Leigh Wood lost his WBA featherweight title to Mauricio Lara on February 18 at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham in one of those fights that make the boxing world vibrate. The Mexican prevailed with a flown left to the jaw that sent the British to the canvas and sentenced the combat. Wood’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh round, and was leading on points on all three scorecards. Now the time for revenge has come. He may 27th They will meet again in the ring for the belt at AO Arena in Manchester.
The British made the second defense of his title against Rough Lara. Wood put up a good fight, until the fateful blow came. Lara began to push in the second round, and the British responded with good combinations on the counter. The Mexican finished the round with a right hand to the former champion’s jaw. He recovered and the exchange of blows began. Wood fit as if his jaw were made of steel. The hands of the Mexican arrived with danger, he was looking for the final blow with a very seasoned boxing. With a left volley to the jaw in the seventh round, the Briton went to the ground. He got up touched, and the corner threw in the towel. At that time, the former champion was winning on points on all three cards, with a double lead of 58-56 and 59-55.
The sentencing blow ended Wood, who was very touched. The corner knew how to take care of its boxer after the referee gave the go-ahead for him to continue. Lara expressed his intention to close the trilogy with Josh Warrington (31-2-1, 8 KO), who saw the fight in the first row, but the rematch with Wood has been presented as a priority. Matchroom wants the winner of this match to face Warrington. They already starred in a face to face on the ring on the evening of the return of Anthony Joshua. AO Arena in Manchester is the setting chosen to host this rematch on May 27. The poster is not yet confirmed, but there is an intention for Jack Catterall to debut with the promoter and sandor martin is one of the candidates to be his opponent.
