Max Boxing – Main Lead – Maxboxing 2022 KO of the Year

KO of the 12 months 2022 Mark Robinson Matt Pover

It was a roaring Motorpoint Area in Nottingham, England on March 12 of 2022, that would supply the setting, setup, and execution for top-of-the-line knockouts of the yr.

It was a combat that may see the winner stroll away because the WBA (common) featherweight champion. All through the combat, each boxers had their moments of energy and battle in a back-and-forth affair that had the packed enviornment exploding.

Conlon dropped Wooden within the very 1st spherical and pressed exhausting to complete him within the first couple of frames, however Wooden held powerful. By the third spherical, Wooden had Conlon minimize and one was questioning if that may play an element because the exchanges have been quick and livid all through.

Regardless of the combat being in England, versus Eire, each fighters had numerous very vocal supporters. The rounds ticked away and the ferocity of the combat by no means wavered as the 2 boxers waged warfare.

Late in spherical 11, in a really shut combat, Woods evened up the knockdowns by dropping Conlon. He didn’t seem harm, was up rapidly, and tried, in useless, to argue it was a slip.

Each fighters have been trying to shut the present and steal the win on what could be very tight scorecards. Nonetheless, a quick and correct mixture froze Conlon who slumped again and fell by way of the ropes. Wooden had scored a dramatic, come-from-behind KO to seize the win in a implausible all-action battle.

There have been some nice fights this previous yr that led to knockouts. Nonetheless, for setting back-and-forth motion and present closing drama, MaxBoxing goes with Leigh Wooden’s twelfth spherical KO of Michael Conlon as ‘Knockout of the 12 months’.

Comply with up

Leigh Wooden (26-2, 16 KOs) didn’t field once more in 2022 and followers ought to search for a title combat from him within the first quarter of 2023.

Mick Conlon (18-1, 9 KOs) was within the ring 2 extra instances in 2022. He picked up a UD 10 win in August over former world title challenger Miguel Marriaga. Then, he returned on the tenth of December to cease France’s Karim Guerfi in 1 spherical. There may be discuss of matching him up with current IBF World featherweight title winner Luis Alberto Lopez, which might be an ideal battle.