Leigh Wood

Wood-Conlan: WBA Grants Seven-Day Extension, Purse Bid Postponed

The teams for Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan are back at the negotiating table. Talks for the aforementioned featherweight matchup have been granted a second extension by the World Boxing Association (WBA), who announced the cancellation of a purse bi...

Wood-Conlan: Purse Bid Scheduled For October 11 For WBA Featherweight Title Fight

The additional time requested by the teams behind Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan to secure a deal only delayed the inevitable. Negotiations for the ordered WBA “World” featherweight title fight between Wood and Conlan ended with the two sides unable t...

Leigh Wood-Michael Conlan: WBA Grants Extension For Negotiations

Representatives for Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan have been granted more time to secure a deal for their ordered fight. A request to extend negotiations for the WBA “World” featherweight title fight was accepted by the sanctioning body’s Champio...

WBA Orders Leigh Wood-Michael Conlan; Leo Santa Cruz Mandated To Face Winner

Two boxers who won separate versions of the same title just six days apart are now on a collision course. Representatives for Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan have been ordered by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to enter negotiations for a mandatory...

Leigh Wood Targets Emanuel Navarrete, Inks Pact With Eddie Hearn

WBA "regular" featherweight world champion Leigh Wood has signed a multi-fight promotional deal with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) stopped Xu Can in the 12th and final round to claim the WBA World Title in a big upset at the top...

Kid Galahad: I Just Beat The Guy Who Beat Leigh Wood, This is Not a "Regular' Title!

Kid Galahad's dream of becoming world champion was finally realized as he produced a stunning effort to defeat Jazza Dickens and claim the IBF Featherweight crown at the top of the bill on Matchroom Fight Camp Week 2 in Brentwood, Essex.

Hearn Feels WBA Should Strip Leo Santa Cruz, Elevate Leigh Wood

Eddie Hearn has called on the WBA to strip Leo Santa Cruz if the WBA “super” featherweight title to allow Leigh Wood to become their premier champion. Wood won the WBA “regular” title when he stopped Xu Can in the final round at Fight Camp on Saturda...

Leigh Wood Has No Problem if Xu Can Exercises Rematch Clause

Despite all the post-fight talk of bringing big-time boxing back to Nottingham, Leigh Wood might have to travel when he next steps in the ring due to the rematch clause in his contract to fight Xu Can. 

Leigh Wood: I Want Big Fights, My Best Years Are Definitely To Come

Leigh Wood stopped Xu Can in the 12th and final round to claim the WBA "regular" featherweight world title in a big upset at the top of the bill on the first week of Matchroom Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex, live worldwide on DAZN.

Photos: Leigh Wood Takes Out Xu Can in Twelfth For WBA Title

Wood, Can Fight Photos Gallery - Brentwood, UK - For the WBA "regular" featherweight title, Leigh Wood (25-2, 15 KOs) stopped Xu Can (18-3, 3 KOs) in the twelfth and final round to become a champion. (photos by Mark Robinson)

Leigh Wood Shocks Xu Can, Stops Him in Twelfth For WBA Title

By Ron Lewis - Leigh Wood pulled off a big upset as he tore the WBA featherweight title from Xu Can, stopping his 17 seconds from the end of the twelfth and final round on the opening night of Matchroom’s Fight Camp in Brentwood, Essex. 

Leigh Wood: There Are Massive Fights Out There, But They Can All Dissolve If I Don't Win

It is not lost on Leigh Wood that when he steps into the ring against Xu Can for the WBA “regular” featherweight title this weekend, he will be challenging for a world title a week before two of his biggest rivals. 

Ben Davison Confident Leigh Wood Will Power Past Xu Can

By Tris Dixon - Xu Can must be careful when he meets challenger Leigh Wood in the new Fight Camp headliner because the Nottingham man has “ridiculous” punching power. Wood’s trainer Ben Davison saw his man topple Reece Mould in their first fight toge...

Photos: Xu Can, Leigh Wood - Ready For WBA Title Clash

Xu Can, Leigh Wood Weights Photos Gallery - Kicking off three consecutive weekends of fights from Matchroom HQ, Brentwood, champion featherweight XU CAN looks to defend his WBA strap for the third time, facing off against British challenger LEIGH WOO...

Xu Can Not Worried About Wood: Nothing Can Stop Me!

Leigh Wood says he will be achieving the dream he had when he first stepped into the gym as a kid by defeating Xu Can in their world title showdown on Saturday.