Lenny Zappavigna: record, next fight and profile →
Lenny Zappavigna, with his face stitched, stapled, swollen and dripping blood, sat dejectedly in a quiet locker room deep inside Los Angeles' Galen Centre. Just like many outsiders seeking fame and fortune in the City of Angels, the Australian boxer's dreams were left in tatters.
USC Galen Center, Los Angeles, California - In an IBF junior welterweight eliminator - Sergey Lipinets (11-0, 9 KOs) had his stiffest test when he stopped Lenny Zappavigna (35-3, 25 KOs) in the seventh round.
Sergey Lipinets is just 10 fights into his pro career and is already nearing a title shot. Other boxers have been moved quickly, yet it’s still a rarity, the kind of thing reserved for when managers and promoters believe they don’t need to develop their fighter as gradually as others may need.
Lenny Zappavigna remembers walking through the front door of Hollywood's hallowed Wild Card gym and nervously scanning the room for its owner Freddie Roach. The Sydney-born boxer, after losing a world-title shot, wanted to reinvigorate his career in Los Angeles and Roach is one of boxing's great trainers.
World-ranked Australians Jeff Horn and Lenny Zappavigna will have some of the biggest names in boxing monitoring their progress up close this weekend.
LOS ANGELES - Unbeaten junior lightweight contender Sergey Lipinets is wrapping up training camp as he prepares for his world title eliminator against Australia's Lenny Zappavigna this Saturday, December 10 from Galen Center at USC in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES - An exciting night of undercard action comes to Los Angeles on Saturday, December 10 and is highlighted by hard-hitting unbeaten contender Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 8 KOs) in a 12-round junior welterweight world title eliminator against Australia's Lenny Zappavigna (35-2, 25 KOs) from Galen Center at USC.
27-year-old Russian junior welterweight Sergey Lipinets (10-0, 8KOs) will return on December 10th, when he takes one of his most experienced opponents to date, 28-year-old Australian puncher Leonardo 'Lenny Z' Zappavigna (35-2-1, 25KOs).
On July 23rd Lenny Zappavina improved his record to 35-2 with an impressive 6th round knockout of IK Yang at the MGM Grans Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. The fight took place on the Terence Crawford-Viktor Postol undercard.
Lenny Zappavigna Interview - Unbeaten Terence Crawford punched his way to a lopsided 12-round unanimous decision over Viktor Postol Saturday to unify the World Boxing Organization and World Boxing Council super lightweight world titles.