ESPN Boxing – Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alex Leapai – Live Results and Play By Play

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Hey fight fans … we’ll be going round by round for Wladimir Klitschko vs. Alex Leapai. Follow us if you don’t have ESPN on during this action packed weekend of combat sports action.

Round 1: Klitschoko uses his jab to keep Leapai at bay and is managing distance well. Leapai is trying to keep out of range and gets knocked down 70 seconds in. He wasn’t hurt and that could’ve been a slip, took an 8 count and thus it’ll count as a knockdown. Klitschko is doing what he always does and using his reach advantage and is owning him early. He’s looking for a kill shot with that right and is peppering him with that jab. 10-8 Klitschko

Round 2: Klitschko is battering him with that jab to start as Leapai is starting to leap more into his strikes. Klitschko is landing en masse, though, and Leapai is going to be put down soon if he keeps taking so many punches. He’s peppering him with two punch combos, landing that jab and landing that right hook right after. He’s landing flush, too. Leapai isn’t doing much as the champion is dominating this fight. Klitschko 10-9, 20-17

Round 3: Klitschko’s jab is dominating the fight again as he’s throwing it. He’s making Leapai miss, and pause, by battering him with it. Klitschko is content to just batter him with the jab setting up his combinations. Leapai is tough but he’s not doing anything to prevent it. He’s just standing int he middle, lunging in, as Klitschko is dominating ring position. What he’s landing isn’t all that impressive as he’s being dominated again this round. He’s starting to get wild, with a big windmill punch that misses almost hilariously towards the end of the round, as Klitschko is starting to pour it on. It feels like it’ll be over soon. 10-9 Klitschko, 30-26

Round 4: Leapai comes out more aggressive but he’s getting teed off on as Klitschko peppers him with that job. This is an absolute clinic right now. Leapai is just toughing it out right now, taking a lot of punishment. Leapai just can’t close that gap and is eating punishment to do so. He goes for the clinch and slips down. He looks gassed right now. Klitschko hasn’t broken a sweat, I think, as he’s being clinical right now. He’s got to do something crazy right now or it’s going to be stopped; this is profoundly one sided and he’s not going to win unless he lands a lucky punch. 10-9 Klitschko, 40-35

Round 5: Klitschko comes out, working that jab and landing combinations off it. Leapai has no answers, either, as this is just profoundly one sided right now. BIG RIGHT and Leapai is staggered for a bit. He’s pouring it on and Leapai is down at 1:20 of the 5th. The smell of blood is in the air and he drops him 30 seconds later. The ref saves him and Wladimir Klitschko notches the win via TKO.

Waiting on the official time.

Official time of the TKO: 2:05 of the 5th round