Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine) vs Alex Leapai (Australia) | KNOCKOUT, BOXING fight, HD, 60 fps

Queensland Australia the Challenger the Australian heavyweight champion and Asia Pacific heavyweight champion the Samoan fighting pride of Australia Alex the Lion Hall leard and fighting out of the Red Corner wearing red with gold official weight 112 points 2 kilos his professional record stands at 61 victories including 52 Knockouts with three defeats and he is undefeated during his 10year rule as the heavyweight champion of the world from Kiev Ukraine three-time world champion the reigning defending universally recognized Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Dr steel Hammer Vladimir [Music] [Applause] PCO pko and Leah Pai for the heavyweight championship as Eddie cotton the US veteran referee is the third man inside the ropes all right boxers you both received my instructions in the dressing room I expect you to obey my commands protect yourself at all times let's touch gloves I expect a good clean fight let's touch gloves let's touch them Teddy n Thornberry the trainer for Alex leopi said I believe we can win because Alex has tremendous punching power and Klitschko doesn't handle pressure well I've heard you say all week long in the leadup to this broadcast it's one thing to have power it's another thing to be able to deliver it is that the key to this tonight yeah you can have a bomb you know you can have an explosive device but if you don't have a means to convey it to the Target a missile in other words well then it has no value to you and it's the same thing with the power of leopi unless he has the means to delivered to the Target in this case the chin of klit it has no value and to do that he has to get close enough to catch Klitschko as you can see as he pulls back and how do you get close enough well one thing is you move your head and you move your feet you move your head to the side get outside his jab and then move your feet forward and take steps to converge John Klitschko to close the gap right now it looks like leopi at least he's got one part down he's moving his head and he's trying to move the feet forward you are not going to win a fight if there's distance between you and Klitschko for Vladimir Klitschko 6'6 leopi 6 foot and there is exactly that 6 in difference in their measured reach he's got the right idea leopi again moving his head try to avoid that pole which is a jab of klitschkos and then moving his feet to try to close that Gap look like he got top caught on top of the head there there a knock down scored here just over a minute into round one body language of leopi is good though doesn't look hurt and he's acting like the referee made a mistake he's basically saying that he slipped on some of those Graphics some of that painting in the middle of the Ring which sometimes can get very slippery so far I believe Le aai he doesn't look hurt but if he eats any more of those right hands that might change see Klitschko setting up the table behind that jab was able to land the power of the right hand moments ago yeah that's what Klitschko does you know I mean stop stop stop stop stop stop if you go to dinner in the average household you use your knife to prepare your food and your fork to eat it in a ring Kitco D is a knife and the right hand is his Fork that's how he eats and the meal in front of him right now 248 lb leopi one thing that I don't like is the way of leopi Joe came in heaviest of his career heck of a time to be coming in the heaviest of your career when you're in with the biggest threat of your career leopi checked in at 248 lbs on that 6t frame klitsch goes 247 and A2 klitz Go's defense and offense work together defense to stay away his offense is to have enough range to catch you at the end of his ja so a steady and predictable first round for the heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko with a knockdown scored you going to count for a knockdown are you going to count for kn KN [Applause] down [Applause] count you hear knock down there's a look back at that jab that put down Le from knock down no right getting a jab obviously Landing that ramrod of a jab that one gets in the second one gets hit first one a little high up around the bridge of the nose the second one lower near the chin there you can see a left hook getting in second left hook was blocked by the glove of leopi you know that left hook can really be underestimated by opponents with Klitschko they're so busy looking for the right hand that left hook has a heaviness to it and it has a sneakiness to it where you look for the right hand so much that quite often Klitschko winds up hurting guys with the left hook they're just not expecting it so all that steady work with the jab from Klitschko in round one among his superlatives calculated by Compu box Klitschko averages 10 Jabs per round that is the most in the heavyweight Division and there's two kinds of Jabs I'm glad you brought it up to jab there's two versions of a jab for klco one is the up the range finder the other one is the destructive punch that he's using right now the one that pushes through and does damage and sets up the right hand the other one again just a rangefinder right now he's using the aggressive one the destructive one and in that first rounds he did land 10 jab so he's right on his average yeah there will be time you see that adjustment with klco who just float that jab out right now again snapping it out always always looking to set up really the the punch that he wants to land the right hand and leopi has seen a couple of those blinded right hands where he's moving the jab away just as the right hand is then coming through after it well that's what he tries to do that's kl's Sunday punch his Forte blind you with the jab mesmerized you with the jab brush stroke your eyes with the Jab and then have a right hand right behind it where your brain had no time to register a right hand was coming no time to steal yourself no time to prepare yourself and the right hand put you to sleep that's exactly just look at it that's what kl's doing trying to catch leopi blind in other words take his vision with the jab and then at the right time let a right hand come right behind it igar Johanson for you great fight fans out there years ago knocked out Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title just that way blinded him with the jab hit him with the Thunderbolt the right hand with that consistent work rate of Klitschko behind the jab we are seeing hardly any offense out of leoie you know if it's not broke don't fix it a lot of people say teddy Klitschko has has no versatility you're right but it's not broke he's not fixing it he's good at one thing there's something to be said at being good and effective of one thing controls range real well keeps you where it's bad for you good for him and again uses that long jab to set up the right hand coming to the end of round number two Vladimir Klitschko in control [Applause] ESPN's boxing special is presented by Corona Extra who invites you to find your Beach Joe tessore and Teddy Atlas with you coverage of the heavyweight championship of the world Vladimir klitschko's 25th championship fight in his career round number three against the underdog Challenger the Samoan born australian-based leopi even though you look at leopi you see it you know thick across the shoulders you know you see a heavy strong looking man well he was the smaller man when he turned Pro only 215 Joe even weigh 207 in his second and third fights while Klitschko he was 220 when he first turned Pro he's always been a bigger and more natural heavyweight no matter what the perception might be again when you see the thicker [Applause] leopi leopi just trying to move that head out of the way he came out lunging with a left hand open up this third round but now falling back into the style we saw earlier and now you're seeing a version of the other jab of Klitschko that I alluded to earlier you're seeing ways just pushing it out there just measur in with it keeping leopi in front of him looking to do that set up the finishing blow the right hand you're not seeing that damaging jab right now there's a right hand off the top of the head landed by Klitschko you're seeing that Decoy jab right now decoy decoy just keeping him busy keeping them where he wants him and then looking to sneak in the right hand you are seeing a little more vers ility from klit than I've seen in the past Joe you know mixing up uppercuts showing a little bit more of a range of punches a little more of a repertoire punches than usually when you only see that jabing right hand down the middle I think the reason you're seeing that he's very comfortable with leopi I mean he's got a punching bag with gloves on in front of him right now who's not closing the Gap he cannot close the gap at all with that steady jab there he comes windmilling in with a right hand and Klitschko just easily steps away and gets back to [Applause] business this style for an opponent like leopi it's all not only does it deteriorate you physically but mentally it frustrates you because you start to lose hope because if you can't touch the other man how do you have hope three- punch combination landed sharply by P go and there comes the thuing right hand again and again the distance where leopi is standing right now is good for Kisco impossible for leopi because leopay cannot win on the [Applause] outside end of three we're thrilled to be bringing you on ESPN the complete heavyweight TI picture in a span of 2 weeks two weeks from today May 10th the other piece of the heavyweight title puzzle as two hopefuls fight for it Chris arola the popular Mexican-American from Southern California against bur stver in a rematch they fought a year ago stver got the best of them now they'll fight for the WBC heavyweight title live on ESPN that Saturday May 10th 8:00 Eastern for now round number four of the guy who has all the other belts Vladimir Klitschko the only one he's missing is that WBC belt that his brother vacated as the lineal Champion by all accounts the recognized heavyweight champion of the world in complete control against Alex [Applause] leopi most the fights for leopi most of leopi fights have been in Australia this is only his second time fighting in Germany see how well he travels here not so good it's been a bumpy ride so far klit has fought in Germany Joe 47 times matter of fact some people consider him more German than Russian Ukrainian born of course has made his career here in Germany where he's widely popular splits time living in Germany and in South Florida and the rest of his time he spends fighting guys that don't know how to get close that's right in a long long Title reign of guys trying to close that Gap and unable to do so since his last loss back in April of 2004 this would be his 16th straight title defense that is being ruled a slip by Eddie cotton for you great historians out did only Joe Lewis and Larry Holmes have more heavyweight title defenses Joe Lewis 25 Larry Holmes 20 again it's all about range it's all about distance in a Klitschko fight and right now the range to distance exactly what Klitschko wants with those long arms with that Wings span he can expand those arms and keep his opponent downhill Teddy is there any point where leopi just has to go For Broke and if it causes him you know Reckless encounter in massive damage trying to get through that bad neighborhood to get the inside he goes for it eats a huge right hand yeah there's a point the point's there now right now he needs to start doing that because more of this can't lead to anything positive he gets disintegrated more and more mentally more and more physically the referee starts to look at it see how one-sided it is is that time for going for bro is upon us series of right hands raining in here in the final minute of round number four as leopi struggles to find an answer against Klitschko Joe Tess Tedy atas with coverage here at the heavyweight championship fight Klitschko and leopi you just brought up what it would mean if he defends the title today 16 straight Lewis 25 straight Larry Holmes 20 but knowing this era of heavyweights that he's been on this run against how do you stack up Vladimir Klitschko historically no Joe Lewis no Larry Holmes I'm sorry not to knock what he's done numbers don't lie they're great they're terrific I applaud them more importantly he gets paid well for producing those numbers so I don't have to applaud him but he has three losses klit go all three by knockout and the names the level of those losses those kind of guys never beat Joe Lewis and they never beat Larry Holmes lamon Brewster Cory Sanders Ros Purity some of you are going to say who well exactly my point who that level those kind of opponents again never beat the great Joe Lewis and they didn't beat Larry Holmes laly Klitschko older brother looking on here he vacated his WBC title belt Chris arola and Burman stver will fight for that vacant piece of the heavyweight title May 10th on ESPN from Los Angeles you don't want to stand in front of any opponent not just Klitschko but Kitco can make you pay a bigger price than most opponents if you stand in front that happens you get it hit with a right hand off a blind jab and that's exactly what happens when you stand right in front of a guy with the length and size and power that kitko has and there he goes big thuing blow from Vladimir Klitschko 5 6 78 lot of time left lot of time left 1 minute 10 seconds an eternity for a fighter that's been hurt and is in front of a guy that so far he's had no ability to get close to Second knockdown of the round leopi absolutely pummeled and hopeless here Victory Vladimir Klitschko yet again bring [Applause] 16 straight tile defenses now for [Applause] Klitschko Teddy it went exactly the way you thought the script would play out yeah unfortunately leopi went along with the script and the script makers is and here you see why stood right in front that time it wasn't a jab setting it up it was a left hook a throwaway left hook there it is a throwaway left hook just to set up the right hand the payoff punch the money punch right down the middle you know the script if you wrote the script and you were the script writer and you were clitz go you'd say stand in front of me stand back a little bit where I can get full extension on my punches of course if you were the script writer for leopi you'd want to get close unfortunately leopi did not have that script writer he stood outside right in front of klit at the perfect distance where only one man could win adequacy of these opponents guys like David Haye and morck most recently Alexander petkin back in October and tonight you can add the name of Alex leopi a former truck driver down in Australia who hit the jackpot pulling an upset against the number one Contender to cash in here tonight against Klitschko and hit the deck three times tko'ed in round number five by Vladimir oh unfortunately the truck driver was dumped right there by a punch that has dumped a lot of guys the right hand of Klitschko 23 and2 with 18 Knockouts now in World title bouts ladies and gentlemen at 2 minutes and 5 Seconds of round number five referee Eddie cotton waves off the count following the second knockdown of that round and calls this fight the winner by knockout Victory and still recognized as the UN unversal Undisputed heavyweight champion of the world Vladimir Dr steel Hammer quick SC it's only a matter of time