst a world class fight, he tried, I think his tactics were wrong but to be honest he was always going to lose.. No shame in leapais performance in my opinion
really if your fat ass could do better then maybe you are in the wrong job, leapai got paid over a million dollars for this fight... not bad for being a fat loser as some say...
I'm not fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerqI thought povetkin has been wlads toughest fight, haye was not an easy win at all but povetkin made wladimir very uncomfortable and he held, leaned and wrestled a lot more.. when he did let his punchs go he landed some great shots on povetkin who has a strange abilty to be out on his feet but not fall over :S I actually want to see a rematch with a stricter ref before both of these guys get too old.. I think wladimir would win but it would be a lot closer on the scorecards than anything he has had recently.. I am a povetkin fan though :SQuote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Anyway as leapai i thought it was pretty obvious he was trying but when he was trying to get at wladimir wladimir was hitting him with hard jabs and hooks, he even put him down in round one :S lepai did try to get at him, he even used his samoan bowler punch(it missed :S).. but wladimir has knocked down or at least severly rocked better guys than lepai with quick hooks in the early stages of fights and they all slowed down a bit afterwards.. I dont think it is so easy to charge at wladimir take a hard hook and just keep going...... I dont knwo what people were expecting of leapai he upset boytsov with a good performance in a fight that was meant to make boytsov teh mandatory and he took over this slot, he just inst a world class fight, he tried, I think his tactics were wrong but to be honest he was always going to lose.. No shame in leapais performance in my opinion
really if your fat ass could do better then maybe you are in the wrong job, leapai got paid over a million dollars for this fight... not bad for being a fat loser as some say...
Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it endlessly.
The Klits have completely cleaned out the heavyweight division, which is as bereft of talent as I've ever seen it.
They are reduced to a 21st Century 'Bum of the Month' club, just as other dominant heavyweights had to do ...... Louis against Galento, Ali against Jean Pierre Coopmans.
Galento is the best comparison, a tubby unskilled street fighter with decent power and not much else, going in with a supremely conditioned talented athlete. Didn't really deserve to be there, but the Champ wanted a payday.
Why are we surprised or even particularly condemnatory..... This will happen over and over again during our lifetimes.
ops sorry :S i think i was responding the other guy who said his fat ass could do better than leapai.. I keep forgetting to multi quote or put much effort into my posts at all :SQuote:
Originally Posted by p4pkingI'm not fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by palmerqI thought povetkin has been wlads toughest fight, haye was not an easy win at all but povetkin made wladimir very uncomfortable and he held, leaned and wrestled a lot more.. when he did let his punchs go he landed some great shots on povetkin who has a strange abilty to be out on his feet but not fall over :S I actually want to see a rematch with a stricter ref before both of these guys get too old.. I think wladimir would win but it would be a lot closer on the scorecards than anything he has had recently.. I am a povetkin fan though :SQuote:
Originally Posted by p4pking
Anyway as leapai i thought it was pretty obvious he was trying but when he was trying to get at wladimir wladimir was hitting him with hard jabs and hooks, he even put him down in round one :S lepai did try to get at him, he even used his samoan bowler punch(it missed :S).. but wladimir has knocked down or at least severly rocked better guys than lepai with quick hooks in the early stages of fights and they all slowed down a bit afterwards.. I dont think it is so easy to charge at wladimir take a hard hook and just keep going...... I dont knwo what people were expecting of leapai he upset boytsov with a good performance in a fight that was meant to make boytsov teh mandatory and he took over this slot, he just inst a world class fight, he tried, I think his tactics were wrong but to be honest he was always going to lose.. No shame in leapais performance in my opinion
really if your fat ass could do better then maybe you are in the wrong job, leapai got paid over a million dollars for this fight... not bad for being a fat loser as some say...