Josh Warrington left with fractured jaw and a perforated ear drum after shock defeat to Mauricio Lara
Briton suffers first defeat of his career having been stopped in the ninth with a full-blooded one-two by unheralded Mexican
Warrington was knocked out in the first professional defeat of his career
Credit: Dave Thompson
Josh Warrington s return to the ring after vacating his International Boxing Federation featherweight title ended in a brutal ninth round knockout for Mauricio Lara, the unranked 22-year-old Mexican, and will likely have serious consequences for the Leeds fighter s career.
The move to vacate the belt in order to challenge the division s other world champions backfired horribly for a number of reasons, though the old adage that you should expect the unexpected was in full flow at Wembley Arena as live boxing made its return after a two-month enforced lay-off due to the national lockdown.
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A week without sex is enough : Josh Warrington reveals pre-fight routine as he gears up for ring return
Undefeated Warrington makes his comeback on Saturday night after 15 months out and quashes notion that love-making lowers testosterone
12 February 2021 • 1:35pm
The theory that sex before a fight lessens athletic prowess has been around since the Olympians in ancient Greece but unbeaten world-class featherweight Josh Warrington just takes a week off before his contests, quashing the notion that love-making lowers testosterone.
Warrington makes his comeback on Saturday night in London after 15 months out against Mauricio Lara, an ambitious Mexican who runs by the name of Bronco and is looking to make it a rough night for the 30-year-old from Leeds, who is unbeaten in 30 contests.