Leigh Wood v Mauricio Lara 18/2/23

[Master]

Wood boxing beautifully and accurately to win the 5th round with some nice body shots.

3-2 Wood

[Spicoli]

Body language of Lara is horrible there.

[Spicoli]

Wood has his mojo working now. Probably his 'cleanest' round in terms of damage taken in return. 4-2 Wood. Maybe premature but Lara doesn't look like a guy who has a second wind he's waiting for.

[Spicoli]

Peach of a left hook! Who needs a second wind when you pitch cannon balls. Brutal ko

[Master]

Best round for Wood in the 6th dominating it with Lara visibly hurt by the body shots.

4-2

[Master]

Lara stops Wood in the 7th with a brutal left hook.

Do not hook with a hooker!

[KickMuck]

Wondering if it could of continued to the end of the round. could have been a differnt fight

[palmerq]

Good work mexican, not convinced Lara is especially good but he's tough and he goes for it, British boxers do seem to underperform v the mexicans

[KickMuck]

Good work mexican, not convinced Lara is especially good but he's tough and he goes for it, British boxers do seem to underperform v the mexicans

This does ring true. Maybe a premeture towel but Ben knows his fighter better than we do

[Spicoli]

Wondering if it could of continued to the end of the round. could have been a differnt fight

All the makings of a rematch no doubt. Wood looked genuinely hurt when upright but may have carried on. Then again if rolls reversed, who knows. Fun scrap.

[KickMuck]

LOL @ Eddies face. Looks gutted. Can hear it in his voice. Not had a great run of fighters has he

[TIC]

had to upload it to odysee due to copyright
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[Master]

5 seconds left in the round did Ben panic in Woods corner?

[palmerq]

5 seconds left in the round did Ben panic in Woods corner?

That is a bit weird surely he'd be aware of the time in the round..

[Primo Carnera]

5 seconds left in the round did Ben panic in Woods corner?

That is a bit weird surely he'd be aware of the time in the round..

I’m not sure it’s panic, although I totally hear the argument for not throwing the towel.
But what we forget is , in a split second, Davison is also thinking is a minute on the stool gonna be long enough for him to recover?
We have to take into account that from the moment he’s thrown the towel in to Wood’s gallant protestations to Davison talking to him in the corner, Davison was still holding him up and probably 20 seconds had passed.
Ok, you can say, “yeah but see how he responds in that minute and if he’s not all there, then throw the towel in.” Fair point, but Davison’s job is to look after his fighter. He should never be criticised for that by the fans.