WBA to order Leo Santa Cruz vs. Leigh Wood
The WBA will be ordering WBA ‘Super World’ featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz to defend against ‘regular’ 126-lb champion Leigh Wood.
The WBA will be ordering WBA ‘Super World’ featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz to defend against ‘regular’ 126-lb champion Leigh Wood.
You have to hand it to Leigh Wood. The 34 year old is always looking to take the tough fights, the risky fights.
Fans may have read how Leo Santa Cruz, the reigning WBA “super” featherweight champion, has been ordered by the WBA to face Leigh Wood, the WBA “regular” champion at 126 pounds next, or else.
WBA ‘Super Champion’ Leo Santa Cruz and WBA ‘regular champion ‘Leigh Wood have been ordered by the World Boxing Association to begin negotiations in a move to reduce the number of titles from two to one.
After witnessing the kind of special action we fight fans were privileged to see on Saturday night in Nottingham, when featherweight warriors Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan gave us something, well, special, there is a natural tendency to call for a second fight.
Dean Whyte wants to see Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan run it back for a rematch in reaction to their exciting fight last Saturday night at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England.
Last night’s fight between bitter featherweight rivals Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan massively delivered, and then some. Wood, who was making the first defence of his WBA featherweight belt, somehow won the war, this after being knocked down, hurt on multiple occasions and having to show the kind of heart and raw courage only the special ones possess.
Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) was glad at hearing the news that Michael Conlan (16-1, 8 KOs) is alert and responsive at the hospital following his come from behind 12th round knockout victory over the Irish fighter last Saturday night at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England.
In a fight of the year candidate, WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) was forced to walk through fire to defeat two-time Irish Olympian Michael Conlan (16-1,8 KOs) by a 12th round knockout on Saturday night in their headliner at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England.
In a grueling fight, WBA secondary featherweight champion Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) had to get off the deck in the first round to come back and stop the talented two-time Olympian Michael Conlan (16-1, 8 KOs) in the twelfth round on Saturday night on DAZN at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, UK.