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Josh Warrington is the 2/1 underdog to reclaim a world title in his fight with British rival Leigh Wood as the former IBF featherweight champion looks to return to summit of the division

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 5, 2023
In what is one of the most underrated fights on the 2023 boxing calendar, WBA featherweight world champion Leigh Wood faces former champion Josh Warrington in Sheffield on Saturday in what is one of the most under appreciated fights on the 2023 boxing schedule. Wood, who recovered from his humiliating loss to Mauricio Lara in a rematch in Manchester in May, now stands as the 4/9 favorite to win his 28th game of his career. In the meantime, Warrington's bout on Saturday gives him a golden opportunity to return to the top of the division.

After getting revenge over Mauricio Lara, Leigh Wood will face Josh Warrington in an all-British world featherweight championship brawl at Sheffield's Utilita Arena on October 7

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 1, 2023
On October 7, Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington will face each other in an all-British world featherweight title match at Sheffield's Utilita Arena. Wood, 34, will defend his WBA version of the tournament against Leeds' Warrington, who is trying to bounce back from losing his IBF crown to Luis Alberto Lopez in December. The Nottingham king, who retaliated against Mauricio Lara in May, believes that the match is one of the best all-British offerings in the sport. "This is arguably the most intense British rivalry in the game, with the football clubs and the cities." Wood said:

JEFF POWELL: Leigh Wood's gamble paid off as he beat Mauricio Lara on Saturday night

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 28, 2023
JEFF POWELL: In casino parlance, Leigh Wood put on a lethal rematch against Mauricio Lara and going forward with the world championship match on Saturday night despite the fact that the man who flattened him three months earlier had extra chips by scaling the way over the featherweight limit. Yowza, yowza, yowza. He hit the jackpot. Wood's immediate reward for out-foxing and out-boxing Lara in a jubilant Manchester Arena is a choice between living his dream by fighting in Nottingham Forest's City Grounds and a much more difficult Mexican.

Leigh Wood wins back the WBA featherweight title with unanimous decision victory over Mauricio Lara

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 27, 2023
After defeating Mauricio Lara on Saturday night in a unanimous decision, Leigh Wood regained the WBA featherweight crown.

In a WBA featherweight championship match against Mauricio Lara, Leigh Wood says he'll'put it right' against Mauricio Lara

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 27, 2023
Exclusive INTERVIEW BY OLIVER SALT: The agony of losing has never ceases, but Leigh Wood has long learned to use setbacks in the ring as fuel for futures. Wood (26-3-03) lost his third game of his career after being brutally knocked out in front of his home fans at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena. The WBA featherweight champion still rose to his feet after a chopping left hook sent him sprawling to the ground. He was still eager to continue. Thankfully, and correctly, Ben Davison threw in the towel to avoid any unnecessary punishment and demonstrate that a fighter sometimes needs to be saved from themselves.

Mauricio Lara has been STRIPPED of his WBA featherweight title

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 26, 2023
Since struggling to gain weight ahead of his rematch showdown with Leigh Wood, Mauricio Lara has been stripped of his WBA featherweight title. The Mexican weighed 129.8 pounds, which was 3.9 pounds heavier than Wood who came in at 129.8 pounds. Following the announcement, the British Boxing Board of Control determined that it would not be safe for Lara to make the 126 pounds featherweight limit.

JEFF POWELL: Leigh Wood's dust-up with Mauricio Lara was as much a war of the jaws as of punches

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 19, 2023
We all know that one big punch can change everything in boxing, and Leigh Wood's, who was the heaviest ounce-for-ounce hitter in the Ring's lighter divisions, turned an impending British victory of epic proportions into a brain-scrambled loss of his world featherweight title. As it became known that their local hero was just six seconds away from winning the seventh round as he staggered inebriatedly to his feet, 'too soon,' screamed the Nottingham faithful.' 'Let me back at him,' yelled Josh Warrington, who had already experienced the ferocious strength of Mauricio Lara twice before but was eager to do so for the third time. And so when he says that the Mexican spat at him in a post-fight brawl at ringside.

Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara: UK ring walk time, how to watch, live stream, undercard

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 18, 2023
Leigh Wood returns to the ring this weekend as he defends his WBA featherweight strap against the ferocious Mauricio Lara tongiht. With a win over Xu Can last year, the 34-year-old retired from the world in 2021 before defending it against Michael Conlan last March. Wood is now in Nottingham, his hometown, for his second straight bout in a match-up that was postponed from September after the Briton sustained an untimely injury to his bicep.

JEFF POWELL: Leigh Wood is one of a select breed of prize fighters, who is able to face all-comers

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 17, 2023
JEFF POWELL: Most boxers believe they will face all-comers, including the world's best punchers. Not all of us took the time to test the effects of reality. Leigh Wood, a prize-fighter who lives up to his name, is a winner in the game. As he defends his world featherweight title against one of the world's biggest hitters, he will be back on Saturday night as he defends his world featherweight title against one of the world's toughest hitters. Mauricio Lara, Wood's adversary, was born into the Mexican tradition of men who are able to go to war in the ring. He is also blessed with both knock-out power and a tenacious chin. The Motorpoint Arena is expected to be packed with Nottingham people who adore their local hero for all the courage that this fight will demand of him.