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Mark Robinson / Boxing matchmaking room
Mauricio Lara has lost her 126-pound title on the scale but will still face Leigh Wood on Saturday in their February rematch, which Lara won by KO. Wood will take the vacant belt with a win.
MAURICIO LARA (26-2-1, 19 KOS)
WITH. WOODEN LEIGH (26-3, 16 KOS)
- When: Saturday, May 27
- Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT (main event follows)
- Where: AO Arena, Manchester, England
- television/stream: DAZN
- Assignment: Featherweight (limited to 126 pounds)
- threatened: WBA title blank (Wood only)
- Pound-for-pound ratings: Do not have
- the odds: Lara 2½-1 favorite (multi-store average)
- Also on the card: Melvin Jerusalem vs Oscar Collazo, strawweight (for Jerusalem’s WBO belt); Oscar Duarte vs. D’Angelo Keyes, lightweight; John Ramirez vs Fernando Diaz, bantamweights
- Guess: Lara KO 5
- Background: Lara lost her WBA title on the scale, 3½ pounds overweight. The 25-year-old Mexican became a British assassin. He knocked out Josh Warrington in 2021 in London to explode in the boxing arena, then the two engaged in technical combat when Lara suffered a severe slash. That led to Wood’s title stripping in February, when Lara wooden stop With a monstrous left hook in the seventh round of the match, the loser is winning cards. Wood gets a second chance on Saturday. The 34-year-old from Nottingham had the performance of his career last March, sending Michael Conlan over the ropes for a spectacular strike. twelfthlame pants-Role Qualifiers to protect his waist. And he played well against Lara even though he was eliminated in the opening round. However, a left hook to Wood’s chin knocked him down and left him severely injured. He was able to get up on unsteady legs but his coach threw the towel in.