Leigh Wood

Mauricio Lara Warns: Leigh Wood Will Need Therapy To Recover

Mauricio "Bronco" Lara is deep in training for his crack at the WBA featherweight world championship. Lara (25-2-1, 18 KO's) will travel to Nottingham, England, the home of the champion, Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KO's), who will defend his title for the s...

Photos: Leigh Wood Putting in Work For Mauricio Lara Showdown

Leigh Wood Workout Photos Gallery - At the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Saturday February 18, hometown hero Leigh Wood puts his WBA Featherweight World Title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lara, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding...

Josh Warrington: There's Plenty More Left To Come, That's For Sure

Josh Warrington sat in his children’s Christmas play just three days after losing his world featherweight title to Luis Alberto Lopez with a pair of sunglasses on.

Leigh Wood: If I Do As I Plan, Mauricio Lara Fight Won't Reach Halfway

WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood has more motivation with some critics tabbing him as the underdog in next month's defense against Mauricio Lara in Nottingham. Last year, Lara scored a brutal knockout of Josh Warrington.

Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara on February 18 in Nottingham

Matchroom Boxing’s 2023 schedule in the UK is set to begin with a bang at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Saturday February 18 as hometown hero Leigh Wood puts his WBA Featherweight World Title on the line against big-punching Mexican Mauricio Lar...

BoxingScene.com's 2022 Knockout Of The Year - Caleb Plant KO's Anthony Dirrell

By Jake Donovan - Caleb Plant entered the ring with a T-shirt sporting that simple message, directed at Anthony Dirrell who spent much of the pre-fight buildup talking down to his fellow former super middleweight titlist. Dirrell’s shirt of choice sp...

BoxingScene.com's 2022 Fight of the Year: Leigh Wood vs. Michael Conlan

by Thomas Gerbasi - For a while, the March 12 bout for the WBA featherweight title between champion Leigh Wood and challenger Michael Conlan was a guilty pleasure, something we talked about in admiration but didn’t celebrate. The matchup at Nottingha...

Mauricio Lara Still Wants Warrington, Eager To Face Lopez and Wood

Mauricio “Bronco” Lara feels that his rivalry with Josh Warrington is a personal thing, and still wants to fight him despite the fact that Warrington recently lost his world title against Luis Alberto “Venado” Lopez. But Lara also warns Lopez that th...

Leo Santa Cruz Vacates WBA 'Super' Featherweight Title; Leigh Wood Now Full Titleholder

Leigh Wood is free to pursue any fight he wants as a recognized full titlist. The year-long ordeal in waiting out the status of an ordered WBA featherweight title consolidation bout ended with Leo Santa Cruz relinquishing his ‘Super’ title. The decis...

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington Could Still Happen Next Summer, Says Hearn

Former two-time featherweight champion Josh Warrington is still in position for big fights, according to his promoter Eddie Hearn. Some of the options include a domestic showdown with WBA champion Leigh Wood at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground or a po...

Hearn: We Want Leigh Wood To Fight Jan. 28 - Whether Santa Cruz Or Anyone Else

GLENDALE, Arizona – Leigh Wood is set to return to the ring—with or without Leo Santa Cruz. The latter could also determine whether the Brit moves forward with or without his secondary WBA featherweight title. Matchroom Boxing chairman Eddie Hearn co...

Hearn: Wood Will Be Back Out In January; We're Up For Santa Cruz, Lara, Martinez

Leigh Wood is ready to return to the ring. Whether or not his secondary WBA featherweight title will depend on what comes of his latest round of ordered talks with Leo Santa Cruz.

Leo Santa Cruz-Leigh Wood Title Consolidation Fight Ordered - Again - By WBA

Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood have been granted another two weeks to manipulate the sanctioning body whose featherweight titles they each hold.

Josh Warrington: I've Had One Off Night - People All of a Sudden Forget My Level!

It’s taken a while for Josh Warrington’s demeanor to change. The lovable rogue, the likeable Leeds ticket-seller, the world class featherweight known as one of the sport’s easy-going good guys now has cause to lace his words with malice.

WBA Issues Final Notice For Wood To Provide Medical Reports; Still On Hook For Santa Cruz Clash

Leigh Wood still needs to convince the WBA that he is cleared for combat to retain his secondary title status. A reminder letter was sent to Nottingham’s Wood seeking medical proof of a biceps injury that forced him out of a September 24 voluntary WB...