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THE domestic boxing calendar again gathers pace this weekend when Mexican Mauricio Lara, the number one-ranked featherweight on the planet, battles Leigh Wood, ranked fourth and the WBA belt-holder. The sumptuous contest, which surely can’t fail to catch fire, takes place on Saturday night (February 18) inside the same Nottingham Arena where Wood defeated Michael Conlan last March in the best fight of 2022.
Wood’s progress in the past two years is unrivalled among male British boxers. In three fights, after losing a close 10-rounder to “Jazza” Dickens in February 2020, he’s halted Reece Mould in a ‘pick-em’ bout for the vacant
