On October 7, 2023, Leigh Wood (27-3, 16 KOs), the featherweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Josh Warrington (31-2-1, 8 KOs).
Leigh Wood is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Mauricio Lara, 4 months and 10 days ago. Josh Warrington is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 23% KO rate, with his last fight being a majority decision loss to Luis Alberto Lopez, 9 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Leigh Wood at 99-1 winning odds. Josh Warrington really doesn't have much to present against Wood.
Leigh Wood stopped Josh Warrington via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA featherweight title. Wood improves his record to 28-3 (17 KOs), while Warrington adds a loss to his record at 31-3-1.