{"id":50518,"date":"2026-02-21T23:59:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50518"},"modified":"2026-02-21T23:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T23:59:43","slug":"cy9gxj2ygznoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/21\/cy9gxj2ygznoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Wood vs Josh Warrington 2: Leigh Wood easily outpoints Josh Warrington in grudge rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Their first fight in Sheffield had Warrington comfortably in control until a decisive Wood punch in the seventh round ended the contest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The rivalry had only deepened since, reflected in the charged atmosphere of the sell-out 8,000-capacity arena as the football-loving fighters entered to songs of their respective clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Warrington walked out to the Leeds United anthem Marching On Together, which segued into his trademark Kaiser Chiefs&#8217; I Predict a Riot, but the travelling noise was outdone by the home crowd when Wood &#8211; wearing sunglasses and soaking in the moment &#8211; emerged to Nottingham Forest&#8217;s Mull of Kintyre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wood edged a scrappy first round. Warrington responded with a sharp right hook and straight right in the second. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The home crowd sang &#8220;Leigh Wood is one of our own&#8221;, as their man settled into a southpaw rhythm, slowing the pace and picking shots from range.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He landed a crisp combination in the fifth before Warrington drew blood from Wood&#8217;s nose with a single right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both men had lost to Anthony Cacace since their first fight, raising the stakes for what felt like a last roll of the dice. Yet it was Warrington who looked the more faded former champion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Give them something to sing about,&#8221; urged his father and trainer Sean O&#8217;Hagan, predicting Wood would tire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Instead, the bout drifted. Wood, hands low, invited pressure but Warrington could not capitalise. The lull in action seeped into the stands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By the championship rounds, Warrington appeared to need a knockdown, but there was little sign of one coming. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">By the final bell, the tension had evaporated and the outcome felt inevitable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Leigh #Wood #Josh #Warrington #Leigh #Wood #easily #outpoints #Josh #Warrington #grudge #rematch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their first fight in Sheffield had Warrington comfortably in control until a decisive Wood punch in the seventh round ended&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50520,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50518\/revisions\/50520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}