Josh Warrington: record, next fight and profile →
Leigh Wood got off to a strong start Saturday night and emphatically ended his featherweight title fight against Josh Warrington. Wood was far from his best in between, but the WBA featherweight champion considers his seventh-round stoppage of a two-time world champion and domestic rival the biggest win of his **-year professional career. It unquestionably
Josh Warrington feels a move in weight will be the best option as he looks to secure a rematch against Leigh Wood. The former two-time IBF world featherweight champion was on the wrong end of a sensational showdown against the Nottingham man at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield on Saturday night.
If Josh Warrington would’ve turned around before he did Saturday night to answer referee Michael Alexander’s commands, Eddie Hearn is certain that Warrington would have been allowed to continue in his featherweight title fight against Leigh Wood.
By Corey Erdman - For a fighter entering what he later described as the biggest bout of his life, Leigh Wood looked somewhere between stoic and apathetic as he walked to the ring on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena. Contrasted with his opponent Josh Warrington, who screamed and waved his arms as “I Predict A Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs hit the speakers, Wood looked like he was strolling through the aisles of the supermarket.
Leigh Wood insists he does not care who he faces next as long as it is at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground. The 35-year-old produced a sensational come-from-behind victory on Saturday at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield to retain the WBA featherweight title.
Josh Warrington wanted to continue in the seventh round against Leigh Wood on Saturday night. By the time he reached their post-fight press conference, Warrington was still confused as to why referee Michael Alexander didn’t grant him an opportunity to recover after Wood dropped him toward the end of the seventh round. Warrington’s rationale for turning his back on Alexander was that he heard the bell ring to end the round and therefore went to his corner to sit on his stool.
WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood pulled off another stunner on Saturday night, when he came from behind to stop Josh Warrington in the seventh round of their Sheffield showdown.
As incredible as Leigh Wood’s comeback win was Saturday night, his promoter promised that his seventh-round technical knockout of Josh Warrington will mark the end of his memorable, successful run in the featherweight division.
Sheffield - For the WBA featherweight title, Leigh Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) was likely behind on the cards when he came back with a dramatic knockout of Josh Warrington (31-3-1, 8 KOs) in the seventh round. (photos by Mark Robinson)
In rounds three through six, Josh Warrington landed 57 power punches to Leigh Wood’s 22. Warrington was winning the fight and the seventh round right up until the closing seconds of the round, when Wood unleashed a barrage of hooks that knocked Warrington out and rendered him unable to continue.