Round-by-Round: Leigh Wood vs. Mauricio Lara | DAZN - 18 February 2023

[Teddy's Toupee]

that's what she said

Get to bed. Or are you still only sleeping four hours a night?

[margaret thatcher]

how can i be a boxrec warrior in my sleep?

[Teddy's Toupee]

how can i be a boxrec warrior in my sleep?

Thatcher, the warrior queen, dreaming about defeating the "Argies" and Arthur Scargill again and again

[TheLeprechaun]

his right elbow was tucked in and his glove was up to his cheek. i think he was expecting a body shot and obviously his defense could've been tighter since the shot landed, but watching it back i dont think it was an egregious wtf type defensive error.

in a 12 round fight those are going to happen even to good defensive fighters, and when you commit to your own shots you'll become more hittable. problem for wood is that lara has the power to wipe him out even with 1 mistake, as we saw. even being more mindful of his defense, i have doubts that wood can go 12 rounds without lara eventually catching up to him

I would normally agree but the thing is with Lara is the left hook is a huge punch for him. It's his go to punch. He dropped warrington with it a couple of times. I just think you have to be looking out for that punch. You're going to get caught when Lara sets it up nicely and the way he throws it as you say comes low and very wide so it could be perceived as a body shot but the major problem with it is his technique of throwing it means it comes really wide and hard to see coming. Wood never saw the punch. I just think you have to prepare for that punch and you never want to get into an exchange of hooks with Lara and you want to keep that right glove tight all night.

The only bit of leeway I give to Wood there is that Lara did a small step in before throwing the punch which made him able to change the angle of it a bit. It wasn't a punch to the side of the chin, it was a punch inside the glove. I still think Wood should have been tighter defensively but you make a good point when you say he is going to get hit at some points. That was just my view pre fight. Wood has a good chance but his boxing ability is just not good enough to outbox Lara soundly without getting caught at times and that's a problem vs a guy like Lara who only needs one punch.

Wood did a lot right and was in an exceptional position to win the fight. Bookies had him priced as low as 1/5 at the time of the KO.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Eddie Hearn: "Mauricio Lara Is Number One Featherweight In The World; So Exciting To Watch"

“Mauricio Lara is a 24-year-old Mexican world champion,” Hearn said, “who has come over to the UK and beaten Josh Warrington in [London] and also beaten Leigh Wood in Nottingham. He’s the number one featherweight in the world. It’s an unbelievable story. And he’s so exciting to watch. But you’re gonna see him again, and you’re gonna see him in the summer.”

“He’s gonna be borderline king, borderline royalty in Mexico tonight,” Hearn said. “And obviously, that would mean that he could have a big fight in America as well. But he has a huge profile here. There’s some big fights, big money for him here. And we’ve got two featherweights that want a crack.”

[mickey1975]

Sunny Edwards gave a very good review of the fight. He reckons, from ringside, that Lara mixes up the power of all shots, particularly the ones he isn’t sure will land.

[smiling assassin]

Sunny Edwards gave a very good review of the fight. He reckons, from ringside, that Lara mixes up the power of all shots, particularly the ones he isn’t sure will land.

If you can get past the cringey accent Sunny Edwards talks a lot of sense

[Ruthless-RKO]

“The craziest thing about the whole thing was Leigh and Ben [Davison] actually picking a hard fight. That’s the craziest thing of all. They didn’t need to do it, and I think from a business standpoint or boxing management standpoint, it’s probably one of the worst moves that has been made in boxing,” said Michael Conlan to Boxing Social about Leigh Wood & his trainer Ben Davison’s decision to choose Mauricio Lara for a voluntary title defense.

“He was [winning the fight against Lara comfortably]. He did very, very well, but that’s the problem with that fight. If he switched off, he was going to get done. What happened was he switched off.

“From where I come from, why the f**k would you do that when you can go, ‘Let’s have a rematch with Conlan. Let’s have the Conlan rematch, make double the money, and put in a rematch clause so if I lose, I’ll get another big payday, and I’ll set my family up for life.’ F**k what people think; let’s be honest.

“He’s got to think about his family because the fans, the support, and how to be remembered does not put bread or food on your table. It doesn’t do that. It doesn’t put stuff on your table and doesn’t look after your family when you’re gone.

“You got to be smart in this game because it’s a ruthless game. People are in it for themselves. People don’t make the right decisions for people. The person that’s thought of last is the fighter.

“I think Leigh and his team, Ben [Davison] and are managing Leigh’s career; they just made a very, very silly move instead of a smart business move,” said Conlan.

“Financially, it would be massive for both of us, so I think I would be chomping at the bit for that one.”

[THEBUTCH]

"and I think from a business standpoint or boxing management standpoint, it’s probably one of the worst moves that has been made in boxing,” said Michael Conlan"

Not even close

[veriton]

Bit of aftertiming there from Mick. Wood wasn't far off beating Lara, and although it was a mad fight to make, Leigh is 34 and doesnt have time to waste so think it was a gamble worth taking. I criticised Ben for stopping the fight but he has to be applauded for his role in making it in the first place.

[THEBUTCH]

It was a 'high risk, high reward' fight. Conlan's talking out of his backside

[margaret thatcher]

so basically conlan having a rant because leigh took a challenging fight

[margaret thatcher]

i think lara is a somewhat limited fighter, in that he's a touch slow, generally needs to be set to punch, and lacks head movement and often just eats punches. luis nery also won over the weekend, and to me a guy like nery has more tools. nor would it surprise me if rey vargas could just outspeed and move him on the outside for a decision. i think lara is #1 (or arguably #1) in a not very talented division

but offensively, in addition to his power, he does have a bit of craft though. as mentioned, on the ko left hook he came down low and drew wood's attention to the body enough to open up a spot upstairs. when he is able to set his feet and get his combos off, he shows keen understanding of which order to place his shots so that he's alternating between different angles of his opponent's head and body, so they cant just block everything with the same defensive stance

this is the 2nd time he's come over and ko'd one of our top fighters, so he knows how to get in the big shots eventually at a pretty good level

[cormack]

i think lara is a somewhat limited fighter, in that he's a touch slow, generally needs to be set to punch, and lacks head movement and often just eats punches. luis nery also won over the weekend, and to me a guy like nery has more tools. nor would it surprise me if rey vargas could just outspeed and move him on the outside for a decision. i think lara is #1 (or arguably #1) in a not very talented division

but offensively, in addition to his power, he does have a bit of craft though. as mentioned, on the ko left hook he came down low and drew wood's attention to the body enough to open up a spot upstairs. when he is able to set his feet and get his combos off, he shows keen understanding of which order to place his shots so that he's alternating between different angles of his opponent's head and body, so they cant just block everything with the same defensive stance

this is the 2nd time he's come over and ko'd one of our top fighters, so he knows how to get in the big shots eventually at a pretty good level

at 24 you could expect him to develop further and get even better .
He has a really weird style of being able to leap forward and punch at the same time which is really unorthodox and seems to have his opponents baffled .
but he is as dirty as warrington which helped him in this fight by giving wood a cut to worry about .

[Counter-puncher]

“The craziest thing about the whole thing was Leigh and Ben [Davison] actually picking a hard fight. That’s the craziest thing of all. They didn’t need to do it, and I think from a business standpoint or boxing management standpoint, it’s probably one of the worst moves that has been made in boxing,” said Michael Conlan

can't disagree too much with that on the business level, but as fans we should be ecstatic with Wood

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wood is 34. For a FW it’s not young at all.

But he’s at the height of his career. He probably won’t have earned millions, but likely for a career payday from this.

[Sweet Dick Willie]

So am I still the only one who had Lara winning the fight on points too? Compubox stats were very even but Lara was slightly ahead

[margaret thatcher]

everyone else i've seen had wood ahead, though it's all some british judging conspiracy right

all 8 cards on eye on the ring for wood: https://eyeonthering.com/boxing/leigh-w ... ricio-lara

boxrec fan average (60 cards) 59-55 wood

BS and badlefthook for wood

all 3 judges for wood

etc

[Ruthless-RKO]

Doesn’t really matter.

Lara wasn’t out to win rounds.. he was out to get the KO.

Like when people say Brook was ahead on the GGG cards.

Had that fight gone in, Brook probably wouldn’t have won anymore rounds.

[Sweet Dick Willie]

Doesn’t really matter.

british judging conspiracies do matter

[Sweet Dick Willie]

By the way margaret, what did you think of the sickening draw result in Marku - Jamie Stewart couple of years ago, if that was not a british judging conspiracy I don't know what is...

[maverick23]

I had Wood 5-1 ahead but I’d have been fine with 4-2. The couple of guys I watched the fight with had it similar too so I don’t think it was a case of home cooking on the cards.

[KiwiRider]

So am I still the only one who had Lara winning the fight on points too? Compubox stats were very even but Lara was slightly ahead

I gave him the second, the first round was close but Wood was landing crisp accurate answers to Lara's shots and a beautiful counter.

[Sweet Dick Willie]

So what do you guys think about Lara being ahead on total and power punches??

[margaret thatcher]

compubox is just another guy's opinion, and it's not a statement of who actually won a round. ii thought wood outlanded him most rounds anyway


it's not like wood is some golden boy, i'd bet most posters here, at minimum a good chunk, wanted lara to win and wouldn't have been harsh against him in scoring