Leigh Wooden claimed withe British featherweight title with victory over Reece Mould in Febuary
Britain’s Leigh Wooden claimed the WBA world featherweight title with a shock Twelfth-round stoppage of China’s Xu Can.
Wooden, 32, was solely drafted into the battle at six weeks’ discover however dominated his rival to seal the most important victory of his profession.
The Nottingham-born fighter lastly despatched Xu to the canvas with a proper hook to the chin within the closing spherical.
Xu received again up however Wooden responded with a flurry of pictures and the referee stopped the battle moments later.
The battle headlined the opening week of Matchroom Boxing’s Combat Camp sequence in Brentwood, Essex.
Conor Benn’s defence of the WBA continental welterweight title in opposition to Adrian Granados was as a consequence of high the invoice however the battle was postponed earlier this week after Benn examined constructive for Covid-19.
On the undercard, Chris Billam-Smith added the British and European Cruiserweight titles to his Commonwealth belt with a break up resolution victory over Tommy McCarthy.
Anthony Fowler beat Rico Mueller with an eighth-round stoppage to arrange a gathering with fellow Merseysider Liam Smith in Liverpool on October 9.
Campbell Hatton made it 3-0 as an expert boxer with a factors victory in opposition to Poland’s Jakub Laskowski, whereas Jack Cullen received the IBF worldwide super-middleweight title with unanimous resolution victory over Avni Yildirim.
Saturday evening’s card was the primary of 4 to be broadcast stay throughout BBC Radio 5 stay and Sports activities Further over the following six weeks, with Child Galahad v Jazza Dickens and Joshua Buatsi v Ricards Bolotniks arising over the following two weekends, earlier than Josh Warrington’s rematch with Mauricio Lara on 4 September.
