Nottingham Forest fan Leigh Wood retained his WBA featherweight title with victory over Josh Warrington in Sheffield
Leigh Wood hailed the "best win" of his career after retaining his WBA featherweight title by battling back from a sustained beating to stop British rival Josh Warrington.
“That’s my best win, Josh is a two-time world champion, he has massive scalps on his record and I’m the only Brit to be beat him. He’s a great fighter – definitely my best scalp. If we do it again then we do it again and if not, we’ll have a new challenge. We’ll see.”READ MORE: How the Reds rated against Palace
A fight at the City Ground, home of his beloved Nottingham Forest, could be next for Wood, who could move up to super-featherweight after admitting boiling down to 126lb was becoming increasingly tough. While three years younger than his conqueror, Warrington’s future is less certain after slumping to his third defeat in 35 bouts, including back-to-back losses in world title fights in just under a year.
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