By Charles Brun: Mauricio Lara weighed in at 129.8 lbs and Leigh Wood (26-3, 16 KOs) at 125.9 lbs for their scheduled fight this Saturday, May 27th on DAZN at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. This is a nice pre-fight robbery of the worst kind.
Lara has been stripped of his WBA title due to the BBBof saying he canโt come in less than 128.5 lbs due to his check weight on Wednesday. If the fight goes ahead, Laraโs WBA featherweight title will be at stake only for Leigh Wood on Saturday.
Woodโs trainer Ben Davison isnโt sure that the fight will because heโs not happy with Lara outweighing his fighter by four pounds today. If the fight is off, Wood wonโt get the opportunity to compete for the belt and would need to battle for it later against one of the contenders in the WBAโs rankings.
If Wood is lucky, that would be #3, Josh Warrington. As for Lara, who knows what would happen with him? If heโs going to have to deal with weight check issues from the BBBofC in the future, he would be better off not fighting in that country to avoid these kinds of issues.
Some fans think itโs unfair that the BBBofC did NOT allow Lara to try and make weight today because if this fight had occurred outside of the UK, he would have been allowed to try and make weight. It looks strange as if Lara was robbed of his WBA title by not being permitted to try and make weight.
Assuming the fight goes ahead on Saturday, Lara wonโt be the WBA champion, even if he knocks out Wood again like he did last February. Moreover, if Lara wins, Wood will have an excuse to give his fans by saying he was fighting a much heavier guy and had no chance.
Itโs unclear whether the fight will go ahead, as Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs) came in high at 129.8 lbs after being told by the British Boxing Board of Control that he couldnโt weigh less than 128.5 lbs for the weigh-in due to his high weight during Wednedayโs weight-check.
In other words, Lara effectively lost his WBA featherweight title last Wednesday and wasnโt going to be allowed to attempt to make weight today out of safety concerns. Not surprisingly, Lara, knowing he had already lost his title due to the Boardโs decision not to allow him to come in less than 128.5 today at the weigh-in, came in heavy at 129.8.
Weights:
Mauricio Lara โ 129.8lbs
Leigh Wood โ 125.9lbs
โThe British Boxing Board of Controlโs ruling is he canโt weigh less than 128 pounds,โ said Eddie Hearn to Matchroom about Mauricio Lara for the weigh-in due to safety concerns. โI expect him to come in at 129.
โSome fighters will feel hard done by this because the Board isnโt allowing them to make championship weight. Clearly, in this situation, the Board Board of Control, this is the safety of the fighters. Mauricio Lara would have found it very difficult to make weight. Weโll never know the truth in that respect.
โThey werenโt comfortable about the weight he was on Wednesday and made the decision, โWe donโt want you to cut weight dangerously,โ and he will say, โOh, I never got chance to make weight.โ The reality is, perhaps he wasnโt going to make championship weight, or he wasnโt going to do it safely, and obviously, thatโs the greatest concern.โ

Manchester, UK – May 26: Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood Weigh In ahead of their WBA Featherweight World Title fight in manchester tomorrow night.
26 May 2023
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Manchester, UK – May 26: Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood Weigh In ahead of their WBA Featherweight World Title fight in manchester tomorrow night.
26 May 2023
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Manchester, UK – May 26: Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood Weigh In ahead of their WBA Featherweight World Title fight in manchester tomorrow night.
26 May 2023
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Manchester, UK – May 26: Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood Weigh In ahead of their WBA Featherweight World Title fight in manchester tomorrow night.
26 May 2023
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Manchester, UK – May 26: Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood Weigh In ahead of their WBA Featherweight World Title fight in manchester tomorrow night.
26 May 2023
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