Leigh Wood's trainer, Ben Davison, has been told he made the wrong call by throwing in the towel to stop his fighter's world title clash against Mauricio Lara.
Lara, 28, came back from losing most of his fight against Wood in Nottingham to win the Brit's featherweight title with a seventh-round stoppage. Both men exchanged left hooks but Lara's landed with more conviction and Wood was sent crashing to the canvas. The fight was waved off despite Wood getting back to his feet and beating the count as his trainer Davison threw in the towel.
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew has criticised Davison's call and thinks he should have let Wood fight on. Just over 10 seconds were remaining in the seventh round and Bellew thinks Wood wasn't badly hurt, judging by his reaction when Davison threw in the towel.
