PREVIEW: LEIGH WOOD VS. MAURICIO LARA

By: Jay Calderon

‍On Saturday, February 18 at the Motorpoint Arena, and live on DAZN, Featherweight titlist Leigh Wood will defend his crown against hard-hitting Mauricio Lara.

In his last outing, Wood won the Fight of the Year when he stopped previously-undefeated Michael Conlan in the final round of action back in March of last year. Wood, 26-2 with 16 stoppages, has been a titlist since July of 2021, though he became the full WBA titlist when Leo Santa Cruz vacated his portion of the gold late last year.

Lara, 25-2-1 with 18KOs, last competed in October, bulldozing Jose Sanmartin in three frames.

There are plenty of questions heading into the contest. What's at stake? What happens for the winner? The loser? Check out my fight preview in the video above.

You can check out the rest of the schedule and betting odds by clicking here.

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