By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing
Unbeaten Australian heavyweight Justis Huni (6-0, 4 KOs) has been accused of being “a hype job” ahead of Friday’s bout against Kiki Toa Leutele (8-1-2, 7 KOs) at the Nissan Arena, Nathan, Queensland, Australia, televised on Foxtel Main Event Pay-Per-View.
It was recently reported that Huni had punished American sparring partners, but that didn’t impress Isaac Peach, the trainer of Leutele. “Who gives a shit?” Peach told Wide World of Sports. “Jerome Pampellone (fighter in Peach stable) went to Australia to spar Jai Opetaia and broke his rib, but (Huni promoter) Dean (Lonergan) doesn’t want to talk about that does he? Everything they say is full of shit.
“Frank Sanchez is just a boxer. He’s not a puncher. Who’s Frank Sanchez? Who cares? We couldn’t give a f—. They think their shit don’t stink, all they talk about is the crap they’re doing in America. Mate we’ve gone to America with my other boys, it’s all shit. We’ve done the hard old-fashioned training and we’re going to knock Justis out.
“I’ve been in Justis’ camp with another one of my fighters. I know what Justis is about, and one thing Justis is, is a bit brittle. He’s injury prone, so we’re going to come out there with our best and put a hit on him.
There’s a lot of hype surrounding Justis, a lot of stories, and that’s fine but we’re the perfect people to prove them wrong. They ignored Kiki the whole year. They were overlooking us. All they can talk about is their American sparring partners. Who gives a shit about sparring? No one scores sparring. We’re ready for war. When Kiki knocks him out it will be karma.”
I saw Kiki get robbed against Dempsey MacKlean,,, reckon he just might surprise Huni!
Reminds me of the old Allen Iverson practice rant. Sparring? We talkin about sparring?
Huni in 2!
Why did the trainer mention Frank Sanchez?
Same question crossed my mind as well. Had to re-read the article to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I’m assuming Sanchez is one of the sparring partners that Huni “punished”
I am nervous. Real nervous. When Huni knocks this punk out, I hope to God he does not kill him. In the name of the father, the son, and the holy ghost, let’s all pray to God that Kiki walks out of the ring alive & in one piece. Amen.
Obviously it fell out or was postponed or something, but I thought Huni was supposed to be fighting Mairis Briedis.
No, that’s Opetai that may be rematching Breidis. This article is not about the Cruiserweight division