Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington LIVE: Results tonight after vicious KO
Re-live updates from the all-British clash in Sheffield, where Wood’s WBA featherweight title was on the line
Leigh Wood retained the WBA featherweight title with a vicious knockout of Josh Warrington on Saturday, when it looked like the champion himself was on the verge of being finished.
Wood employed a southpaw stance to good effect in the first two rounds, but Warrington – a former two-time IBF champion – began to pull ahead by getting the better of most exchanges, loading up on fierce shots and putting his opponent in trouble throughout.
Wood soon began to leak blood from a cut around his right eye, but Warrington faced his own moment of adversity when he was docked a point in Round 7 for a punch to the back of the head – having previously been warned by the referee. At that stage, few onlookers would have predicted that the penalty would affect the result, however; Warrington looked to be on course for victory, whether it be on the scorecards or inside the distance.
Yet suddenly, against the run of the action, Wood produced a stunning finish with just seconds remaining in the seventh frame, dropping the “Leeds Warrior” with a brutal combination.
Re-live updates from Wood vs Warrington and the undercard fights, below.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Hopey Price vs Connor Coghill
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Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Junaid Bostan def. Corey McCulloch via sixth-round TKO (2:07).
Lots of respect between the fighters after the result is read aloud, with Bostan staying unbeaten.
He moves to 7-0!
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 6
Jab from McCulloch. Cross from Bostan, who is back in a southpaw stance at the moment.
Pawing jab from Bostan, before he aims a cross to the body.
Bostan now moves into space to get a breather, to the frustration of McCulloch.
Bostan re-engages and clubs a right hook onto the guard of the Scot, and another.
That right hand is getting through now, and Bostan is landing almost at will!
He has McCulloch backed up and is swarming him! Lots of straight shots, and the referee steps in!
Rightly so.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 5
Bostan backs up McCulloch and leans his weight on the Scot.
Quickfire uppercuts from Bostan, before McCulloch comes back with some nice variety to land a few shots.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 4
Solid uppercut and hook by McCulloch as he moves backwards. Bostan continues to switch stances, and now lands a quick flurry from orthodox, finishing with a right hook.
McCulloch’s left eye, like his right, looks swollen and bruised now. Stiff right cross from Bostan.
Now the Englishman invests in the body, before curling a left hook up top.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 3
Bostan jabs low then aims a hook high, testing the guard of McCulloch. Great left hook from southpaw, and McCulloch wobbles backwards!!!
He’s trying to regain composure here, he lands a good jab, and another, but Bostan is undeterred! He lands a couple of good punches but is struggling to find the finishing blow...
McCulloch’s right eye is sporting visible damage. Still, he’s throwing back and landing.
Good left hook to the head by Bostan.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 2
Now Bostan stands southpaw, before soon switching back to orthodox and holding his hands low. He misses with an uppercut after leaning to his left, off the centre line.
Stiff jab from McCulloch, who then misses with a right hook. Another decent jab by the Scot, though.
Bostan catches McCulloch with a well-timed counter hook, while pressing his opponent back to the ropes. Again Bostan is southpaw, landing a rear hook to the body.
Bostan reverts to orthodox and digs to the body again, but McCulloch simultaneously lands a straight punch up top.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
Round 1
Both men stand orthodox. Bostan presses forward early on. McCulloch tries to keep him at bay with some straight shots.
Decent jab for him, but Bostan comes back with a counter right cross. McCulloch crouches into a short shot from Bostan, but the Englishman is then forced to cover up as McCulloch wings a right hook upstairs.
Now McCulloch misses with a wild left hook up top, and Bostan hurls his own hook into the body of the Scot. McCulloch fires back with a one-two to the body, but he’s caught with a right hook to the head.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Junaid Bostan vs Corey McCulloch
We begin the main card with a super-welterweight clash between Scotland’s Corey McCulloch and Englishman Junaid Bostan.
Wood vs Warrington LIVE: Looking back at Wood’s last fight
While we wait for the first fight of the main card to begin, why not relive Wood’s most recent fight, his decision win over Mauricio Lara in May?
Wood dropped the belt to the Mexican in February, suffering a controversial stoppage defeat, but the Briton was able to regain the gold in a rematch in May.
Re-live that second bout here:
Wood vs Lara LIVE: Latest boxing fight updates and results
Re-live updates as Wood fought to regain the WBA featherweight title, which Lara won from him in February but lost on Friday after missing weight
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