Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington: Fight card, start time, live stream

Preview

Leigh Wood goes for his second defense of the WBA featherweight title against Josh Warrington today, Saturday, October 7, 2023. After suffering a seventh-round TKO loss to Mauricio Lara in February, ‘Leigh-thal‘ reclaimed the title with a decision against Lara in May. For his next challenge, Wood shares the ring with Warrington, a name he has wanted to face for a while.

“I’ve been goading Josh for years, even sending him videos on Twitter when I was in ’No Man’s Land’ and not getting big fights or really getting a look in,“ said Wood during a pre-fight press conference. “I was in a bad place and didn’t have a promoter. Now we’ve come full circle, where I’m the reigning champion and defending against Josh. It’s quite unbelievable.”

Warrington has alternated between wins and losses in his past four appearances. Recently, the ‘Leeds Warrrior‘ lost the IBF featherweight title after dropping a decision loss to Luis Alberto Lopez this past December.

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington full fight card

Main card

• – Leigh Wood (27-3) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Josh Warrington (31-2-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; featherweight
• – Terri Harper (14-1-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Cecilia Braekhus (37-2) 🇨🇴; super welterweight 
• – Kieron Conway (19-3-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Linus Udofia (18-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; middleweight
• – Hopey Price (11-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Connor Coghill (14-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; featherweight
• – Junaid Bostan (6-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Corey McCulloch (7-3-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿; super welterweight
• – Nico Leivars (4-0-1) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Ryan Walker (12-5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿; super bantamweight
• – Koby McNamara (5-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Francisco Rodriguez (1-14) 🇪🇸; bantamweight
• – Cameron Vuong (0-0) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs. Engel Gomez (8-18-1) 🇳🇮; super featherweight

Start date and time

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington goes down TONIGHT Sat., Oct. 7, live from the Utilita Arena in Sheffield, England. The event starts at 7:00 p.m. locally, or 2:00 p.m. ET | 11:00 a.m. PT. Ringwalks for Wood vs. Warrington are scheduled for 10:00 p.m. locally, or 5:00 p.m. ET | 2:00 p.m. PT.

Tickets

Purchase your tickets for Wood vs. Warrington here.

Live streams

Leigh Wood vs. Josh Warrington streams live on DAZN. You can sign up for the streaming service here. Prices for DAZN start at $19.99 per month.

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Kristen King

Kristen King is a writer for Bloody Elbow. She has covered combat sports since 2016, getting her start with outlets such as FanSided, MyMMANews and MMA-Prospects. She joined the BE team in 2020, covering a mix of news, events and injuries. In her time with BE, Kristen has created ‘Fright of the Night,’ a series that highlights some of the worst injuries in the sport.

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