The finish line is well in sight for Leigh Wood. Job one was to regain the title, which the 34-year-old Nottingham native did in near flawless fashion. Wood soundly outboxed Mauricio Lara over twelve rounds in their DAZN-aired rematch this past Satur...
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Wood, Lara Rematch Photos Gallery - Manchester - In a rematch for the vacant WBA featherweight title, Leigh Wood (27-3, 16 KOs) got revenge as he outboxed and outworked Mauricio Lara (26-3-1, 19 KOs) for a dominant twelve round unanimous decision. (p...
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After losing his belt on the scales, Mauricio Lara lost the fight to Leigh Wood by getting out-worked. Coming into this fight, Lara had averaged 60 punches thrown per round over his last five fights. In this fight he averaged 26 punches thrown per ro...
This turned out to be a U.K. trip that Mauricio Lara would love to forget. One day after ending his title reign at the scale, the visiting Mexico City native was soundly outpointed by Leigh Wood who avenged a prior knockout defeat to regain the WBA f...
Leigh Wood didn’t waste a second to inform his team to immediately secure a second fight with Mauricio Lara. There wasn’t a doubt in Wood’s mind that any other fight made as much sense as a straightaway rematch. The recently dethroned WBA featherwei...
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Mauricio Lara is less concerned about replicating his dramatic title act. By his own admission, the former WBA featherweight titlist longs for a return to the unadulterated level of violence that saw him rise to prominence. Simply put, Leigh Wood sho...
A hard conversation will take place among the team surrounding Leigh Wood. As previously reported by BoxingScene.com, the WBA featherweight belt is at stake only for Wood in his currently scheduled rematch versus Mauricio Lara. A pre-fight week check...
Lara, Wood Rematch Weights Photos Gallery - Mauricio Lara lost the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight belt after failing to make weight on Friday. However, the Mexican will step into the ring to face Leigh Wood this Saturday but only the Br...
Leigh Wood is now the only main event fighter eligible to fight for his old title. Rumors of weight struggles for Mauricio Lara were confirmed prior to the start of Friday’s official pre-fight weigh-in. A weight check during fight week prompted the B...
By Keith Idec - Michael Conlan wants Leigh Wood to win his rematch with Mauricio Lara on Saturday night in Manchester, England. If Wood were to avenge his seventh-round, technical-knockout loss to Lara and Conlan beats Luis Alberto Lopez, Conlan’s ow...
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Lara, Wood Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Leigh Wood looks to regain his World Title against Mauricio Lara after their fight in February earlier this year In Nottingham after the Mexican stopped Wood in the 7th Round. (photos by Mark Robinso...
By Cliff Rold - To do big things, some fighters need a passport. Some of them need those passports often. It’s easy to be a sucker for successful road warriors. They head into hostile environments, either forcing the judges to ignore the crowd in fav...
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Lara, Wood Open Workouts Photos Gallery - Leigh Wood looks to regain his World Title against Mauricio Lara after their fight in February earlier this year In Nottingham after the Mexican stopped Wood in the 7th Round. (photos by Mark Robinson)
It was the ultimate ‘pinch me’ moment for Mauricio ‘Bronco’ Lara. The red-hot featherweight from Mexico City stormed the lion’s den and came away with his first major title in a seventh-round knockout of Leigh Wood this past February 18. Lara rallied...
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By Declan Taylor - Leigh Wood reckons he has watched his seventh-round defeat to Mauricio Lara ‘over 40 times’ and is adamant he knows how to put it right 14 weeks later. The Gedling man was dropped heavily by a left hook in the seventh of their enco...
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