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• A decision in boxing can be both heartbreaking and correct Casino
  
  It was a gripping fight, the story simple: Could Lara connect, could Wood survive? All the best fights have simple storylines Casino
  
  Wood’s head hit the ring apron with a final whack; he was down, but not out and somehow beat the count Casino
  
  Wood did not show the awareness of a man with a grasp of his awful situation Casino
  
  RecommendedLeigh Wood suffers TKO loss to Mauricio Lara amid controversial finish in NottinghamLeigh Wood and Mauricio Lara must take ridiculous risks in X-rated clashLeigh Wood’s reign as WBA featherweight champion was over and he turned in desperation and pleading to Davison Casino
  
  Sure, the official time of the stoppage was 2:54, but damage in the boxing ring can be measured in the tiniest fragments of a single second and at the point the fight was stopped, six seconds was an eternity Casino
  
  It was hard for him Casino
  
  Wood congratulated him, shook his head and tried to hold back his own tears Casino
  
  Sadly, it hit him flush on the chin Casino
  
  However, at the moment the referee told the pair to continue, Wood looked both vulnerable and static; Lara was poised, knowing one more punch would end the fight Casino
  
  Ben Davison, Wood’s trainer, had climbed the ringside steps with the blood-stained white towel in his hand, had seen all he needed to convince him that the welfare of his boxer was more important than the glory and dangers of fighting on Casino
  
  Lara found a left hook to drop Wood late in Round 7 (Getty Images)Wood insisted he could continue and with just six seconds left before the bell to end the seventh round, that is an understandable boxer’s complaint Casino
  
  In Nottingham late at night and late in the seventh round on Saturday, Leigh Wood found that punch when Mauricio Lara connected with a single left hook Casino
  
  Wood had fought with confidence and a smart plan to nullify the left hook by using both a high guard and his feet to move away from the danger; it worked, Lara lunged and missed dozens of times and Wood countered with straight rights Casino
  
  The Mexican, who is ten years younger than Wood at 24, had lost four or five of the six completed rounds, was breathing through an open mouth, struggling with Wood’s plan and looking at times in rounds five and six like he was feeling a bit sorry for himself Casino
  
  It was a fearless call in that arena Casino
  
  It takes just one punch to change a fight, a life and a boxing career Casino
  
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  There was no attempt to buy a few priceless seconds by moving backwards and trying to get his legs working again – he just looked trapped and hurt at the moment Davison threw the towel in Casino
  
  Wood was winning the fight, delighting his hometown faithful and then, with just six seconds left in the round, he was caught and went down heavily to the canvas Casino
  
  Davison took the bravest of steps and it was the right one Casino
  
  Mauricio Lara ended Leigh Wood’s reign as WBA featherweight world champion in dramatic fashion (Action Images via Reuters)Wood regained his feet at about eight, stood unsteadily as the referee, Michael Alexander, asked the standard questions; Wood seemed to satisfy the referee, Lara had inched closer to finish the job and then, on the command of “box on”, the white towel of mercy and surrender landed in Alexander’s arms Casino
  
  Davison, incidentally, had no idea that there were fewer than ten seconds of the round remaining Casino
  
  Lara had entered the ring with a justified reputation as a heavy puncher, a man prepared to take risks knowing that he has the power in just one fist to change the course of any fight Casino
  
  At the end, Lara had his dream, the WBA’s belt clutched to his chest and his eyes streaming with tears of delight Casino
  
  The capacity crowd of 12,000 willed their idol to rise Casino
  
  Wood was walking on stiffened legs as he went towards his trainer Casino
  
  He wanted to continue, all fighters want to continue, but from 15 feet away it looked to me like the most perfect stoppage Casino
  
  The left side of Lara’s face was bruised at the end and Wood had to deal with an ugly cut about his left eyebrow from the first round Casino
  
  The single left hook, thrown as Wood tried to deliver the same punch, was perfect in every way Casino
  
  And change it at any time Casino
  
  
  
  Ben Davison, Wood’s trainer, had climbed the ringside steps with the blood-stained white towel in his hand, had seen all he needed to convince him that the welfare of his boxer was more important than the glory and dangers of fighting on Casino
  
  Wood was walking on stiffened legs as he went towards his trainer Casino
  
  Lara had entered the ring with a justified reputation as a heavy puncher, a man prepared to take risks knowing that he has the power in just one fist to change the course of any fight Casino
  
  It takes just one punch to change a fight, a life and a boxing career Casino
  
  Wood was winning the fight, delighting his hometown faithful and then, with just six seconds left in the round, he was caught and went down heavily to the canvas Casino
  
  There was no attempt to buy a few priceless seconds by moving backwards and trying to get his legs working again – he just looked trapped and hurt at the moment Davison threw the towel in Casino
  
  Wood did not show the awareness of a man with a grasp of his awful situation Casino
  
  The single left hook, thrown as Wood tried to deliver the same punch, was perfect in every way Casino
  
  It was hard for him Casino
  
  He wanted to continue, all fighters want to continue, but from 15 feet away it looked to me like the most perfect stoppage Casino
  
  It was a gripping fight, the story simple: Could Lara connect, could Wood survive? All the best fights have simple storylines Casino
  
  The left side of Lara’s face was bruised at the end and Wood had to deal with an ugly cut about his left eyebrow from the first round Casino
  
  Davison took the bravest of steps and it was the right one Casino
  
  Sadly, it hit him flush on the chin Casino
  
  The capacity crowd of 12,000 willed their idol to rise Casino
  
  Lara found a left hook to drop Wood late in Round 7 (Getty Images)Wood insisted he could continue and with just six seconds left before the bell to end the seventh round, that is an understandable boxer’s complaint Casino
  
  It was a fearless call in that arena Casino
  
  And change it at any time Casino
  
  Sure, the official time of the stoppage was 2:54, but damage in the boxing ring can be measured in the tiniest fragments of a single second and at the point the fight was stopped, six seconds was an eternity Casino
  
  Wood congratulated him, shook his head and tried to hold back his own tears Casino
  
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  Wood had fought with confidence and a smart plan to nullify the left hook by using both a high guard and his feet to move away from the danger; it worked, Lara lunged and missed dozens of times and Wood countered with straight rights Casino
  
  RecommendedLeigh Wood suffers TKO loss to Mauricio Lara amid controversial finish in NottinghamLeigh Wood and Mauricio Lara must take ridiculous risks in X-rated clashLeigh Wood’s reign as WBA featherweight champion was over and he turned in desperation and pleading to Davison Casino
  
  However, at the moment the referee told the pair to continue, Wood looked both vulnerable and static; Lara was poised, knowing one more punch would end the fight Casino
  
  Wood’s head hit the ring apron with a final whack; he was down, but not out and somehow beat the count Casino
  
  Mauricio Lara ended Leigh Wood’s reign as WBA featherweight world champion in dramatic fashion (Action Images via Reuters)Wood regained his feet at about eight, stood unsteadily as the referee, Michael Alexander, asked the standard questions; Wood seemed to satisfy the referee, Lara had inched closer to finish the job and then, on the command of “box on”, the white towel of mercy and surrender landed in Alexander’s arms Casino
  
  In Nottingham late at night and late in the seventh round on Saturday, Leigh Wood found that punch when Mauricio Lara connected with a single left hook Casino
  
  The Mexican, who is ten years younger than Wood at 24, had lost four or five of the six completed rounds, was breathing through an open mouth, struggling with Wood’s plan and looking at times in rounds five and six like he was feeling a bit sorry for himself Casino
  
  Davison, incidentally, had no idea that there were fewer than ten seconds of the round remaining Casino
  
  A decision in boxing can be both heartbreaking and correct Casino
  
  At the end, Lara had his dream, the WBA’s belt clutched to his chest and his eyes streaming with tears of delight Casino