Alex Leapai hunting a Hollywood ending

By Phil Lutton
Updated August 11 2014 - 11:08am, first published April 19 2014 - 12:01am
Alex Leapai bocky balboa sylvester stalone
Alex Leapai bocky balboa sylvester stalone
Heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko hasn't been beaten in a decade. Photo: Ivan Sekretarev
Heavyweight champion of the world Wladimir Klitschko hasn't been beaten in a decade. Photo: Ivan Sekretarev
Alex Leapai trades blows with Russian Denis Boytsov during their November fight in Germany. Photo: Martin Rose
Alex Leapai trades blows with Russian Denis Boytsov during their November fight in Germany. Photo: Martin Rose
Logan truck driver Alex Leapai will have the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders when he fights Wladimir Klitschko. Photo: Scott Beveridge
Logan truck driver Alex Leapai will have the hopes of a nation on his broad shoulders when he fights Wladimir Klitschko. Photo: Scott Beveridge

As sure as Roberto Duran wanted ‘No Mas’ and Don King had a resourceful accountant, wherever you find a fighter from the wrong side of the tracks with a shot at the title, the Rocky Balboa narrative follows like a loyal farm dog.

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