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Josh Warrington was defeated but humble in defeat to Mauricio Lara. Photo Credit: Matchroom Boxing
Josh Warrington saw his plans for Featherweight domination lie in tatters, as he suffered a first defeat in 31 fights, with Mauricio Lara scoring a highlight reel shock ninth round knockout win at the SSE Arena, Wembley.
The fight topped the bill of the first UK Boxing show of 2021. Warrington was coming off a 16 month layoff, and had given up his IBF Featherweight title in order to pursue the big names of the division.
Firstly though, he had to see off the challenge of 22 year old Lara, who wasn’t expected to pose too many problems for him.
Josh Warrington vs Mauricio Lara is live this Saturday night on Sky Sports & DAZN. Photo Credit: DAZN
UK Boxing makes a long awaited return this Saturday night as Matchroom promote the first card after the enforced postponement of all British bills in January.
Top of the first card back is Josh Warrington, and he’s a man keen to make up for lost time, having not been in action since October 2019.
A proposed meeting with WBA “Regular” boss, Can Xu, wasn’t able to be agreed, so Warrington is eased back into the ring against Mexico City native, Mauricio Lara (21-2, KO14) over ten rounds.