Josh Warrington v Mauricio Lara Full Card Preview
Boxing returns to the UK for the first time since December 2020 with Josh Warrington headlining an entertaining night of boxing.
Warrington is coming up against a fairly unknown fighter in Lara, but a win could set up a much anticipated fight with WBA Featherweight World Champion Can Xu later this year. Warrington has recently vacated his IBF World title in search of bigger fights and is coming off a victory over Sofiane Takoucht in October 2019 but hasn't fought since due to COVID-19, Mauricio Lara has been fairly active over the last year having 4 bouts and winning them all.
My Prediction :Warrington will be far too fast and strong for Lara and will stop him in rounds 4-6.
In arguably the match up of the night Leigh Wood faces Reece Mould for the vacant British Featherweight title. Mould has a perfect record of 13-0 with 6 coming by way of knockout but has never faced anyone of Woods experience and calibre. Wood has been in the ring with the likes of Gavin McDonnell, Ryan Doyle and James Dickens. He has also recently linked up with new trainer Ben Davison.
My Prediction :Wood to win by KO mid to late rounds.
In another highly anticipated fight Zelfa Barrett (24-1) faces a very experienced Kiko Martinez. Kiko has been in the ring with world class fighters such as Carl Frampton , Scott Quigg , Leo Santa Cruz and Josh Warrington. This will be a real test for Barrett , he will be looking to add to his previous 5 consecutive wins here with a good performance and get his name mentioned at World level.
My Prediction: Barrett to win on points.
Promising fighter Dalton Smith will be looking to add another victory to his record when he faces Ishmael Ellis (11-3) . Smith so far has won all 6 of his professional fights with 5 by KO but this fight will be a step up for him in his professional career.
My Prediction :Smith to win by KO rounds 1-3.
Amateur star Hopey Price is returning to ring for the first time since appearing on the Joshua v Ruiz rematch card in Saudi Arabia 14 months ago. Price currently has a perfect record of 3 wins and is trained by Dave Coldwell.
My Prediction : Price to win by KO rounds 1-3.
Catch the action on Sky Sports from 7pm on Saturday night
Full Card
Josh Warrington (30-0) v Mauricio Lara (21-2)
Leigh Wood (23-2) v Reece Mould (13-0)
Zelfa Barrett (24-1) v Kiko Martinez (41-9-2)
Dalton Smith (6-0) v Ishmael Ellis (11-3)
Hopey Price (3-0) v Zahid Hussain (16-1)
Ibrahim Nadim (2-0) v Jonny Phillips (5-5)
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