Boxer Mick Conlan was taken to a hospital on Saturday night after falling out of the ring in a knockout loss to Leigh Wood.
Conlan lost to Wood via 12th round TKO in their WBA featherweight title fight at Nottingham Arena on Saturday night. Wood was knocked down in the first but got revenge by knocking down Conlan in the 11th.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE ACTION WOOD SCORES THE KNOCKDOWN 😳#WOODCONLAN pic.twitter.com/zD3HowRQ3n
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) March 12, 2022
Then the finisher came when the fight was stopped in the 12th after Conlan fell out of the ring following a big punch from Wood.
Ringside footage of Leigh Wood’s KO of Michael Conlan shows it was in fact a punch that ended it … What a fight, credit to both men, fight of the year so far for me.
Prayers with Mick and hope he’s ok 🙏#WoodConlan pic.twitter.com/snCvcT1UTq
— The Fite Zone 🥊 (@TheFiteZone) March 13, 2022
Here is a longer clip of the exchange:
wood catches him with a left hook and puts him out, conlan just swings randomly and backs up into the ropes pic.twitter.com/TAYbnQ3XfM
— Josh Booth (@joshu_booth) March 13, 2022
Conlan falling out of the ring made for a scary scene. But boxing reporter Nick Peet said that the 30-year-old fighter was awake and responsive backstage. Peet also shared that Conlan was being transported to a hospital, where he was conscious.
Mick Conlan has arrived at hospital and is conscious. #WoodConlan 🙏🏽
— Nick Peet (@Peety_Editor) March 13, 2022
The defeat was the first for Conlan, who is now 16-1 (8 KOs). Wood improves to 26-2 (16 KOs).
