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Leapa’I’s boxing match from Germany live Sat on Chs: 2 & 11

Samoan-born boxer Alex Leapai’s match against boxing champ Wladimir Klitschko will be broadcast live tomorrow (Saturday, American Samoa time) in the territory both on state run KVZK-TV and privately owned PCS-TV Ch:11, which has the local broadcast rights for the international match.

 

Office of Public Information director Fagafaga Daniel Langkilde confirmed today that KVZK-TV will carry the match live from Oberhausen, Germany.

 

“This is made possible through permission from PCS TV, after we received many requests from the community who do not have cable or coverage of Channel 11, but who would like to watch the fight,” Fagafaga told Samoa News today.

 

He said the broadcast will begin with the first boxing match on the card which starts at 8a.m. tomorrow with the Klitschko / Leapai match to start at 10:05a.m.  (This will also be the times for the match to air on Ch: 11).

 

Fagafaga expressed sincere appreciation to PCS-TV owner and businessman Bill Hayman for allowing KVZK to carry the live feed giving the community a chance to watch the international match.

 

Klitschko defends his WBA and IBF heavyweight belts, plus the minor WBO and IBO versions against Leapai, who is a taxi driver currently residing in Australia, The Associated Press reports today.

 

The AP says Leapai caused a sensation last November by beating the previously undefeated Russian Denis Boytsov, despite being hampered by a calf injury. He became the WBO mandatory challenger, and the Samoan-born fighter is determined to rise to the challenge of taking on Klitschko.

 

Speaking on Radio New Zealand International this morning, Leapai said, “I'm pretty keen to trade punches with Klitschko because he's never traded with anybody with the same power as me. Honestly once he feels what I've got I believe his game plan is going to go out the window and he's going to change to another plan. He's going to think twice about trading punches with me.”

 

Samoa News reporter Fili Sagapolutele contributed to this report.