VS
Spring 2025
Potentially

in the United States

Potential contest @ Featherweight
28-3-0
36-1-1

Belts on The Line

WBC World Featherweight Championship
WBA World Featherweight Championship

The tape

36
Age
34
5' 7" / 170 cm
Height
5' 8" / 172 cm
66.9" / 170 cm
Reach
70.5" / 179 cm
Orthodox (R)
Stance
Orthodox (R)

Full record

TKO 7UD 12TKO 7TKO 12TKO 12
Form
SD 12UD 12SD 12UD 10UD 12
28
Wins
36
17
By KO
22
61
KO%
61
3
Losses
1
2
Stopped
0
0
Draws
1
2011
Debut
2010
170
Pro rounds
246

Current rankings @ Featherweight

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The Ring
3
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WBA
-
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WBC
-
-
WBO
-
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IBF
-

Leigh Wood vs Rey Vargas preview


When is Wood vs Vargas?

Leigh Wood could potentially square off against Rey Vargas in Spring 2025 the United States.

The fight would be scheduled for 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which means the weight limit would be 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 kg).

The contest would be for the unified featherweight championship of the world, with the WBC, and WBA belts on the line.

Wood vs Vargas stats

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

Rey Vargas would make his way to the ring with a record of 36 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw, with 22 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggest that Wood and Vargas have similar power, both with a 61% knockout percentage.

Leigh Wood is the older man by 2 years, at 36 years old.

Vargas has a height advantage of 1 inch over Wood. This also extends to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Leigh Wood and Rey Vargas fight out of an orthodox stance.

Wood is currently the less experienced professional fighter, having had 7 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2011, 1 year and 6 months later than Vargas, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He has fought 76 fewer professional rounds, totaling 170 compared to Vargas' 246.

Rey Vargas is currently ranked number 3 by The Ring in the 126lb division.

Wood vs Vargas form

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

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

Prior to that, he had defeated Mauricio Lara on May 27, 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 February 18, 2023, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBA World Featherweight championship fight at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham.

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

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

Rey Vargas has beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight, he drew Nick Ball on March 8, 2024, by split draw in their 12 round contest in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that, he had lost to O’Shaquie Foster on February 11, 2023, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Featherweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio, United States.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Mark Magsayo on July 9, 2022, by split decision in their WBC World Featherweight championship fight at Alamodome, San Antonio.

Before that, he had defeated Leonardo Baez on November 6, 2021, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

He had won against Tomoki Kameda on July 13, 2019, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California.

Activity check

In terms of recent activity, Leigh Wood has been fighting more than Rey Vargas.

Leigh Wood last fought 1 year, 6 months and 8 days ago, while Rey Vargas' last outing was 1 year, 1 month and 7 days ago.

Wood's last 5 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 15 days, which means he has been fighting approximately every 8 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 10 rounds on average.

Vargas' last 5 fights have come over a period of 5 years, 9 months and 2 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 1 year, 1 month and 24 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 11.6 rounds on average.

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