Alex Leapai furious after controversial draw on Jeff Horn undercard

Aussie heavyweight Alex Leapai has been left fuming after a controversial to finish to his fight with Roger Izonritei on the undercard to Jeff Horn's WBO welterweight world title defence in Brisbane.

Leapai was destroying Nigerian scrapper Izonritei through the opening rounds and a finish seemed all but certain.

With his opponent covering up against the ropes as he searched for the knockout blow in the third round, Leapai opened up a huge cut over Izonritei's eye.

The referee stopped the action and ruled the cut had been opened by a stray elbow. 

Leapai, who fought Wladimir Klitschko three years ago, thought he'd won the fight, but it was called a technical draw because the bout hadn't yet reached the fourth round.

If the head clash had occurred after the fourth round, we would have gone to the scorecards.  

The 38-year-old was furious after the decision was announced. 

"We've got to fix this up," he fumed.

"This is - I could say a swear word - but this is wrong.

"I dominated in the first two rounds and I knew I was going to dominate in this third round and take him out. 

"Come on, ref, you've gotta get your sh*t right, man. We're not doing kickboxing here. We're boxing here.

"This won't stop me. I'm still going to make it to the top and if I have to fight him again so be it. 

"But there's going to be a rematch because this is bull mate."