WELCOME!!!Welcome to Diario AS USA’s live coverage of the WBA featherweight world title bout between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington from Sheffield, England.That is the first defense by Wood of his second reign as WBA champion. The primary one ended by a TKO to Mexican Mauricio Lara in February. Wood regained the title within the rematch, getting a unanimous decision in a fight that saw Lara down within the second and fourth rounds.Amid criticism that he's attempting to swerve hammer-fisted Uzbek challenger Otabek Kholmatov (11-0, 10 KOs), Wood has taken what many see as a safer option in facing his countryman, former IBF champion Josh Warrington.Last outing, Warrington lost a contentious majority decision to a different Mexican, Luis Alberto Lopez...
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