The official announcement yesterday of the junior lightweight showdown that will go down in Nottingham on May 10th got plenty of us excited at the idea of the kind of action we may see on fight night.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is stomping mad after learning that Anthony Cacace will vacate his IBF super featherweight title rather than defending it against his mandatory, Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez.
Two-time WBA featherweight champ Leigh Wood scored a pretty sensational, pretty much out of the blue, 7th round stoppage win over Josh Warrington back in October.
As fight fans have no doubt read by now, WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood retained his belt with a stunning, out of nowhere, come from behind KO (or TKO) win over long-time domestic rival Josh Warrington last night.
The punching power of the bloody & battered & very average-performing WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) bailed him out on Saturday night, allowing him to come back to TKO challenger Josh Warrington (31-3-1,8 KOs) in round seven at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
Leigh Wood (28-3, 17KOs) held onto his WBA featherweight title with a come-from-behind seventh-round knockout win over Josh Warrington (31-3-1,8 KOs) on Saturday night at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield.
Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington have weighed-in for tomorrow’s WBA featherweight title fight, with both guys making weight with no trouble.
This Saturday afternoon here in the states Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington face off in an all-British showdown live on DAZN from Sheffield Arena.
Josh Warrington says he thinks he can knockout WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood this Saturday night when the two fighters meet at the 12 round headliner at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
This Saturday night in Sheffield, fans will very likely be treated to a great featherweight title fight, as Leigh Wood will defend his WBA belt against former champ Josh Warrington.