Follow usMexican Mauricio Lara has admitted he spat at bitter rival Josh Warrington seconds after brutally knocking out Britain’s Leigh Wood in at the Motorpoint Arena Nottingham.
‼️ Josh Warrington and Mauricio Lara clashing at ringside after Lara’s knockout of Leigh Wood. Warrington says Lara spat at him, which sparked the altercation…
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The 34-year-old Lara ended Wood’s reign as WBA featherweight champion in devastating fashion with two-times world champion Warrington in attendance among the crowd.
“Of course I did,” Lara told iFLTV. “Because it’s personal between me and him and that’s how it will always be.”
Lara dramatically knocked out Warrington as the Yorkshire fighter suffered a shock first defeat when they first met in London in 2021.
And their rematch fight in Warrington’s home city of Leeds was ended in a technical draw following an accidental head clash.
