Leigh Wood (boxer)

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Leigh Wood is an English professional boxer. He is a two-time world featherweight champion, having held the World Boxing Association (WBA) title between May 2023 and October 2023 and previously between 2021 and February 2023. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth featherweight title in 2019 and the British featherweight title in 2021. As of May 2023, Wood is ranked as the world's second-best active featherweight by BoxRec, sixth by The Ring magazine, and seventh by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.

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Wood says Warrington rematch likely to be in May Leigh Wood says he no longer respects fellow Briton Josh Warrington and a rematch is expected to take place at Nottingham Forest's City Ground. BBC Sport - Published on December 5, 2023
Cordina wants two-fight showdown with Wood IBF super-featherweight champion Joe Cordina says British rival and WBA featherweight belt holder Leigh Wood is the "right dancing partner" for a sell-out stadium bout. BBC Sport - Published on November 13, 2023
Wood fight perfect fit for special Cordina - Jones In his BBC Sport column, Barry Jones backs Joe Cordina in his first world title defence and says a fight with Leigh Wood next would be perfect for the Welshman. BBC Sport - Published on November 2, 2023

City Ground fight would be my stamp on boxing - Wood Two-time world featherweight champion Leigh Wood talks about how Carl Froch drives his obsession to fight at the City Ground. BBC Sport - Published on October 19, 2023
'What a thriller!' - Hearn on Wood v Warrington Fight promoter Eddie Hearn thought Leigh Wood was "done" after six rounds of his bout against Josh Warrington before winning with a "blistering shot and combination". BBC Sport - Published on October 8, 2023
'A Cinderella story' - Wood's greatest comeback Leigh Wood completes one of British boxing's great turnarounds as he stuns Josh Warrington with a comeback win in their WBA featherweight title fight. BBC Sport - Published on October 8, 2023

Wood stops Warrington for dramatic comeback win WBA champion Leigh Wood makes a dramatic comeback to stop Josh Warrington in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on October 7, 2023
Wood v Warrington - big-fight predictions Before Leigh Wood defends his WBA featherweight title against Josh Warrington, BBC Sport rounds up predictions from the boxing world. BBC Sport - Published on October 7, 2023
Wood v Warrington: Britons in world title fight - radio & text Follow live text and radio commentary as Leigh Wood defends his WBA title against Josh Warrington in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on October 6, 2023
Warrington and Wood make weight for 'special night' Leigh Wood, Josh Warrington, Terri Harper and Cecilia Braekhus all made weight for their world title fights on Saturday in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on October 6, 2023

Warrington's career on line against Wood - Crolla In his BBC Sport column, Anthony Crolla says featherweight Josh Warrington's career is on the line against world champion Leigh Wood on Saturday. BBC Sport - Published on October 6, 2023
Wood vows to make Warrington pay for digging deep World champion Leigh Wood said he will make Josh Warrington "pay" for his tough methods during Saturday's featherweight contest in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on October 5, 2023
Can Warrington put Leeds back on top in make-or-break fight? Follow Josh Warrington's journey in his hometown of Leeds as he prepares for his "make-or-break" fight against Leigh Wood. BBC Sport - Published on October 4, 2023	Wood-Warrington winner could face Cordina - Hearn The winner of Leigh Wood v Josh Warrington could be given the chance to become a two-weight world champion by facing super-featherweight Joe Cordina next, says promoter Eddie Hearn. BBC Sport - Published on August 1, 2023
Wood to defend world title against Warrington Leigh Wood will defend his WBA featherweight world title against fellow Briton Josh Warrington in Sheffield on Saturday, 7 October. BBC Sport - Published on July 31, 2023	Wood turns Lara sombrero into rematch motivator Leigh Wood talks about the gift from Mauricio Lara which he has used to motivate him for their world title rematch in Manchester. BBC Sport - Published on May 25, 2023
Wood wants to put Lara world title defeat right Boxer Leigh Wood talks to BBC East Midlands Today about wanting to put his WBA featherweight title defeat by Mauricio Lara right when he meets the Mexican again in Manchester. BBC Sport - Published on May 25, 2023	Britain's Wood will face Lara in Manchester rematch Britain's Leigh Wood will fight Mauricio Lara in a rematch for the WBA featherweight title at Manchester Arena on 27 May. BBC Sport - Published on April 1, 2023
Wood preparing for Lara at home rematch in May Leigh Wood says he is preparing to face Mauricio Lara in a world title rematch in his home city of Nottingham in May. BBC Sport - Published on March 16, 2023	Britain's Wood wants summer rematch against Lara Nottingham fighter Leigh Wood says he is pushing for a summer rematch against new WBA featherweight champion Mauricio Lara. BBC Sport - Published on March 12, 2023
GB's Wood loses world title to Lara in thriller Watch highlights as Leigh Wood loses his WBA featherweight title to Mauricio Lara in a thrilling fight in Nottingham. BBC Sport - Published on February 19, 2023	Wood loses world title in stoppage defeat by Lara Leigh Wood's reign as WBA featherweight champion is over after the Briton loses to hard-hitting Mauricio Lara in Nottingham. BBC Sport - Published on February 18, 2023
Wood relives knockout in 'fight of the year' Leigh Wood relives knocking Michael Conlon out in his "fight of the year" from 2022. BBC Sport - Published on February 17, 2023	Weigh-in misunderstanding ends with pizza party World champion Leigh Wood clashes with Mauricio Lara's trainer at Friday's weigh-in, before the challenger shares a pizza on stage with promoter Eddie Hearn. BBC Sport - Published on February 17, 2023
WBA featherweight title: Leigh Wood v Mauricio Lara Listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary and follow text updates as Leigh Wood takes on Mauricio Lara for the WBA featherweight world title. BBC Sport - Published on February 17, 2023	'I need to be the underdog to thrive' - Wood WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood says he relishes being an underdog before his clash with Mexico's Mauricio Lara this weekend. BBC Sport - Published on February 16, 2023
Wood can prove himself against Lara - Warrington In his BBC Sport column, Josh Warrington is backing Leigh Wood to retain his WBA world title, but is also rooting for a Mauricio Lara win in Nottingham. BBC Sport - Published on February 15, 2023	'Lara will pay for saying I faked injury' - Wood Leigh Wood says Mauricio Lara will "pay the consequence" for saying he faked injury before they were initially set to fight. BBC Sport - Published on February 14, 2023
Wood vows to 'prove people wrong' against Lara Leigh Wood is relishing the chance to prove his doubters wrong when he defends his WBA featherweight title against Mauricio Lara next month. BBC Sport - Published on January 16, 2023	Wood to fight Lara on 18 February Leigh Wood's fight against Mauricio Lara for the WBA featherweight title is rearranged for 18 February at Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena. BBC Sport - Published on January 10, 2023
Fight Talk: Could Josh Warrington fight Leigh Wood next? This week's Fight Talk delves into the future of newly crowned world champion Josh Warrington and reveals Jake Paul's offer to Will Smith and Chris Rock. BBC Sport - Published on March 29, 2022	Michael Conlan: 'When I woke up I was like, 'what happened? Did I lose?' Michael Conlan says he is "devastated and heartbroken" after being knocked out in the final round of his WBA featherweight title bout with Leigh Wood. BBC Sport - Published on March 13, 2022
Leigh Wood: Champion knocks out Michael Conlan to retain WBA featherweight title Leigh Wood produces a stunning last-round knockout of Michael Conlan to retain his WBA featherweight title in Nottingham. BBC Sport - Published on March 12, 2022	Leigh Wood beats Xu Can to claim WBA world featherweight title Britain's Leigh Wood beats China's Xu Can via 12th round stoppage to claim the WBA world featherweight title BBC Sport - Published on July 31, 2021