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LEPPINGTON boxer Leonardo Zappavigna, who has fought at Campbelltown Cube, is set to unleash his fists of fury in a March 6 bout for the vacant World IBO Lightweight contest.
Zappavigna's original opponent pulled out of the fight at short notice but he will take on Ecuador-born boxer Fernando Angulo.
Promoters have the 22-year-old on the billing as ``Lenny Zappa'', but Zappavigna is also comfortable with the tag ``Lionheart Lenny'', which the Advertiser bestowed on him in articles.
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Lamont Peterson thought he had the right game plan in his bid to dethrone world champion Timothy Bradley on Saturday night. The only problem was that Bradley was ready for that and made adjustments of his own.
Welterweight Leonardo Zappavigna won a one-sided six round unanimous decision over Sergio Macias. Zappavigna, who was making his debut on American soil, went right after Macias. Zappavigna threw wild, but vicious hooks and crosses to the head of Macias, some stunning the veteran fighter. Macias did his best to hold on.
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Welterweight Leonardo Zappavigna (22-0, 15 KO’s) won a one-sided six round unanimous decision over Sergio Macias.
Zappavigna came out strong and landed wide, yet vicious hooks and crosses to the head.Read story @ Fightnews.com
Gary Shaw Productions has inked undefeated Australian lightweight Lenny Zappavigna (21-0, 15 KOs).
He will make his United States debut December 12th on the undercard of WBO junior welterweight champion Timothy ‘Desert Storm’ Bradley’s defense against Lamont Peterson.Read story @ Fightnews.com
The lethal punches of “Deadly” Robert Medley and a pair of slippery shoes stopped Aswin Cabuy in his tracks for a TKO loss at the beginning of four rounds at junior middleweight on Friday night at The Cube in Campbelltown, Australia, headlining a Grange Old School Boxing promotion.
In the opening seconds of round 1, 34 year-old Cabuy 11-8-1 (4) from Bekasi, Indonesia slipped over in his own corner without a punch landing. It was clear that his boxing shoes had little to no tread.
In the main support bout, hot junior welterweight prospect Lenny Zappavigna won a unanimous eight round points decision over Rey Anton Olarte.
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25/07/2009 - By Ray Wheatley- World of BoxingWorld class junior middleweight Robert Medley (25-2, 17 KOs) captured the IBF Australasian interim championship when Indonesian Aswin Cabuy (11-8-1, 4 KOs) retired in his corner at the conclusion of round three on Friday at the Cube, Cambelltown NSW, Australia. 6' 0" Medley took control of the contest in round one as he delivered power head and body shots on his 5' 7" opponent. Southpaw Cabuy was deducted a point in round two for continual infringements and in round three the visitor was dropped by a solid combination and was with unsteady feet at the bell. The corner of Cabuy retired their boxer to save him from further punishment.
Lenny Zappavigna (20-0, 14 KOs) outscored Filippino southpaw Rey Anton Olarte (8-10-2) in a lightweight bout over eight rounds...Read Story at Fightnews.com
12/03/2009 - By Anthony Cocks - DoghouseBoxing.comIBO middleweight champion Daniel Geale 21-0 (13) made short work of late replacement Ian McKillop 25-11-3 (14), stopping him in the first round of a scheduled ten round bout at The Cube in Campbelltown, Sydney, Australia on Wednesday night.
But it was undefeated IBF Pan Pacific junior welterweight champion Leonardo Zappavigna 18-0 (13) who stole the show with a twelve round shutout of highly credentialed Australian-based Guyanan Gairy St Clair 41-9-2 (18). St Clair, who briefly held the IBF super featherweight title in 2006, was simply no match for the naturally bigger Zappavigna, who started fast...Read Story at DoghouseBoxing.com
12/03/2009 - By Ray Wheatley - World of BoxingIBF#14, WBC#12,WBO#5 middleweight Daniel Geale (25-11-3, 14 KOs) made short work of Canada’s Ian MacKillop (25-11-3, 14 KOs) when he stopped in the import in round one at The Cube, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia on Wednesday.
In the main supporting bout, world class jr welterweight Lenny Zappavigna (18-0, 13 KOs) scored the biggest win of his career when he easily outpointed former IBF 130 pound champion Gairy St Claire (41-9-2, 18 KOs) over twelve to retain the IBF Pan Pacific jr welterweight title. Zappavigna connected with power head and body shots consistently that had the clever St Claire on the backmove.Read story at Fightnews.com
12/03/2009 - By Paul Upham - SecondsOut.comIn the main support bout, 21 year-old undefeated Lenny Zappavigna 18-0 (13) retained his status as one of Australia’s best young prospects with a unanimous twelve round points decision win over former IBF/IBO junior lightweight world champion Gairy “Superman” St Clair 41-9-2 (18) to retain the IBF Pan Pacific junior welterweight title.
Zappavigna’s workrate and aggression paved the way for his win.
34 year-old St Clair used his usual defensive mastery to make Zappavigna miss at times.Read Story at SecondOut.com
18/01/1009 - By Josh Hill - Fighter OnlineWhen "Cool" Willie Kickett was brutally knocked out by Ahmed Elomar in what was an upset and knockout of the year candidate all in one, shockwaves were sent through Aussie Boxing. Touted as the next Lionel Rose, Kickett, who had only 13 fights under his belt had accomplished in twelve months more than any other prospect had done in their entire professional careers.
He beat a former two time World Title Challenger, a former World Champion and the WBO Latino Champ who was ranked at #11 by the WBO. After that loss, many pundits were wondering who would was now our best "prospect". Up stepped Lenny Zappavigna.Read story @ fighter-online.com
Exciting undefeated prospect Lenny Zappavigna kept his world title aspirations burning with an impressive 6th round stoppage of Tommy Browne on Friday night at The Cube in Campbelltown, Sydney, headlining a card promoted by Grange Old School Boxing.
21 year-old Zappavigna 17-0 (13) from Leppington started strongly prompting some thrilling two way exchanges with the much taller 25 year-old Browne 26-6-1 (11) from Campbelltown. Rounds 3 and 4 were memorable for some hard hitting combinations which hurt both boxers.Read story @ SecondsOut.com
26/07/2008 - By Paul Upham at RingsideAustralian lightweight prospect Lenny Zappavigna kept his undefeated record with a ten round unanimous points decision over Leon Maratas from the Philippines, winning the vacant IBO Asia Pacific title on Friday night at Club Marconi in Bossley Park, NSW, headlining a well promoted card by Billy Hussein and Tommy Mercuri.
I give him a lot of credit, he gave me a good fight,” Zappavigna said of Maratas. “You can’t knock everybody out and I got ten rounds in. This was a good experience for me.”Read story @ SecondsOut.com
By Adrian Warren, October 22, 2007 - The Daily TelegraphRISING stars of Australian boxing William Kickett and Lenny Zappavigna could face off after both impressed on the undercard of Saturday's world title fight. Australian super featherweight champion Kickett, 20, improved his professional record to 7-0 with four KOs by stopping experienced Filipino Jun Paderna after just 1min 40s.
National lightweight champion Zappavigna retained his title in sensational fashion, recovering from a first-round knockdown to floor previously unbeaten Ryan Langham five times on his way to a third-round stoppage. Zappavigna, 19, improved his professional log to 11-0 with eight KOs.Read Story @ The Daily Telegraph