Dave Coldwell reveals Leigh Wood featherweight plans and insists there is 'more to come'

Trainer and manager Coldwell ready to throw Wood into 'big opportunities'

Leigh Wood's manager Dave Coldwell has revealed that his fighter has not reached his full potential yet, and believes that there are many more big fights approaching for the 32-year old in the near future.

The Nottingham fighter bounced back from the defeat of Jazza Dickens, and has shown everyone his power and potential with an explosive technical stoppage of Reece Mould in his first fight since the defeat back in February. And with just one other defeat to his name back in 2014 against Gavin McDonnell, there is real hope that he can throw himself on to the international stage as well as win a domestic title in the future.

But Wood is not satisfied with being British champion, he is eager to progress. His form in the last three years has been very impressive with his only setback being a narrow points loss to Liverpool’s James Dickens in a thrilling battle that was arguably the highlight of MTK’s Golden Contract tournament. Dave Coldwell, Wood’s manager, is confident that his man can achieve even more.

“Believe me, Leigh is a very ambitious fighter,” revealed Coldwell. “When I started working with him it was clear he wanted to operate at a high level and our plan was to get him there through the MTK competition. Although the fight with Dickens didn’t go his way, Leigh gave a brilliant account of himself and he wasn’t going to let that setback get in the way. He still wants to show everyone he’s capable of going to the top level and I’m hoping his recent win over Mould can give him the platform to push on to where I believe he can get to.”

Coldwell added, “The featherweight division, both domestically and on the international scene, is a very exciting weight class and I see plenty of potentially great fights for Leigh. There’s some interesting fights coming up that I like the look of and in my role as Leigh’s manager, I’ll definitely be throwing his name in for big opportunities. He impressed a lot of people against Mould, but there's a lot more to come from him and you’ll hopefully see that this year.”

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