Dalton Smith, Gary Cully, Cheavon Clarke and Gamal Yafai feature on Wood vs Lara Undercard Dalton Smith will make the second defence of his British Super-Lightweight Title against Billy Allington on the undercard of Leigh Wood’s highly anticipated WBA Featherweight World Title showdown with avoided Mexican Mauricio Lara at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham on Saturday February 18, live worldwide…
Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara Is Back On For Feb 18 In Nottingham, Live on DAZN 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 Lara,…
Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara Is Back On For Feb 4 In Nottingham, Live on DAZN WBA Featherweight champion, Britain’s Leigh Wood (26-2) is likely to reschedule his fan-friendly collision with Mexican dangerman Mauricio Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) according to an Eddie Hearn interview with Pro Boxing Fans. Despite Hearn stating that Wood will return…
Mauricio Lara vs Jose Sanmartin Tops Matchroom\’s Return To Mexico As Featherweight Dangerman Returns To His Hometown What can we expect from Lara? The Bronco will look to implement his heavy-hitting, trademark Mexicano style and come to seek-and-destroy Jose Sanmartin. His rise to fame was built on the decimation of an out-of-sort Josh Warrington and…
Leigh Wood Claims He Wil Get 50% Split For Unified Featherweight Titles Should He Beat Lara Leigh Wood revealed to IFL TV in an interview uploaded today that the reason the fight between himself and Leo Santa Cruz didn\’t take place was due to the ordered WBA split which Wood\’s team saw as unfair. Wood…
Mauricio Lara Aims To Set Up A Trilogy With Josh Warrington If He Can Get Past Leigh Wood It was confirmed yesterday that Leigh Wood will defend his WBA World Featherweight championship against Mexican dangerman Mauricio Lara on September 24 at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham; a Matchroom On DAZN UK headliner. Wood was supposed to…
LSC Fight Off, Wood vs Lara Headlines Matchroom September Show In Nottingham Leigh Wood will defend his WBA Featherweight championship against Mexican dangerman Mauricio Lara, who produced one of the biggest upsets in a British ring when he stopped Josh Warrington last year, on September 24 at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham; a Matchroom On DAZN…
Santa Cruz Vs Wood May Not Be Next Despite WBA Agreement Between Both Parties On Friday August 5, the WBA announced that the purse bids for the mandatory fight between the WBA (Super) Champion Mexico’s Leo Santa Cruz (38-2-1) and their Regular Champion, Britain’s Leigh Wood (26-2) were cancelled because both sides struck a deal….
Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara Could Be Back On As Leo Santa Cruz and Wood Agree To Go In Different Directions Journalist @BarbosaBox for ESPN Knock Out has confirmed what was rumoured last week, that Leigh Wood will not fight Leo Santa Cruz next and that instead Santa Cruz will unify his WBA (Super) Featherweight…
WBA Featherweight Champion Leigh Wood will headline a big Matchroom on DAZN UK card on September 24 in Nottingham. Wood is the mandatory challenger to Leo Santa Cruz, but the complications around the scenario centring around the split of 25%, which the Wood camp has stated is \’unfair\’, has stopped that fight from materialising. The…
The Leeds Warrior Josh Warrington (31-1-1) became a two-time IBF Featherweight World Champion last night. He stopped tough Spaniard Kiko Martinez (43-11-2) in the seventh round after flooring Martinez in the first. It was an exciting contest in front of a near-sellout thirteen-thousand at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on DAZN. Warrington proved that…
