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Mauricio Lara secures what he's 'dreamed of,' wins WBA title

Mauricio Lara once again showed his clinical finishing-punch power by stopping Leigh Wood in the seventh round to win the WBA world featherweight title in England on Saturday.

The Mexican fighter silenced Wood's hometown fans at the Nottingham Arena when he floored the champion with a crunching left hook, and when Wood got to his feet, the English boxer's trainer, Ben Davison, threw in the towel to stop the fight.

Wood had established control in an exciting fight at the time of the stoppage, before Lara's stunning finish, and was unhappy with Davison's decision to pull him out of the fight.

«I feel very happy for this championship. It's what I've dreamed of since I was 8 years old,» Lara said. «I definitely felt Leigh's punches, but they didn't hurt me. He hits hard and is a good champion.»

The victory opens up the possibility of a title unification fight for Lara against one of the other world champions at 126 pounds — Rey Vargas (WBC) and Luis Alberto Lopez (IBF) — who are also both from Mexico.

But a rematch with Wood seems the more likely next move for Lara, ESPN's No. 1-ranked featherweight.

«I want the trilogy fight [with Josh Warrington] and, of course, I want more belts — it's up to [promoter] Eddie Hearn to make it,» Lara said.

England is a happy hunting ground for Lara, who announced himself on the big stage when he stopped Warrington — the No. 1 featherweight in the world at the time — in the ninth round two years ago.

A rematch ended in frustration, when Lara suffered a nasty cut above his left eye in the second round, caused by a clash of heads, and the fight ended in a technical draw.

But Lara (26-2-1, 19 KOs), 24, known as «Bronco» and from Mexico City, produced two third-round knockouts last year and

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