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Luis Alberto Lopez defended his IBF featherweight titleholder by brutalizing Reiya Abe before the challenger's right eye forced the referee to stop the bout on an eighth-round stoppage at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York.
Josh Warrington finds himself in a position of having to wait for a big fight. The future of the Leeds man is up in the air after the opportunity to box a rematch with Leigh Wood at the City Ground in Nottingham fell through
Leigh Wood’s dream of a hometown stadium headliner is not yet ready to become a reality. BoxingScene.com has learned that plans are on hold for a previously targeted rematch between Nottingham’s Wood and Leeds’ Josh Warrington. Matchroom Boxing hoped to stage the grudge match on May 18 at the famed City Ground, home to the Nottingham Football Forest Club.
Matchroom Boxing head Eddie Hearn has revealed that the all-British battle and rematch between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington will take place in the United Kingdom later this spring.
Josh Warrington came away last Saturday night with more respect than ever for Leigh Wood. Leed’s Warrington and Nottingham’s Wood battled each for the Wood’s WBA featherweight belt at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield. Warrington controlled the majority of the fight until the end of the seventh round, when Wood sent Warrington sailing to the canvas with a torrid combination starting with a right hook.
Promoter Eddie Hearn can hardly believe the career trajectory of Leigh Wood. Last Saturday night in Sheffield, England, Wood, the WBA featherweight champion, staved off a patchy start to stop Josh Warrington in dramatic fashion in the seventh round of their title bout.
Josh Warrington’s manager, Steve Wood, is still replaying the events of Saturday night. With his man well on the way to becoming a three-time featherweight world champion, Wood watched on helplessly as Leigh Wood salvaged his WBA title with a stunning and controversial seventh round stoppage.
Leigh Wood has already grown tired of the excuses. The two-time and reigning (for now) WBA featherweight titlist rallied to score an improbable seventh-round knockout of former two-time IBF titlist Josh Warrington. Their October 7 DAZN headliner from Utilita Arena in Sheffield saw Wood fall
Trainer Ben Davison believes his charge, Leigh Wood, was hampered early on in his dramatic tussle with Josh Warrington by an illegal shot to the back of the head.
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