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George Flood

Mauricio Lara stripped of WBA featherweight title before Leigh Wood rematch

Mauricio Lara has been stripped of his WBA world featherweight title on the eve of what would have been his first defence of the belt against Leigh Wood.

A swift Manchester rematch of Lara’s thrilling seventh-round knockout win from February descended into farce on Friday, when it emerged that the champion was nearly four pounds over the featherweight limit at 129.8lbs.

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