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Josh Warrington explains why rematch with Leigh Wood hasn't happened yet

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Published by Rudi Schuller
27, Mar 24
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Josh Warrington explains why rematch with Leigh Wood hasn't happened yet
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Josh Warrington is eager for another shot at Leigh Wood.

The duo squared off in October, with Wood earning a seventh-round stoppage to defend the WBA featherweight title against his countryman. It was expected that the men would meet again sometime this year, with Nottingham Forest's City Ground a potential venue, but there has been no news of a rematch nearly four months into the year.

Warrington is laying that at the feet of Wood.

The 33-year-old Warrington has lost back-to-back fights with the defeat to Wood, which came less than a year after he lost his IBF title to Luis Alberto Lopez. 

Now a former two-time featherweight world champion, Warrington says he wants to try to get back to winning ways against Wood, who has since vacated the WBA belt.

"When I sit down with the promoters, they say to me the fight isn't doable because of Leigh's demands," Warrington told TalkSport's Hawksbee and Jacobs podcast.

"I can only go on what they are saying, we were looking at the City Ground but it can't be done.

"You then look at alternatives, a big arena, he wouldn't come to Leeds but I'd go to Nottingham.

"The promoters have looked at the figures and to pay for what he is demanding, it just doesn't add up."

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