On March 12, 2022, Leigh Wood (25-2, 15 KOs), the featherweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, Michael Conlan (16-0, 8 KOs).
Leigh Wood is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate; his last fight was a 12th round TKO victory over Xu Can, 7 months and 12 days ago. Michael Conlan is on a 16-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over TJ Doheny, 7 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Leigh Wood at 99-1 winning odds. Michael Conlan really doesn't have much to present against Wood.
Leigh Wood stopped Michael Conlan via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) featherweight title. Wood improves his record to 26-2 (16 KOs), while Conlan adds a loss to his record at 16-1.