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EPISODE: Episode 62
Mike and Cedric give this week’s KO Award to England’s Leigh Wood who knocked out Belfast’s Michael Conlan to retain WBA featherweight title. Wood’s right-hand punch ended the fight in the 12th round at Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham.
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Transcribed:
[, Music ]: what up talking fight fans thanks for tuning in to this episode of knuckle? Well, sorry, the knuckle up knockout of the week uh myself.
Only today, sorry, i’m not joined by i’m a man cedric or tim with a spoon, but we are going to talk about this wonderful knockout.
That happened, man and our winner of this week’s knockout of the week award, and you know what it’s none other than lee woodman.
If you’ve heard about it, it’s on honestly news around the world right now, his ko over michael conlon, what a big big shot that was man.
Honestly, the irish boxer, who gestured at the 2016 rio olympic judges with his middle fingers after losing a controversial decision, was reported to be conscious and stable and recovering in a hospital after being knocked out of the ring uh in the wba featherweight title fight on saturday.
If you guys didn’t see it, uh michael coleman was knocked out in the 12th round by english boxer lee wood, who recovered from an early knockdown to retain his title after off often often bruising fight at nottingham’s, motorsport arena man, honestly, what a match both these guys Went at it, it was literally a slugfest man, uh topping the bill in his home city, wood was put on his back by a looping overhand left towards the end of the first round.
While he rose on wobbly legs, the 33 year old wood was outclassed over the first half of this fight uh.
In the final round, though, a bruising right hand seemed to just buckle collin before wood unloaded with a you know, a further flurry uh to back up his opponent, uh, who then tumbled between the ropes out of the ring colin, was taken by stretcher from the arena.
Woods promoter eddie hearn, said on twitter in quotes, update on michael collin, conscious and stable sitting up and talking awaiting ct scans, uh later colin tweeted himself that he was okay.
Uh he’s all good cheers for the messages i’ll be back good, shot, congrats to lee woods and his team and honestly uh he’s looking for a rematch guys.
But honestly, if you’ve watched this fight, it deserves a rematch uh.
You know, colin, he did bring it to leewood leewood needed to knock him out to win this match going into that fight uh going into that final round.
If it wasn’t for woods uh, you know heart and determination, and you know his perseverance.
He wouldn’t have retained this title.
Man uh, it would have went to con like connolly, would have taken this on points uh, like we talked about during the week uh.
If if he called me out last week, boxing me or we, we did mention this uh that if it was going the distance, it was going to go points.
Man leewood came through 12th round wow.
What a vicious knockout guys! If you haven’t seen it we’re going to try and drop it here for you in the comments, then uh the highlight you’ll love it man, uh leewood, really delivers with a solid right hand that uh just put uh conlon out against the ropes and as he was Falling uh leewood came with a vicious combination of shots that literally put conlon out of the ring through the ropes man.
On his back on the floor and uh, you know leeway did not really celebrate uh his big win, his impressive win uh because he was really worried about uh, colin’s well-being and how he was going, but guys what a vicious knockout man you had to know.
What was going to be our winner, lee wood winner of the knockout of the week award man much deserving um a runner-up, though i have to give it to him.
Uh edwin, dela santos came through with a vicious second round, knockout against acosta uh.
If you guys haven’t seen that one man you’re gon na definitely like that uh sets it up with a beautiful jab uh uses the angle and uh.
You know drills that left and just across it just ate.
The left uh drops was flat on his back man.
Ref calls it right there, so that’s our runner-up for the week uh, if you haven’t seen them we’re gon na drop those uh in the comments for you, man, uh and the leadwood one we’re gon na try and put that in there for you as well.
So you guys don’t have to go far to check it out, but shout out to our man leewood knocked out of the week.
You couldn’t ask for anything better guys, honestly going down, probably as the fight of the year right now.
If you haven’t seen it check it out, man shout out to leewood, we will be contacting you.
Let you know that you are the winner of our knockout of the week award guys.
You know what it is.
Man we’ll see you tomorrow same time, same channel i’ll, have a new prospect for you and don’t forget.
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