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Jamel Herring makes strong impression with first-round knockout

Jamel Herring made a strong impression with a first-round knockout of journeyman Nick Molina on Tuesday in New York City.

No journeyman is going to beat Jamel Herring, even a 38-year-old version.

That became obvious quickly on Tuesday night at Edison Ballroom in New York City, where the former 130-pound titleholder needed less than one full round to take out Nick Molina in a scheduled eight-round 133-pound fight.

It was Herring’s first victory since he stopped Carl Frampton in 2021, which was followed by back-to-back losses to Shakur Stevenson — which cost him his belt and momentum — and Jamaine Ortiz.

The left-handed New Yorker had been out of the ring since May of last year.

“I had to make a statement,” Herring said afterward. “… At the end of the day everyone thought I was over the hill and said whatever, that I didn’t have it anymore. [New trainer] Wayne McCullough said from the jump that I have more in the tank.

“… You can make it an ugly win or you can make an impression.”

Herring (24-4, 12 KOs) made an impression early, hammering Molina (13-1, 5 KOs) with a straight left that might’ve broken his nose.

Then, about half way through the round, a combination put Molina down for the first of two times. Herring dropped the Lowell, Massachusetts fighter again in the final seconds, which prompted referee Arther Mercante Jr. to stop the fight.

The official time of the stoppage was 2:49.

McCullough was among those impressed.

“When he first came to me, I said, ‘Do you still want it?’” said McCullough, a former 118-pound champ. “He said right away that he wanted it. So we worked the last few weeks. … And you saw tonight what he did. He got the fight over with quickly.”

What’s next for Herring, who has taken part in five world title fights?

His first choice would be to take a trip over the pond to the U.K., where some of the top 130-pounders reside. As he said, “I want to fight the best.”

“I want to go on a European tour,” he said. “What I mean by that is I want to fight guys like my friend (and beltholder) Joe Cordina, Leigh Wood or even Josh Warrington.

“And I would gladly go to the U.K. If I can’t get that, I know my boy Lamont Roach has a big fight coming up (against titleholder Hector Luis Garcia). I know he wants to run it back (after losing to Hering in 2019).

“If not that, I’d love to come back home to New York. Or I’d love to fight in my second home of Cincinnati, Ohio.”

Yes, Herring suddenly has a lot of options again. He’s back, at least for now.

Jamel Herring makes strong impression with first-round knockout

Jamel Herring made a strong impression with a first-round knockout of journeyman Nick Molina on Tuesday in New York City.

No journeyman is going to beat Jamel Herring, even a 38-year-old version.

That became obvious quickly on Tuesday night at Edison Ballroom in New York City, where the former 130-pound titleholder needed less than one full round to take out Nick Molina in a scheduled eight-round 133-pound fight.

It was Herring’s first victory since he stopped Carl Frampton in 2021, which was followed by back-to-back losses to Shakur Stevenson — which cost him his belt and momentum — and Jamaine Ortiz.

The left-handed New Yorker had been out of the ring since May of last year.

“I had to make a statement,” Herring said afterward. “… At the end of the day everyone thought I was over the hill and said whatever, that I didn’t have it anymore. [New trainer] Wayne McCullough said from the jump that I have more in the tank.

“… You can make it an ugly win or you can make an impression.”

Herring (24-4, 12 KOs) made an impression early, hammering Molina (13-1, 5 KOs) with a straight left that might’ve broken his nose.

Then, about half way through the round, a combination put Molina down for the first of two times. Herring dropped the Lowell, Massachusetts fighter again in the final seconds, which prompted referee Arther Mercante Jr. to stop the fight.

The official time of the stoppage was 2:49.

McCullough was among those impressed.

“When he first came to me, I said, ‘Do you still want it?’” said McCullough, a former 118-pound champ. “He said right away that he wanted it. So we worked the last few weeks. … And you saw tonight what he did. He got the fight over with quickly.”

What’s next for Herring, who has taken part in five world title fights?

His first choice would be to take a trip over the pond to the U.K., where some of the top 130-pounders reside. As he said, “I want to fight the best.”

“I want to go on a European tour,” he said. “What I mean by that is I want to fight guys like my friend (and beltholder) Joe Cordina, Leigh Wood or even Josh Warrington.

“And I would gladly go to the U.K. If I can’t get that, I know my boy Lamont Roach has a big fight coming up (against titleholder Hector Luis Garcia). I know he wants to run it back (after losing to Hering in 2019).

“If not that, I’d love to come back home to New York. Or I’d love to fight in my second home of Cincinnati, Ohio.”

Yes, Herring suddenly has a lot of options again. He’s back, at least for now.

Weekend Review: Gilberto Ramirez back, Leigh Wood delivers more drama

Weekend Review: Gilberto Ramirez is back and Leigh Wood delivered more drama.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

BIGGEST WINNER
Gilberto Ramirez

The former 168-pound titleholder is back, such as that is. Light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol exposed his limitations by easily outpointing him this past November. That fight demonstrated that Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) is a solid, unusually durable boxer but doesn’t’ have the speed, athleticism or punching power (at the higher weights) to take down a pound-for-pound talent. Joe Smith Jr. (28-5, 22 KOs)? That’s a different story. Ramirez will generally thrive against an opponent like that, as we saw when he defeated the even-more limited American by a one-sided decision at a 193-pound catch weight Saturday in Las Vegas. It wasn’t exciting but it was efficient. Ramirez is talented and experienced enough to do better at 200 pounds than has at 175, where Bivol and Artur Beterbiev still reside. Ramirez will never be a special fighter but he has a decent chance of winning a major belt in a second division 32 pounds heavier than the limit at super middleweight, at which he won his first title. That’s special.

 

BIGGEST WINNER II
Leigh Wood

The 126-pound titleholder probably won’t be remembered as one of the best fighters England has produced. He’s one of the most exciting, though. The same man who knocked Michael Conlan out of the ring in the final round to win a fight he was losing last year delivered another unlikely victory on Saturday in Sheffield, where he was behind on the cards and was nearly stopped himself only to brutally knock out former champion Josh Warrington (31-3-1, 8 KOs) in the seventh round and retain his title. Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) was losing all three cards at the time. To say the 35-year-old from Nottingham has the flair for the dramatic is an understatement. I don’t know whether he has the ability to unify at featherweight or win a title at 130 pounds. I do know that his solid ability, toughness and never-ever-say-die mentality would give him a chance to beat anyone. Win or lose, you can bet he’s going to entertain the fans. It’s no wonder he’s so popular in his home town.

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Weekend Review: Gilberto Ramirez back, Leigh Wood delivers more drama

Weekend Review: Gilberto Ramirez is back and Leigh Wood delivered more drama.

A critical look at the past week in boxing

BIGGEST WINNER
Gilberto Ramirez

The former 168-pound titleholder is back, such as that is. Light heavyweight champ Dmitry Bivol exposed his limitations by easily outpointing him this past November. That fight demonstrated that Ramirez (45-1, 30 KOs) is a solid, unusually durable boxer but doesn’t’ have the speed, athleticism or punching power (at the higher weights) to take down a pound-for-pound talent. Joe Smith Jr. (28-5, 22 KOs)? That’s a different story. Ramirez will generally thrive against an opponent like that, as we saw when he defeated the even-more limited American by a one-sided decision at a 193-pound catch weight Saturday in Las Vegas. It wasn’t exciting but it was efficient. Ramirez is talented and experienced enough to do better at 200 pounds than has at 175, where Bivol and Artur Beterbiev still reside. Ramirez will never be a special fighter but he has a decent chance of winning a major belt in a second division 32 pounds heavier than the limit at super middleweight, at which he won his first title. That’s special.

 

BIGGEST WINNER II
Leigh Wood

The 126-pound titleholder probably won’t be remembered as one of the best fighters England has produced. He’s one of the most exciting, though. The same man who knocked Michael Conlan out of the ring in the final round to win a fight he was losing last year delivered another unlikely victory on Saturday in Sheffield, where he was behind on the cards and was nearly stopped himself only to brutally knock out former champion Josh Warrington (31-3-1, 8 KOs) in the seventh round and retain his title. Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) was losing all three cards at the time. To say the 35-year-old from Nottingham has the flair for the dramatic is an understatement. I don’t know whether he has the ability to unify at featherweight or win a title at 130 pounds. I do know that his solid ability, toughness and never-ever-say-die mentality would give him a chance to beat anyone. Win or lose, you can bet he’s going to entertain the fans. It’s no wonder he’s so popular in his home town.

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Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington: Date, time, how to watch, background

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington: Date, time, how to watch, background.

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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Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington: Date, time, how to watch, background

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington: Date, time, how to watch, background.

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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Fight Week: Gilberto Ramirez, Joe Smith Jr. fighting to stay in title hunt

Fight Week: Gilberto Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. will be fighting to stay in 175-pound title contention when they meet Saturday in Las Vegas.

FIGHT WEEK

Gilberto Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. are scheduled to meet in a 200-pound bout in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, in England, Leigh Wood will defend his 126-pound title against Josh Warrington.

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 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.

 

GILBERTO RAMIREZ (44-1, 30 KOs)
VS. JOE SMITH JR. (28-4, 22 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, Oct. 7
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
  • TV/Stream: DAZN
  • Division: Cruiserweight (200 pounds)
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Odds: NA
  • Pound-for-pound: None
  • Also on the card: John Ramirez vs. Ronal Batista, junior bantamweights; Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Alantez Fox, super middleweights
  • Prediction: Ramirez UD
  • Background: Ramirez and Smith will both be trying to bounce back from damaging losses. Ramirez, a former 168-pound titleholder, won five consecutive fights after moving up to 175 but met his match in gifted champion Dmitry Bivol, who handed the 32-year-old Mexican his first professional defeat by a one-sided unanimous decision last November. Smith, a limited technician with immense power, won a light heavyweight title by outpointing Jesse Hart in 2020 and successfully defended three times. Then he ran into a monster in Artur Beterbiev, who needed less than two full rounds to knock out Smith in a title-unification bout on June 18. The winner on Saturday will take a significant step toward a shot at another belt. The loser, particularly if he loses badly, could be in for an uphill battle to remain a major player in the division.

 

ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK

WEDNESDAY

  • Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Zachary Ochoa, junior welterweights, Plant City, Florida (ProBox TV)

SATURDAY

  • Evelin Nazarena Bermudez vs. Kim Clavel, junior flyweights (for Bermudez’s IBF and WBO titles), Laval, Quebec (No TV in U.S.)
  • Daniel Valladares vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka, strawweights (for Valladares’ IBF title), Tokyo (No TV in U.S.)

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Fight Week: Gilberto Ramirez, Joe Smith Jr. fighting to stay in title hunt

Fight Week: Gilberto Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. will be fighting to stay in 175-pound title contention when they meet Saturday in Las Vegas.

FIGHT WEEK

Gilberto Ramirez and Joe Smith Jr. are scheduled to meet in a 200-pound bout in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, in England, Leigh Wood will defend his 126-pound title against Josh Warrington.

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 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.

 

GILBERTO RAMIREZ (44-1, 30 KOs)
VS. JOE SMITH JR. (28-4, 22 KOs)

  • Date: Saturday, Oct. 7
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
  • Where: The Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas
  • TV/Stream: DAZN
  • Division: Cruiserweight (200 pounds)
  • At stake: No major titles
  • Odds: NA
  • Pound-for-pound: None
  • Also on the card: John Ramirez vs. Ronal Batista, junior bantamweights; Bektemir Melikuziev vs. Alantez Fox, super middleweights
  • Prediction: Ramirez UD
  • Background: Ramirez and Smith will both be trying to bounce back from damaging losses. Ramirez, a former 168-pound titleholder, won five consecutive fights after moving up to 175 but met his match in gifted champion Dmitry Bivol, who handed the 32-year-old Mexican his first professional defeat by a one-sided unanimous decision last November. Smith, a limited technician with immense power, won a light heavyweight title by outpointing Jesse Hart in 2020 and successfully defended three times. Then he ran into a monster in Artur Beterbiev, who needed less than two full rounds to knock out Smith in a title-unification bout on June 18. The winner on Saturday will take a significant step toward a shot at another belt. The loser, particularly if he loses badly, could be in for an uphill battle to remain a major player in the division.

 

ALSO FIGHTING THIS WEEK

WEDNESDAY

  • Pablo Cesar Cano vs. Zachary Ochoa, junior welterweights, Plant City, Florida (ProBox TV)

SATURDAY

  • Evelin Nazarena Bermudez vs. Kim Clavel, junior flyweights (for Bermudez’s IBF and WBO titles), Laval, Quebec (No TV in U.S.)
  • Daniel Valladares vs. Ginjiro Shigeoka, strawweights (for Valladares’ IBF title), Tokyo (No TV in U.S.)

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Leigh Wood plans to give hometown fans short, but pleasant night

Leigh Wood plans to give his hometown fans a short, but pleasant night when he meet

One thing British fans learned when Mauricio Lara upset Josh Warrington in 2021 is the Mexican knows only one way to fight: moving forward.

And that’s OK with featherweight champion Leigh Wood, who will defend his belt against Lara on Saturday in his hometown of Nottingham. Wood, coming off his sensational final-round knockout of Michael Conlan in the 2022 Fight of the Year, said he’ll be happy to beat Lara at his own game.

He’s predicting an early night for the challenger.

“He doesn’t have to come looking for me, I’m going to be right in front of him,” Wood said on Tuesday. “I’ll meet him in the middle of the ring. When he walks into the ring, he’s going to be met with a very hostile crowd.

“No one is going to walk into Nottingham and walk through me. It’s not going to happen. I can’t see it reaching the halfway point, and I will win by knockout.”

Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) and Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) were supposed to have met last September but Wood suffered a biceps injury, which forced postponement.

Lara reportedly implied that Wood was merely trying to get out of the fight and suggested that his impressive victory over Warrington – a ninth-round knockout – made him a bogeyman in the U.K.

That only made Wood more determined to get the fight done. And it motivates him.

“There was never going to be another fight,” he said. “It was always going to be Mauricio Lara next. He’s said a few things which made it quite personal. He said that I faked my injury and he said that all the English are running away scared.”

Wood had to admit that Lara looked good in the Warrington fight, which took place in London. The Leeds fighter was unbeaten and a rising star at the time. And, in the end, Lara beat him up. Their rematch ended in a technical draw when Lara was cut.

At the same time, Wood said Lara has flaws he plans to exploit.

“From the outside looking in he looks very dangerous,” he said. “He got that devastating win over Josh Warrington. There’s a lot of things he does well and he is dangerous, but in the same hand there’s a lot of things that he does very poorly.

“You can’t get away with that at this level with the right fighter.”

And, again, Wood also will have his not-so-secret weapon: the crowd.

“The people down at the ground have really got behind me my past few fights,” he said. “It’s going to be a special atmosphere this fight. It’s going to be even better. Last time (for the Conlan fight) it was split with the Nottingham lot and the Irish.

“This time it’s predominantly going to be the Nottingham fans. They’ll be singing and making lots of noise. It’s going to be lifting.”

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Leigh Wood plans to give hometown fans short, but pleasant night

Leigh Wood plans to give his hometown fans a short, but pleasant night when he meet

One thing British fans learned when Mauricio Lara upset Josh Warrington in 2021 is the Mexican knows only one way to fight: moving forward.

And that’s OK with featherweight champion Leigh Wood, who will defend his belt against Lara on Saturday in his hometown of Nottingham. Wood, coming off his sensational final-round knockout of Michael Conlan in the 2022 Fight of the Year, said he’ll be happy to beat Lara at his own game.

He’s predicting an early night for the challenger.

“He doesn’t have to come looking for me, I’m going to be right in front of him,” Wood said on Tuesday. “I’ll meet him in the middle of the ring. When he walks into the ring, he’s going to be met with a very hostile crowd.

“No one is going to walk into Nottingham and walk through me. It’s not going to happen. I can’t see it reaching the halfway point, and I will win by knockout.”

Wood (26-2, 16 KOs) and Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs) were supposed to have met last September but Wood suffered a biceps injury, which forced postponement.

Lara reportedly implied that Wood was merely trying to get out of the fight and suggested that his impressive victory over Warrington – a ninth-round knockout – made him a bogeyman in the U.K.

That only made Wood more determined to get the fight done. And it motivates him.

“There was never going to be another fight,” he said. “It was always going to be Mauricio Lara next. He’s said a few things which made it quite personal. He said that I faked my injury and he said that all the English are running away scared.”

Wood had to admit that Lara looked good in the Warrington fight, which took place in London. The Leeds fighter was unbeaten and a rising star at the time. And, in the end, Lara beat him up. Their rematch ended in a technical draw when Lara was cut.

At the same time, Wood said Lara has flaws he plans to exploit.

“From the outside looking in he looks very dangerous,” he said. “He got that devastating win over Josh Warrington. There’s a lot of things he does well and he is dangerous, but in the same hand there’s a lot of things that he does very poorly.

“You can’t get away with that at this level with the right fighter.”

And, again, Wood also will have his not-so-secret weapon: the crowd.

“The people down at the ground have really got behind me my past few fights,” he said. “It’s going to be a special atmosphere this fight. It’s going to be even better. Last time (for the Conlan fight) it was split with the Nottingham lot and the Irish.

“This time it’s predominantly going to be the Nottingham fans. They’ll be singing and making lots of noise. It’s going to be lifting.”

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