Lenny Zappavigna Goes Through Sumba in Two Rounds

By Mark Vester

At the Assyrian Sports & Culture Club in Fairfield Heights, New South Wales, Australia, Lenny Zappavigna (24-0, 16 KOs) retained his IBO lightweight with a two round destruction of Billy Sumba (18-2-1, 4 KOs) from Indonesia. After hurting Sumba and putting him down in the first round, he finished him off for the full count in the second. Zappavigna wants to fight next in the United States, but countryman Ryan Langham is pushing for a rematch.

"I was a bit disullusioned after my loss to Lenny Zappavigna. He put me down after three rounds. I was angry with myself for not boxing clever. I know I can, and will, beat him when we meet again and that's my focus looking ahead," Langham said.