Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood have found a way to move forward with their title consolidation fight. A purse bid hearing scheduled for Friday morning was 'suspended' by the WBA after being informed that deal was reached by both parties. The developme...
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Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood will finally learn their fate on Friday. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that a purse bid hearing scheduled for August 12 will proceed as planned, despite prior concern that one side would ultimately pull out of their long...
Michael "Mick" Conlan returned home to Belfast and got back on the winning track. Conlan, who lost a featherweight title bid in March, defeated Miguel Marriaga by unanimous decision in the 10-round featherweight main event Saturday at The SSE Arena.
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Thankfully for Michael Conlan, his backward fall from the ring March 12 looked worse than it was. Jamie Conlan, Michael’s brother and manager, was able to catch the vulnerable featherweight contender before he crashed to the cement floor at Motorpoin...
Michael Conlan makes his return to the ring on Saturday night merely five months after suffering a knockout so dramatic that some feared he had been killed. But a long layoff for Conlan was never really an option. He still has a dream of being a worl...
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Leigh Wood appears to have a list of options to consider for his next fight. The 126-pound WBA “world” titlist Wood (26-2, 12KOs) is coming off an incredible come-from-behind knockout win in a fight of the year contender against Michael Conlan in Ma...
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Michael Conlan could appreciate his involvement in a fantastic “Fight of the Year” candidate if he had won. Suffering his first professional defeat March 12, especially with a world title at stake, made it impossible for the proud, Belfast-based Conl...
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A next step has finally come of the title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood. The long-ago ordered title fight is once again the subject of a purse bid hearing. The WBA has assigned a date of August 12 via Zoom conference call,...
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As previously reported, the World Boxing Association (WBA) applied a lot of pressure on their featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz, to make a mandatory defense of his title against Leigh Wood. Santa Cruz is the WBA "super" champion at the weight, wh...
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The World Boxing Association has applied a lot of pressure on their WBA 'super' champion at featherweight, Leo Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has not made a mandatory defense of the featherweight belt since June of 2018. The Mexican boxer had to make a manda...
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Thomas Patrick Ward wants to finally shake off his contender status and fight for a world title this year. The featherweight returns to action on July 17, at the Stadium of Light in Sunderland, headlining a Phil Jeffries promotion, looking to preserv...
Olympian Michael Conlan (16-1, 8 KOs) is still hoping to secure a rematch with WBA "regular" featherweight champion Leigh Wood. Back in March, Conlan nearly knocked Wood out in the first round. Wood was forced to rally in the championship rounds - dr...
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The title consolidation fight between Leo Santa Cruz and Leigh Wood will head to a purse bid at some point. When that day arrives is up to the World Boxing Association (WBA), who has spent the past several weeks reviewing an appeal from Wood’s team r...
Featherweight contender Jazza Dickens has told WBA world champion Leigh Wood he is running out of options for his next title defence. The Liverpool puncher has reminded the WBA title holder he is ready and waiting to challenge him and that a fight be...
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