BERLIN: Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has dubbed Alex Leapai “Australia’s Rocky” ahead of Saturday’s world title bout (Sunday in Manila) when the challenger tries to complete his rags to riches tale.
Leapai sat behind bars in the high-security wing of a north Brisbane jail around the time Klitschko won his first world title in 2006, but now the 34-year-old will box for the champion’s World Boxing Association, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Organization (WBO) and International Boxing Organization belts in Oberhausen, Germany, on Saturday.
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