Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood

Lara brutal knockout. If Conlan can hurt you consistently imagine what Lara would do

 

Lara KO

 

Lara is overrated. He just had Warringtons number in the first fight and Warrington fought a stupid fight anyway. Lara was hurt in his last fight and nearly stopped. Wood can definitely hurt him. Wood has really good power for the weight class. Exciting matchup this is. Wood is tough as nails. I'm actually favoring Wood but Lara obviously has that thudding power so wouldn't be shocked about any outcome at all. 60/40 Wood in the UK imo.

 

Leigh Wood has never fought a puncher in his career, and was badly hurt in his last fight by a non-puncher. Lara is very overrated but Leigh Wood doesn’t have the defence to beat him imo.

 

Wood grits out and torrid opening few rounds and stops him in the middle rounds when he's knackered. Think something like Anthony Crolla vs. Barroso

 

Lara has been stopped in rd 1 by a guy with 6kos. The only fighter he's fought than anyone has ever heard of is Warrington, who is a none puncher.

I wouldn't but a lot of faith into Lara having a better chin than Wood, nor does he necessarily punch harder

 

See this as one of those who lands first kind of fight. Leaning towards Lara he has so much ferocity and violence in his game. But Leigh has shown he can stop you with one shot. So if he lands on Lara night-night.

 

Lara has good power but he has a glass body theres not many featherweights that would beat Lara but Leigh Wood.

 

This would be a really good fight while it lasts. Both guys have defensive weaknesses and both like to turn things into wars.

 

Lara is a murderous puncher, but he also can be hit. Wood has shown he can take a punch (ok not a Lara punch, but still..), take tremendous punishment and come back to win, so it's probably 70/30 Lara at this point.

I'd advise Wood to take an easy fight first, maybe fight his sister, before getting in there with Lara.

 

He was stopped by a body punch, Wood definitely has the worse chin

 

Wood has never been stopped. Lara stopped in 30 seconds by a low level none puncher.

Juan Manuel Marquez would go down often, bur get back up and win the fight or at the very least see the final bell. Did he have a glass jaw?

 

Expect it would be serious value for money to watch.

 

Lara wins via murder