Josh Warrington takes on Luis Antonio Lopez this weekend as he makes his first defence of his IBF featherweight title in Leeds on Saturday night.
The Leeds Warrior reclaimed the title back in March, beating Kiko Martinez via a seventh round TKO. He had surrendered the belt one month prior to his first career defeat to Mauricio Lara a year earlier and following a controversial draw against Lara at Headingley. Six months later he took on Martinez at the First Direct Arena back in March to reclaim his title.
Having enjoyed an illustrious career to date, he will be hoping that he can defend his title in order to set up a huge future fight against Leigh Wood. Lara pulled out of a fight against the Nottingham based WBA (regular) featherweight champion in September and a win for Warrington could set up a massive British contest against either Wood or Lara next year.
