Leigh Wood (boxer)
Leigh Wood (born 1 August 1988) is a British professional boxer. He held the Commonwealth featherweight title in 2019 and challenged once for the British super-bantamweight title in 2014. [1]
| Leigh Wood | |
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| Nickname(s) | Leigh-Thal |
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| Nationality | British |
| Born | 1 August 1988 Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 23 |
| Wins by KO | 13 |
| Losses | 2 |
Professional career
Wood fought Gavin McDonnell for the British Super Bantamweight title on 22 February 2014 but loss after the fight was stopped in the 6th round due to Wood being stunned and unable to defend himself. Wood put on an impressive performance and was in control of the fight after winning the first 5 rounds, but prior to the fight Wood had to lose weight for himself to make the weight for the fight and after a few rounds Wood was becoming tired. After the loss to McDonnell, Wood had a comeback fight against Martin Mubiru and put in good performance and earned a 3rd-round TKO.
Then after 3 more fights and 3 more wins at his natural weight (Featherweight) he stepped up in class to box the man who took his former foe to a draw Josh Wale in a British title eliminator. Leigh outboxed Josh Wale for the majority of the fight finishing with last 2 of the 10 rounds with eye catching combinations and powerful right hands, winning the fight unanimous on all 3 score cards.
Leighs next fight was a redemption fight for the midlands area featherweight title against Lee Glover who beat Leigh in the Amateurs 7 years prior. Leigh came out in the first round pot shooting and making Glover miss before landing some big punches before the bell, shaking glover to his boots. The second round went the same way finally Leigh stopping glover with a big Left and perfectly picked flurry of punches sending glover to the canvas and not making the count.
Professional boxing record
| 25 fights | 23 wins | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 13 | 1 |
| By decision | 10 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 26 | N/A | N/A |  Reece Mould |
N/A | – (12) | 13 Feb 2021 | The SSE Arena, London, England |
For vacant British featherweight title |
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 | Jazza Dickens |
MD | 10 | 21 Feb 2020 | York Hall, London, England |
Lost WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Semi-final |
| 24 | Win | 23-1 |  David Oliver Joyce |
TKO | 9 (10), 2:23 | 4 Oct 2019 | York Hall, London, England |
Won WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Quarter-final |
| 23 | Win | 22-1 | Ryan Doyle |
KO | 10 (12), 1:34 | 10 May 2019 | Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, England |
Retained Commonwealth featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21-1 |  Abraham Osei Bonsu |
KO | 2 (12), 2:43 | 2 Mar 2019 | East of England Arena, Peterborough, England |
Won vacant Commonwealth featherweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20-1 |  Rafael Castillo |
TKO | 3 (6), 1:31 | 3 Mar 2018 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England |
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| 20 | Win | 19-1 | Reynaldo Mora |
PTS | 6 | 25 Nov 2017 | Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Nottingham, England |
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| 19 | Win | 18-1 |  Simas Volosinas |
PTS | 4 | 24 Jun 2017 | Bingham Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England |
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| 18 | Win | 17-1 | Lee Glover |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:06 | 26 Mar 2016 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England |
Won vacant Midlands Area featherweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16-1 | Josh Wale |
PTS | 10 | 24 Oct 2015 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England |
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| 16 | Win | 15-1 | Isaac Owusu |
KO | 4 (6), 0:35 | 25 Jul 2015 | Derby Arena, Derby, England |
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| 15 | Win | 14-1 |  Laszio Fekete |
TKO | 1 (4), 3:00 | 28 Mar 2015 | Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England |
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| 14 | Win | 13-1 |  Janis Puksins |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:29 | 7 Mar 2015 | Mares Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England |
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| 13 | Win | 12-1 |  Martin Mubiru |
TKO | 3 (8), 1:06 | 16 May 2014 | Rushcliffe Arena, Nottingham, England |
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| 12 | Loss | 11-1 | Gavin McDonnell |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:03 | 22 Feb 2014 | Ice Arena, Hull, England |
For vacant British super-bantamweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11-0 | Simas Volosinas |
PTS | 4 | 13 Dec 2013 | Ice Sheffield, Sheffield, England |
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| 10 | Win | 10-0 |  Genilson de Jesus Santos |
RTD | 3 (10), 3:00 | 1 Nov 2013 | Clifton Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England |
Won vacant International Masters super-bantamweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9-0 | Ian Bailey |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:43 | 22 Jun 2013 | Clifton Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England |
Won vacant British Masters featherweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8-0 | Sid Razak |
PTS | 6 | 13 Apr 2013 | Ponds Forge, Sheffield, England |
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| 7 | Win | 7-0 | Kristian Laight |
PTS | 4 | 2 Feb 2013 | East of England Arena, Peterborough, England |
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| 6 | Win | 6-0 | Tibor Meszaros |
TKO | 1 (6), 1:59 | 8 Dec 2012 | KC Sports Arena, Hull, England |
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| 5 | Win | 5-0 | Dai Davies |
PTS | 4 | 17 Nov 2012 | Capital FM Arena, Nottingham, England |
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| 4 | Win | 4-0 | Chuck Jones |
RTD | 1 (4), 3:00 | 28 Sep 2012 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England |
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| 3 | Win | 3-0 | Pavels Senkovs |
PTS | 4 | 18 Feb 2012 | Magna Centre, Rotherham, England |
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| 2 | Win | 2-0 | Ryan McNicol |
PTS | 4 | 12 Nov 2011 | Event City, Manchester, England |
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| 1 | Win | 1-0 | Chuck Jones |
PTS | 6 | 28 Oct 2011 | Clifton Leisure Centre, Nottingham, England |
References
- ">"Box Rec". Retrieved 2014-01-15.