Leigh Wood, the WBA-Super World Featherweight Champion has vowed to knock Mauricio Lara out within six rounds in their fight on Saturday night. Wood makes his second defense of his world title in Nottingham this weekend against the dangerous Mexican.
Leigh Wood Vows To Knock Mauricio Lara Out In Six Rounds
One of the biggest fights of the year on UK shores goes down this Saturday night as Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara takes centre stage at the Nottingham Arena. Wood aims to make a second successful defense of his WBA-Super World Featherweight Title against the hard-punching Mexican this weekend.
Leigh Wood has quickly became one of the biggest stars in British boxing in recent years. The 34-year-old won the WBA-Regular World Featherweight Title back in 2021 and made a successful first defense last March against Michael Conlan. ‘Leigh-thal’ has since been upgraded to the WBA-Super Champion and aims to successfully defend his world crown for the second time this Saturday night against one of the biggest punchers in the featherweight division in Mauricio Lara.
Ahead of the biggest fight of his life this weekend, Wood oozes class and is confident of continuing his impressive knockout streak. The Nottingham man will again fight in front of his hometown crowd and is not willing to lose in front of his beloved fans.
In a recent pre-fight interview with ESBR Boxing, Wood admitted that Lara will be a stern test, but one he feels more than confident of winning:
“He’s [Lara] very good at what he does. Especially if you give him opportunities to do that. He’s dangerous, he’s hot headed, he’s ballsy, he can punch. But he doesn’t really weigh up risk very well. He takes a lot of risks to get his shots off but at the same time, the things that are people’s biggest strength, can sometimes also be their biggest weaknesses as well,” Wood alluded to on what Lara brings to the table.
“I’m trying not to give too much away, but he can be quite reckless and that will be his undoing,” added the Nottingham man.
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The fight takes place this Saturday night at the top of the bill from a sold-out Nottingham Arena. The fight will be broadcast live on DAZN, one of the best boxing live streaming sites. With just days until the fight, Wood is full of confidence and can’t wait to get in the ring in front of his noisy fans:
“I think this doesn’t go past the halfway mark and I see myself being victorious. Of course, we prepare ourselves for 12 rounds but I know what I need to do and I’m confident in doing it,” Wood told ESBR Boxing.
The fight is just days away now, with boxing fans excited at the prospect of seeing Leigh Wood back in action for the first time in almost a year. The fight itself is an absolute barnstormer.
Despite being the champion and the home fighter, Wood is in fact the underdog with the best UK sports betting sites. You can get odds of 2/1 with some bookies for Leigh Wood just to win the fight. Looking further into the betting market, there is extreme value in backing the champion to win the fight by knockout.
Some of the best sports betting apps are offering odds of 4/1 for Wood to win the fight by knockout. The man himself has said he is supremely confident of winning the fight in the six rounds, so this could be a potential avenue to explore when placing your bets.
Be sure to check out our boxing betting tips ahead of this huge fight, as well as taking advantage of the various free bets and betting promotions ahead of Leigh Wood vs Mauricio Lara this weekend.
Wood vs Lara. Saturday night. Nottingham Arena. It doesn’t get any bigger than this!
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