You’ve sure got to hand it to featherweight warrior Leigh Wood. One would perhaps think that, after engaging in arguably the two fiercest, most damaging fights of his entire pro career, Wood would call for an “easy one,” a “confidence builder.”
Josh Warrington says he wants newly crowned WBA featherweight champion Mauricio Lara to try to send him into retirement like he’s been saying that he wants to do.
Fans are conflicted about last Saturday’s spitting episode involving Mauricio Lara and his arch-nemesis Josh Warrington at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England.
Eddie Hearn listed the two options available to Leigh Wood for him to rematch Mauricio Lara to avenge his seventh round knockout defeat and recapture his lost WBA featherweight title.
Eddie Hearn says Leigh Wood will make the decision soon whether to use his rematch clause to force a second fight against Mauricio Lara after being dethroned by him in a seventh round TKO on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England.
There will be plenty of debate about this fight and its shocking, sudden ending.
Tonight in Nottingham, Mexican danger man Mauricio Lara sure lived up to his reputation as he tore the WBA featherweight title from defending champion and local hero Leigh Wood.
In a very questionable corner stoppage, WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood (26-3, 16 KOs) was pulled out by his trainer Ben Davison after he’d been knocked down in the seventh round by challenger Mauricio Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England.
In a shocking comeback victory, Mauricio Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) landed a left hook from nowhere to score a come from behind seventh round knockout victory over WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood (26-3, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England.
Wood & Lara Weigh-In At Featherweight Limit Of 126 Pounds – Watch the fight LIVE on DAZN!
The weights are in for tomorrow night’s expected thriller/war between featherweights Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara.
Eddie Hearn says he views Mauricio Lara as the devil heading into his fight against WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood this Saturday night at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, England.