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Timeless

Reporters’ star ratings for main events and undercards are based on in-ring entertainment, competitiveness and whether overall expectation was met

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OCTOBER 7

MAIN EVENT

ATMOSPHERE

IT TOOK a stunning sequence of events to end the brutal fight between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington.

It finished at the very end of the seventh round with Warrington trying to argue his case to continue fighting and Wood howling at the rafters after saving one more lost cause. The fight was over, the night was finished and the story of the end needs telling. It needs telling in tiny, precise detail. They both deserve full justice.

Wood against Warrington was always

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