Leigh Wood says he “does not want an easy night” against Josh Warrington when the former featherweight world champions renew their rivalry in Nottingham on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The pair will contest a rematch at the Motorpoint Arena, more than two years after their dramatic first fight ended with a Wood knockout.<\/p>\n
Despite plenty of needle and animosity lingering in the build-up, Thursday’s news conference was cordial, with both men fully focused.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think it’s going to be easy. I’m not expecting it to be easy and nor do I want it to be easy,” said the 37-year-old Wood.<\/p>\n
“I actually feel better when I’m going through it and then I get the victory.”<\/p>\n
He holds a record of 28 wins and four defeats, with 17 of those victories coming by knockout. <\/p>\n
Nottingham-born Wood – who has built a reputation in recent years for his heavy hands and consistent threat inside the ring – insisted he was not underestimating Warrington either. <\/p>\n
His victory over the 35-year-old in October 2023 remains one of the most memorable all-British fights of recent years.<\/p>\n
Warrington appeared to be edging the action in Sheffield through his work-rate and pressure, before Wood unleashed a powerful right hand in the seventh round to force a stunning stoppage.<\/p>\n
Leeds-born Warrington described that as a “fantastic” punch but promised to make the necessary adjustments this time to change the outcome.<\/p>\n
“I can’t see what Leigh’s going to do differently,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leigh Wood says he “does not want an easy night” against Josh Warrington when the former featherweight world…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":434696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-434695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}