Round-by-Round: Michael Conlan vs. Leigh Wood - 12 March 2022

[KiwiRider]

Hope the fella is ok
What a fight and win for Wood , not many would stand up to the beating he was getting .
His reaction after the fight could teach a few others about having some respect .
So pleased for the lad .

Yesh, not like Benn while Algieri was limp face down.

[KiwiRider]

How can you not appreciate Leigh Wood?
Overmatched by a superior boxer, put down in the first and hurt a few times after that.
He just grafted out a breakdown of Conlan, and stopped him.
First defence and showed the heart of a champion
Fingers crossed for Conlan. That was a legit KO.

[TheGman]

Hope the fella is ok
What a fight and win for Wood , not many would stand up to the beating he was getting .
His reaction after the fight could teach a few others about having some respect .
So pleased for the lad .

Yesh, not like Benn while Algieri was limp face down.

Him and his dad jumping ride the ring screaming like cavemen,that pissed me off that.

[TheGman]

Did anyone else think this fight was very similar to Benn/McClellan?

[margaret thatcher]

Did anyone else think this fight was very similar to Benn/McClellan?

i can defo see the similarities

[Oiky]

What a fight

[margaret thatcher]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

[skanksta]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

Are you insinuating?

[skanksta]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

Are you insinuating?

It did remind me a bit of Benn vs McLennan but also Cotto vs Margacheato.

[cutsman]

Good news

https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/60724637.amp

[KiwiRider]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

Frotch was saying Wood carrys his power late. It was the only correct thing he has said in commentary this decade

[bigjack]

Hope the fella is ok
What a fight and win for Wood , not many would stand up to the beating he was getting .
His reaction after the fight could teach a few others about having some respect .
So pleased for the lad .

Yesh, not like Benn while Algieri was limp face down.

Him and his dad jumping ride the ring screaming like cavemen,that pissed me off that.

Me too,Benn snr of all people should know better,makes me want to see Benn jr ko'd now

[gregregegg]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

Frotch was saying Wood carrys his power late. It was the only correct thing he has said in commentary this decade

Broken clocks right twice a day... Frotch gets 1 or 2 pearls of wisdom every decade.

[ShadrachSimmo]

If Wood won the 12th and it went points he would've got a draw, I can't agree with that

I backed the draw and Wood win by SD. So close …

[MacTavish]

Great fight and so pleased that Conlon’s okay!

[rd350lc]

Hope the fella is ok
What a fight and win for Wood , not many would stand up to the beating he was getting .
His reaction after the fight could teach a few others about having some respect .
So pleased for the lad .

Yesh, not like Benn while Algieri was limp face down.

Him and his dad jumping ride the ring screaming like cavemen,that pissed me off that.

Exactly that lads , that's who I was referring to . Classless .

[maverick23]

Great fight. I didn’t score it properly but I felt Wood needed the KO in the 12th to win.

Glad to hear Conlan’s ok. I thought he looked great early doors. Wood deserves a lot of credit. He did amazingly to come back from that heavy first round knockdown (he sounded concussed in his corner after the first round). The big downside is that we’ll have at least a few weeks of hearing Davison tell everyone how good he is.

Re: the show, I think 2 women’s fights is too much. I like womens boxing more than most but I think having 20 rounds of it takes the energy out of the show. Cully looked strong and I always like Agyarko but I think he needs to be kept active to stay sharp and improve. He reminds me of a less classy Kell Brook. I’m beginning to really like Costello as the lead commentator. I never listened to his radio work and was on the fence a little bit with him on his first shows with DAZN but, out of the U.K. play-by-play guys, he’s my favourite now although I’d always rather listen to him with Andy Lee.

[TheLeprechaun]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

His power is real. He's dropped people in a lot of the fights he didn't win by stoppage too. He's got the mentality of a puncher also, very willing to sit in the pocket with bullets coming at him and return fire to get his own shots off.

[TheLeprechaun]

Great fight. I didn’t score it properly but I felt Wood needed the KO in the 12th to win.

Glad to hear Conlan’s ok. I thought he looked great early doors. Wood deserves a lot of credit. He did amazingly to come back from that heavy first round knockdown (he sounded concussed in his corner after the first round). The big downside is that we’ll have at least a few weeks of hearing Davison tell everyone how good he is.

Re: the show, I think 2 women’s fights is too much. I like womens boxing more than most but I think having 20 rounds of it takes the energy out of the show. Cully looked strong and I always like Agyarko but I think he needs to be kept active to stay sharp and improve. He reminds me of a less classy Kell Brook. I’m beginning to really like Costello as the lead commentator. I never listened to his radio work and was on the fence a little bit with him on his first shows with DAZN but, out of the U.K. play-by-play guys, he’s my favourite now although I’d always rather listen to him with Andy Lee.

Good post. I think the womens fights are ok as long as they are competitive. Harper is just a very basic fighter who is going to stink out a venue. Agyarko put on a stinker also. He's a horrible watch, sitting there trying to pot shot counter for the night. Sandy Ryan was at least in a competitive and fairly enjoyable fight but that was down to the matchmaking actually being good and she got a great learning fight. Not sure she should be staying with Clifton Mitchell after that. Missed weight and looking very poor in there at times. No variety.

[(craig)]

[maverick23]

Great fight. I didn’t score it properly but I felt Wood needed the KO in the 12th to win.

Glad to hear Conlan’s ok. I thought he looked great early doors. Wood deserves a lot of credit. He did amazingly to come back from that heavy first round knockdown (he sounded concussed in his corner after the first round). The big downside is that we’ll have at least a few weeks of hearing Davison tell everyone how good he is.

Re: the show, I think 2 women’s fights is too much. I like womens boxing more than most but I think having 20 rounds of it takes the energy out of the show. Cully looked strong and I always like Agyarko but I think he needs to be kept active to stay sharp and improve. He reminds me of a less classy Kell Brook. I’m beginning to really like Costello as the lead commentator. I never listened to his radio work and was on the fence a little bit with him on his first shows with DAZN but, out of the U.K. play-by-play guys, he’s my favourite now although I’d always rather listen to him with Andy Lee.

Good post. I think the womens fights are ok as long as they are competitive. Harper is just a very basic fighter who is going to stink out a venue. Agyarko put on a stinker also. He's a horrible watch, sitting there trying to pot shot counter for the night. Sandy Ryan was at least in a competitive and fairly enjoyable fight but that was down to the matchmaking actually being good and she got a great learning fight. Not sure she should be staying with Clifton Mitchell after that. Missed weight and looking very poor in there at times. No variety.

I enjoyed the Agyarko fight and I don’t think it was a stinker. I do really like/rate him though so I may be biased. I think he tried a little too hard to impress which tends to go the other way.

I liked the Sandy Ryan fight in the end. Agree with your comments though - she’s extremely basic. I hadn’t realised she missed weight - not a good look.

If the Harper fight was replaced with another competitive mens fight then I think it’d be a really good show but I zoned out a fair bit for it. I know she sells tickets so either have her as the only womens fight or whack her on the prelims.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

[KiwiRider]

btw leigh wood has scored his last 7 wins by stoppage, maybe dudes got hammer hands now

His power is real. He's dropped people in a lot of the fights he didn't win by stoppage too. He's got the mentality of a puncher also, very willing to sit in the pocket with bullets coming at him and return fire to get his own shots off.

Darn right, and he is a grafter, he put in a fair bit of work before he had success. Which is even more exceptional considering his hard KD and the couple of rounds it took him to steady.

[KiwiRider]

Conlan wants a rematch, and Wood would be mad to offer it to him.
I doubt he could pull that off twice in a row.
Conlan is obviously the superior boxer, and had what it takes to sit Wood on his backside.
Leigh should move on. Great first defence, but maybe a soft one up next