Leigh Wood retained the WBA featherweight title on Saturday night in the most remarkable of boxing contests, sending Michael Conlan through the ropes in the final round after climbing off the canvas himself in the first frame.
There was plenty of support for home fighter Wood at the Nottingham Arena, and the champion started impressively by intermittently landing spiteful hooks to the body of Conlan, but the fight looked set to be short lived when the challenger floored Wood on the bell at the end of Round 1.
