On February 18, 2023, the 34-year-old WBA featherweight world champion, Leigh Wood (26-2, 16 KOs), faced a 24-year-old Mexican boxer Mauricio Lara (25-2-1, 18 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Wood came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 6 days. Lara was on a 2-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 27 days.
Mauricio Lara stopped the champion via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA featherweight champion. Lara improves his record to 26-2-1 (19 KOs), while Wood adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On February 21, 2020, a 31-year-old Leigh Wood (23-1, 13 KOs) and a 28-year-old fellow British boxer Jazza Dickens (28-3, 11 KOs) met in the ring in a featherweight bout.
Wood came in to the fight on a 12-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 17 days. Dickens was on a 6-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 17 days.
Jazza Dickens defeated Leigh Wood via majority decision in the 10-round featherweight fight. Dickens improves his record to 29-3, while Wood adds a loss to his record at 23-2.
On February 22, 2014, a 25-year-old Leigh Wood (11-0, 4 KOs) and Gavin McDonnell met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Wood came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 36% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 9 days.
Leigh Wood lost to Gavin McDonnell via TKO in the 6th round, and adds an loss to his record at 11-1.