Avanesyan Beaten As Wood Eyes Up Next Bout

So, what fight fans have expected for quite some time, finally materialised overnight as Leo Santa Cruz relinquished the WBA Super featherweight championship meaning that Nottingham fighter, ‘Leighthal’ Leigh Wood is the divisions, sole, world champion. The decision by Cruz, 38-2-1(19) means that Wood, 26-2(16) is the WBAs only world champion now, and attention, for…

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Second Pro Fight For Hopewell

In leaving no stone unturned, North Notts boxer, Nicola Hopewell (1-0; 1), nicknamed ‘The Hurricane,’ has certainly enjoyed a somewhat differing training camp this time around, as she heads into Friday night’s Doncaster Dome fight, against the Spaniard, Buchra El Quaissi (3-3-3; 1). This may be just the second, professional fight, of the 31-year-old boxer’s…

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