Boxer Lucas Browne during a break from training at Grange Old School gymnasium near Camden. Source: News Limited
THIS is what Australia's top rated heavyweight Alex Leapai has to say about Lucas Browne's big heavyweight fight with English giant Richard Towers, to be broadcast on Fox Sports on Thursday July 25.
"I hope Lucas Browne bombs Towers out," said Leapai, the No.8 contender for Wladimir Klitschko's WBO heavyweight crown.
"I want Lucas to win and be very impressive. David Price holds the Commonwealth title but he's been knocked out twice by the same bloke, Tony Thompson. Price will not want to be knocked out again.
"Price should vacate the title and let me and Lucas fight for the vacant Commonwealth title. It will be a great fight.
"Lucas is a big, strong man and he's shown how tough he is fighting in the MMA.
"But he's never met anyone who can hit like me."
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TWO of Australia's rising stars were in action recently, scoring impressive wins.
Brisbane-based London Olympian Cameron Hammond returned to his hometown of Moree to score a sixth-round stoppage over Kane Buckley. It was Hammond's third straight win since turning pro.
Hammond's local newspaper, The Moree Champion, said the roof of the local Memorial Hall was almost lifted by cheers for the young hero.
On the Gold Coast, super-middleweight Rohan Murdock scored the best win of his career when he stopped Les Piper in round 10 at the Southport Sharks Club.
Piper had recently taken WBA No.3 Jarrod Fletcher the 10-round distance.
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AUSTRALIA'S former world featherweight champion Johnny Famechon was on hand to induct five fighting greats into the Queensland Boxing Hall of Fame on the weekend.
Olympian Shane Knox, former world-class professionals Paul Moore and Ernie Artango, long-time amateur coach Boyd Scully and promoter/trainer Ron Ward were all honoured at the ceremony at the Showmen's Club at Yatala.
Knox fought at the 1984 Olympics and compiled an unblemished pro record of 16 wins in 16 fights before becoming a highly regarded trainer at the Fortitude Valley PCYC.
I was in his corner from 1984 to 1987.
Among the guests at the function were Athol McQueen, who decked Joe Frazier at the 1964 Olympics, heavyweight great Steve Aczel, Noel Kunde, who fought Johnny Famechon, Lionel Rose, and Jeff White, who beat Rose.
Former world title challenger Darren Obah and the great Hector Thompson, who gave Roberto Duran one of his toughest fights, were also special guests.
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BRISBANE-BASED Irishman Paddy Murphy (yep, it's his real name) was held to a draw by welterweight Peter McDonagh in his return to Ireland.
Murphy's trainer Gareth Williams says his boxer was ripped off on the scorecards at the Fairways Hotel, Dundalk.
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I WILL be in Melbourne on August 2 as a guest speaker at the Australian Boxing Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Crown Casino where Jeff Fenech will be inducted as a Legend of the sport.
Proud to say that Jeff never lost a fight with me in his corner, compiling a record of 28-0, 10 of them world title bouts.
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RISING English star Kell Brook, who was given a tough fight by Sydney's Lovemore Ndou in 2011, scored an impressive stoppage of American Carson Jones in Hull last week.
Brook, the No.1 contender for the IBF welterweight title, was held to a close decision by Jones last year but turned on a power surge to stop him in Round 8 of the rematch.
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RUSSIAN-BORN WBO super-middleweight champion Robert Stieglitz scored a one-sided 10th round technical decision over No.10 rated Yuzo Kiyota in Dresden, Germany.
Stieglitz holds a points win over Sydney's Nader Hamdan.
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BIG-MOUTH WBA welterweight champ Adrien Broner has shown he is a grub in every sense.
The cashed-up big noter posted a video of himself recently, allegedly sitting on a restaurant toilet flushing money and other things.
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