Alex Leapai vs. Travis Walker - a GREAT fight, with a weird ending.

Do you know the particulars of the little dialogue between Walker and Cairns just prior to the stoppage?

 

The rematch is on December 4th!

 

This is about a month old (just before the Beck fight, but since the 1st Walker match) but still interesting. It includes a bit of him sparring with a well-ranked kickboxer named Ben Edwards (who's 31-7-2 with 29 knockouts, and is about to challenge top heavyweight Alistair Overeem in October...) as well as a brief highlight of his brutal shattering of Australia's ultimate journeyman Bob Mirovic.

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It's odd - the way he tells it, he could have either had a shitty childhood in a rough neighborhood - or a middle/lower-middle class upbringing in one of those suburbs where kids get in trouble just because they're bored. :think

In any event, he seems a nice kid.

As with the 1st match, I don't really have a rooting interest in Leapai-Walker 2 - it's "may the best man win! (and do so decisively!!!!)" for me. :good

Leapai winning would erase all doubts about the 1st match and further propel him to big things on the world stage.

Walker winning would a) make for a nice story of continually coming back to avenge knockout losses (having set a precedent with TJ Wilson) and b) set up a rubbermatch. :happy

 

Wow, Chuck - that's a pretty big shock.

The regulars in the Aussie forum here have been treating it as a done deal for a couple of weeks now. It's listed on Boxrec (but not the ESPN schedule).

That's very interesting (and unnerving). :think