Now, British Leigh Wood (25-2, 15KO), who has ascended to the WBA featherweight boxing throne, has revealed his new plan, and he has won a major victory in 12 rounds in a recent confrontation with "monster" Xu Can. Next, Lee Wood expressed his willingness to play a rematch with his old rival James Dickens (30-3, 11KO) and even threatened to fight against WBO featherweight champion Manuel Navarrete (33-1, 28KO).
In February last year, Lee Wood lost the match by a narrow margin against his British compatriot Dickens, and Lee Wood was so angry about the loss that he said revenge on Dickens would be his "first choice".
Leigh Wood said: "It was easy, Dickens's redemption was a good thing for me and I was fully confident of taking revenge on my opponents under the right tactics developed by coach Ben Davidson. I had a bad night against Dickens, the first left-hander I faced in my career, and I hope to be able to correct that mistake. ”
Leigh Wood continued: "If there's a bigger game, I want to play against Navarrete, he's as explosive as I am, the big fight will definitely be wonderful, people may criticize me and think I'm just a regular WBA champion, but let's unite and Navarrete is the opponent I want to get. ”
Navarrete
Leigh Wood wants to rematch with Dickens, which is considered feasible, and even considered a contest he can win, but for Mexican toughman Navarrete, It is very difficult for Lee Wood to win, because from the perspective of comprehensive strength, Navarrete is obviously better than Leigh Wood, and some boxing fans joke that Lee Wood is still far away from Nawarette, and if there is a war, he is very likely to be destroyed.
In the eyes of boxing columnist Charles Brown, in the recent confrontation between Leigh Wood and Xu Can, in order to curb the opponent's piston-like offensive style, Leigh Wood frequently used foul tactics such as hugging on the inside, coupled with Xu Can's poor state away from the field for nearly two years, so in the end, Leigh Wood got away with it, but facing Navarrete is another matter, even if Lee Wood has a good coach like Ben Davidson, it is difficult to find an effective strategy to beat Navarrete.
Interestingly, although Leigh Wood expressed his willingness to rematch with Dickens, he did not say anything about the rematch with Xu Can, according to Charles Brown, Xu Can and Lee Wood signed a rematch agreement, and if Xu Can does not implement the second battle, it will take a long time to attack the world championship again.
At present, many people are speculating about the potential second battle between Xu Can vs Lee Wood, although Leigh Wood did not express his position on this confrontation, but his promoter Eddie Herne believes that Xu Can will not force the obligation of rematch, as for why? Hearn didn't elaborate, perhaps just taking his point of view for granted. At the same time, I believe that Xu Can's team will also seriously consider related issues, so let's wait quietly for the results later.
The author thinks that Leigh Wood's acceptance of the second battle with Xu Can will still be very exciting, depending on whether Xu Can can make a breakthrough to avenge his opponent? As for Leigh-Wood's fight with Nawarette's boxer, I personally don't think he can rule out being torn to shreds by the Mexicans.