Leigh Wood (boxer)
Leigh Wood (born 1 August 1988) is a British professional boxer. He has held the Commonwealth featherweight title since 2019 and challenged once for the British super-bantamweight title in 2014.
| 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 |
Boxing 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Loss | 23–2 |  |
MD | 10 | 21 Feb 2020 | |
Lost WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Semi-final |
| 24 | Win | 23-1 |  |
TKO | 9 (10), 2:23 | 4 Oct 2019 | |
Won WBO European featherweight title; The Golden Contract: Featherweight – Quarter-final |
| 23 | Win | 22-1 | |
KO | 10 (12), 1:34 | 10 May 2019 | |
Retained Commonwealth featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21-1 |  |
KO | 2 (12), 2:43 | 2 Mar 2019 | |
Won vacant Commonwealth featherweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20-1 |  |
TKO | 3 (6), 1:31 | 3 Mar 2018 | |
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| 20 | Win | 19-1 | |
PTS | 6 | 25 Nov 2017 | |
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| 19 | Win | 18-1 |  |
PTS | 4 | 24 Jun 2017 | |
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| 18 | Win | 17-1 | |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:06 | 26 Mar 2016 | |
Won vacant Midlands Area featherweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16-1 | |
PTS | 10 | 24 Oct 2015 | |
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| 16 | Win | 15-1 | |
KO | 4 (6), 0:35 | 25 Jul 2015 | |
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| 15 | Win | 14-1 |  |
TKO | 1 (4), 3:00 | 28 Mar 2015 | |
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| 14 | Win | 13-1 |  |
TKO | 2 (6), 1:29 | 7 Mar 2015 | |
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| 13 | Win | 12-1 |  |
TKO | 3 (8), 1:06 | 16 May 2014 | |
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| 12 | Loss | 11-1 | |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:03 | 22 Feb 2014 | |
For vacant British super-bantamweight title |
| 11 | Win | 11-0 | |
PTS | 4 | 13 Dec 2013 | |
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| 10 | Win | 10-0 |  |
RTD | 3 (10), 3:00 | 1 Nov 2013 | |
Won vacant International Masters super-bantamweight title |
| 9 | Win | 9-0 | |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:43 | 22 Jun 2013 | |
Won vacant British Masters featherweight title |
| 8 | Win | 8-0 | |
PTS | 6 | 13 Apr 2013 | |
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| 7 | Win | 7-0 | |
PTS | 4 | 2 Feb 2013 | |
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| 6 | Win | 6-0 | |
TKO | 1 (6), 1:59 | 8 Dec 2012 | |
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| 5 | Win | 5-0 | |
PTS | 4 | 17 Nov 2012 | |
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| 4 | Win | 4-0 | |
RTD | 1 (4), 3:00 | 28 Sep 2012 | |
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| 3 | Win | 3-0 | |
PTS | 4 | 18 Feb 2012 | |
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| 2 | Win | 2-0 | |
PTS | 4 | 12 Nov 2011 | |
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| 1 | Win | 1-0 | |
PTS | 6 | 28 Oct 2011 | |