Leigh Wood is scheduled to defend his 126-pound title against fellow two-time beltholder Josh Warrington on Saturday in Sheffield, England.
LEIGH WOOD (27-3, 16 KOs) VS.
JOSH WARRINGTON (31-2-1, 8 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Oct. 7
- Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Featherweight (126 pounds)
- At stake: Wood’s WBA title
- Odds: Wood 2½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Pound-for-pound: None
- Also on the card: Terri Harper vs. Cecilia Braekhus, junior middleweights (for Harper’s WBA and vacant WBO titles); Kieron Conway vs. Linus Udofia, middleweights; Hopey Price vs. Connor Coghill, featherweights
- Prediction: Wood UD
- Background: Wood will be fighting to stay on top, Warrington to get back there in this compelling All-Briton matchup. Wood, a 35-year-old from Nottingham, is a two-time 126-pound titleholder. He bounced back from a devasting seventh-round knockout against Mauricio Lara in February to easily outpoint the Mexican and regain the belt he lost in the first fight. The first meeting with Lara followed one of the most-thrilling battles in years, in which Wood knocked Michael Conlan out of the ring in the final round to win by knockout a fight he had been losing. Warrington, a 32-year-old from Leeds, also is a two-time featherweight champ. He battled back from a knockout loss and draw with Lara to take Kiko Martinez’s IBF belt by knockout in March of last year but lost it to Luis Alberto Lopez by majority decision in his most recent fight, in December. He’s 1-2-1 in his last four fights.
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