Alex Leapai Jnr. vs. Herve Silu Mata (16-07-2025) Full Fight

Boxing Fights Videos

MORE BOXING FIGHTS: https://www.boxingfightsvideos.com   FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FightsVideos2  FACEBOOK FAN PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/boxingfvideos1/  INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/boxingfvideos_/

Transcript

00:00This is my instructions. I'm going to ask you to break or stop. I want you to do so, gentlemen.

00:03Okay, but most importantly, protect yourselves at all times. Touch them up. Let's go.

00:11Well, what a start to the night. Alex Leopie Jr. with his dad.

00:22He fought for a world title, of course, against Klitschko.

00:25Over a decade ago now, watching on ringside here.

00:29A lot of expectations, a lot of raps on this guy in the rugby league world.

00:33He was with the Roosters and the Titans, but he's decided to set his sights on a career in boxing.

00:38He wants to fight for a world title himself one day.

00:41How will he fare against the experience of Herbie Sillumata,

00:44the 35-year-old born in the Democratic Republic of Congo,

00:48but based out of Sydney for the last 15 years?

00:52And Leopie looking to get straight on the front foot here, Danny.

00:55Yeah, starting well, starting strong.

00:57He's nice and relaxed.

00:57Sillumata's got the experience.

01:00Alex, he's trimmed down.

01:01He looks a bit thinner, lost a bit of weight, which is good.

01:04Make him look a little streamlined, faster.

01:06He's such a heavy-handed young guy, and he's going...

01:08He's digging hard to the body there, Alex Leopie Jr.

01:11Yeah, two kilograms lighter than that fight against Tusa

01:14that finished in a draw in February.

01:17And really trimming down and focusing full-time on boxing now, Leopie Jr.

01:23Oh, he's really breaking through there, breaking through the defences of Marta,

01:27who hits back with a couple of lefts as well, but the defence is from Leopie.

01:31I just noticed he's not moving back at all.

01:33Before he was moving back, jumping back, a bit more of an amateur style, Alex.

01:36Now I think he's focusing on just staying in the pocket.

01:38You saw there slipping a few punches, coming up with a right-left-right combination inside.

01:42Nice work.

01:44Big thudding over here, right there to Sulemati.

01:47He's copying him well.

01:48Tough goal.

01:49Echoes around Kudos Bank Arena.

01:51These big hits from Leopie.

01:55Leopie, I'd like to see him go to the body.

01:58Go, just dip down.

01:59He's a big, tall guy, but I'd like to see him just get his legs down,

02:01a little bit inside there and dig hard at the body.

02:03There he goes there.

02:04He landed a nice left rib.

02:05Both men are swinging.

02:07First of six three-minute rounds here.

02:10Leopie Jr. opening up and finding a way through,

02:14looking for a first-round knockout here.

02:16Marta's in trouble, looking to fight back when he's down.

02:20Took some very heavy levels there.

02:22Sulemati is going to do well to get up and carry on and finish this round out.

02:26Eight, nine, ten.

02:27This could be all over, champ.

02:29It's over.

02:31Les Fier says that's enough,

02:32and it's a first-round knockout for Leopie Jr.

02:35Job done.

02:36Wow, he was very impressive.

02:38He was relaxed and calm and picked the shots very nicely.

02:41Went down low and then came over the top when he had to

02:43and landed that thawing power.

02:46Jinks on the welfare of his opponent,

02:49Herbie Sulemati.

02:50But Leopie Jr., this 19-year-old,

02:54his dad there in the glasses,

02:56he said,

02:56son, you've got to let this dude feel your power.

02:59You've got to scare these dudes,

03:00and he's done that with a first-round KO here.

03:03He's setting that jab up with a beautiful right hand,

03:08very well placed to the chin of Sulemati.

03:11Big fella's gone well to stay up from that shot.

03:15Another right hand,

03:16beautiful big thudding left hook,

03:18and then finishes him off with a thudding overhand right top of the ear.

03:21Devastating power by Leopie Jr.

03:22A name to keep an eye on

03:26from the Gold Coast.

03:30Those stunning red and gold trunks,

03:33the Samoan flag and the Australian flag on the back.

03:38He was swinging the leather and eventually found a way through.

03:41Accurate shots, very accurate.

03:43Those last three shots were very, very accurate.

03:46And that was a very impressive performance by the young man,

03:49and he goes to five and one.

03:50Sorry, four and one.

03:51He's had some great sparring partners as well.

03:54Justice Hooney, Dentsy McKean,

03:57Terra Moana as well.

03:58All that experience for a teenager.

04:00The heavyweight stakes in Australia right now are huge.

04:03Sparring with Justice Hooney doesn't get any better for this young man,

04:06and it's just going to make him a much better fighter.

04:08So these fights are going to help him grow as a competitor,

04:11but it's the rounds that he's getting in the gym

04:13with these great fighters from Australia

04:15that are going to improve him

04:16and make him a more seasoned professional.

04:19And that disparity in weight between these two gentlemen

04:21tonight, 20 kilos between them.

04:23His 126 kilogram behemoth is young Leopold.

04:27That was a difference maker.

04:28It was.

04:28There was a big difference in weight,

04:30and Silematsu just didn't get a chance

04:32to even get the cap off the rank.

04:34He was blasted.

04:36He had some heavy leather early.

04:38He doesn't want to stay up from a couple of those shots

04:40because Alex made a very good speed that I was talking about before.

04:44He's a fast young guy, and he was explosive.

04:46Overall, I think the team would be very happy.

04:48I tell you who'd be the happiest would be his father.

04:51He spent a few years in Sydney, Leopold Jr.

04:53as part of the Roosters Academy,

04:56and came through with the likes of Robert Toyer

04:59and the Va'a boys,

05:01and he's so excited to see them kick on

05:03and have their success.

05:04His uncle, Josh Papaliki of the Canberra Raiders,

05:07who's now the record holder in games played for the Raiders,

05:10offered his advice to young Alex,

05:13said stick to boxing,

05:14because they don't want to face you on the rugby league field.

05:16He was worried about what this guy could do

05:18playing in the front row for the Roosters or the Titans,

05:20but he's gone the boxing route.

05:24Let's make this result official with Steve Payosh.

05:27Ladies and gentlemen,

05:28let's have a round of applause for both of our boxers, please.

05:31First bout of the night here in Sydney

05:32at Kudos Bank Arena.

05:35Time to make this one official.

05:36The end comes 1 minute and 50 seconds

05:38in the very first round.

05:40The method of victory is a knockout

05:43in favour of your winner,

05:45still undefeated,

05:47blue corner,

05:48Alexander the Great Leopold Jr.

06:00They call him the most terrifying teenager

06:03in the country for...

Category

Transcript

Recommended