Joseph Parker V Alex Leapai

[The Raw Prawn]

29/6/19 Dunkin Donuts Centre Providence Rhode Island

39 yr old Alex Leapai V 27 yr old Joseph Parker
Don't know why but it's pencilled in for 12 rds.

Tyson Fury won't lose any sleep over this one.

[chinarich]

Absolutely no desire to see Leapai fight again, and given his recent fights he has nothing left to offer...

[buster007]

can you be more specific about his performances in recent fights please?

[nmhz]

can you be more specific about his performances in recent fights please?

He has had 3 fights in 4 years. Izonritei and Paeto dont exactly scream quality opposition. The 3 fights before that where he faced better opponents, he lost.

Sure he has a chance, but I would say his best days are truly behind him.

[chinarich]

He has had 3 fights in 4 years. Izonritei and Paeto dont exactly scream quality opposition. The 3 fights before that where he faced better opponents, he lost.

Sure he has a chance, but I would say his best days are truly behind him.

Exactly, he had an unfortunate TD against Izonritzei before stopping him convincingly in the rematch but the level of opposition is far below Parker. Plus he hasn’t fought for more than a year...

[buster007]

we all know who he has fought and the result but if he is fit enough then he has a fair chance imo.

parker's corner will be nervous if alex starts to land some bombs early.

[jamamb]

[fox]

You would think with Parker’s better quality of opponents, he would win this one comfortably. But Alex will always be a punchers chance regardless who he fights.

[jamamb]

parker would beat him easily

[Beltane]

A long way to travel for both, when this fight, which is really of no consequence could have been held locally in New Zealand.

Joseph is no doubt looking to show his credentials with a quick win to entice the impress the overseas promoters, and Alex, the sacrificial lamb, is hoping his fellow Samoan doesn't go too hard on him.

[coneye]

Absolute load of shite with a capitol SHITE , Parker and his team should be ashamed of themselves ,, what do they want to do Kill someone , totally different levels , Parker is world class Alex is south pacific class , 20 steps down from European level , Promoters , managers , Parker and his trainer should hand there heads in shame ,

Used to like Parker , now i hope the next time he fights a decent opponent he gets his ass handed to him

[chinarich]

Absolute load of shite with a capitol SHITE , Parker and his team should be ashamed of themselves ,, what do they want to do Kill someone , totally different levels , Parker is world class Alex is south pacific class , 20 steps down from European level , Promoters , managers , Parker and his trainer should hand there heads in shame ,

Used to like Parker , now i hope the next time he fights a decent opponent he gets his ass handed to him

Agree Leapai has nothing left at all, it’s one of the more shocking mismatches of recent times

[buster007]

how do u know leapai has nothing left to offer if u haven't seen him, lol?

i agree its disappointing that he doesn't have much recent activity against better opposition before facing someone like parker but its not like we have seen him fight lately and perform badly to make judgement really.

even with good recent wins on his resume it was going to be a tough fight vs parker too but when u have a guy as tough as alex who can ko u out of the ring he will always have a chance of causing an upset.

hopefully alex can land something big early to make it interesting.

what a shame this wasn't made 4 or 5 years ago.

[Beltane]

Parker versus Leapai came about as Eric Molina was initially slated to fight Parker but Molina pulled out of the bout.

Parker is the only man to have defeated present multi-time titlist Andy Ruiz Jr. Ruiz has indicated he wants to avenge his lone career loss to Parker should Andy defeat Anthony Joshua in the rematch.

The bout is a formality for Parker and Leapai is delusional in believing he could possibly spoil the party along the lines of the relatively recent Ruiz. versus Joshua massive upset win.

[buster007]

don't worry billy dib will pull off the upset.

just joking, lol.

[Grant]

Just hope Billy goes down early without much damage to his brain.

[Beltane]

Both the profiles for Billy Dib and his opponent, Amir Khan are prefixed with “suspended by New York State Athletic Commission indefinitely”.

A media report mentions that the Dibster recognises the risk of climbing two divisions to fight former welterweight champion Amir Khan next month, but is adamant he can be competitive. Kahn was stopped in his last fight by American superstar Terence Crawford, who was defending the WBO welterweight title he claimed from Jeff Horn last year.

Dib's last bout back in April was at lightweight against a fighter ranked 1,498th in the world. Most of his professional fights have been at featherweight, including two unsuccessful cracks at super featherweight world title.

As they say in the classics, “a good big man will always beat a good little man”, so let's hope that Dib doesn’t receive too much damage in what looks like a miss-match.

[buster007]

hopefully alex doesn't get hurt too much.

[Grant]

Joshua not doing himself any good here.
Can't see him in the mix on this performance although Leapai is a tough cookie

[Beltane]

The URL says it all, in what was a disappointing night for Parker, who used Leapai as a punching bag but never put him away:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/combat-sp ... d-stoppage

[Grant]

Yeah it was on Foxtel for free. Well if you had foxtel of course. Andrade didn't really impress me either

[Redback Rasta]

I would like to know who miraculously cured Alex Leapai's eyes and how?

Previous medical opinion was if Leapai fought again he risked permanent blindness and that is precisely what bought about his retirement a few years ago.

Noel Thornberry obviously had great faith in the miracle eye cure because he just kept sending Leapai out round after round for Parker to continue with the beat down. Thankfully the referee had more concerned for his welfare.

[ClivePatrickLyons]

Great to see Eddie Hearn being exposed as an IDIOT yet again BAHAHAHA he f.cked AJ and now he makes a fight for Parker that's a NO WIN TYPE OF FIGHT no matter what the result [a blind man could see who the winner was going to be] against a BRAVER than whats called for in Lion heart Alex Leapai some of these trainer's need to stand up to Hearn when he puts them in these type of fight's that ruin reputations in an instant STOP THIS MATCH MAKING.

[jamamb]

this type of matchmaking goes on everywhere, like look at luis ortiz fighting daniel martz, i dont know y you always blather on about hearn like hes the only one doing it

[ClivePatrickLyons]

HEARN IS THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS UK RUN BOXING AND THEY DON'T AND NEVER WILL WHO STOPS FURY WILDER V AJ ONLY ONE EDDIE HEARN PAL AND [PARKER V LEAPAI WAS DISCRACEFUL