Wood vs Kholmatov

When is Wood vs Kholmatov?

Leigh Wood could face the challenge of Otabek Kholmatov in Autumn/Fall 2024 in the United Kingdom.

The fight would take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

Wood vs Kholmatov stats

Leigh Wood would step into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws, 17 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Otabek Kholmatov would make his way to the ring with a record of 12 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, with 11 of those wins by knock out.

The stats suggest Kholmatov would have a massive power advantage over Wood, boosting at 92% knock out percentage over Wood's 61%.

Leigh Wood is the older man by 10 years, at 35 years old.

Both Leigh Wood & Otabek Kholmatov fight out of an orthodox stance.

Wood is currently the more experienced professional fighter, having had 18 more fights, and made his debut in 2011, 9 years and 9 months earlier than Kholmatov, whose first professional fight was in 2021. He has fought 111 more professional rounds, 170 to Kholmatov's 59.

Leigh Wood goes into the fight ranked number 2 by the RING at featherweight.

Otabek Kholmatov is currently ranked number 1 by the WBA in the 126lb division.

Wood vs Kholmatov form

Wood has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he won against Josh Warrington on 7th October 2023 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had won against Mauricio Lara on 27th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Mauricio Lara on 18th February 2023 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham.

Before that, he had beat Michael Conlan on 12th March 2022 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham.

He had defeated Can Xu on 31st July 2021 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex.

Kholmatov has beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight, he lost to Raymond Ford on 2nd March 2024 by technical knockout in the 12th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Turning Stone Resort Casino, Verona, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Thomas Patrick Ward on 4th March 2023 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Newcastle Arena, Newcastle, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Andranik Grigoryan on 26th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBA Super World Featherweight eliminator fight at Caribe Royale Orlando, Florida, United States.

Before that, he had beat Adrian Morel Solis on 21st December 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Hotel Catalonia Malecon Center, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

He had won against Juan Carlos Pena on 4th December 2021 by technical knockout in the 2nd round at Discoteca High Caribbean, Sosua.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Otabek Kholmatov has been fighting more than Leigh Wood.

Leigh Wood last fought 1 year and 1 day ago, while Otabek Kholmatov's last outing was 7 months and 6 days ago.

Wood's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 2 months and 7 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 7 months and 21 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10 rounds on average.

Kholmatov's last 5 fights have come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 4 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 7 rounds on average.

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