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If Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington weren't already feeling the pressure to perform tonight then the words of Matchroom's Eddie Hearn on Thursday might not have helped.

"This is career on the line stuff, that's why we've called it last man standing," Hearn said. "Sometimes we say the loser is done but let's be honest, the loser is done here."

Both have a great body of work behind them - each winning world titles on two occasions - but with Wood aged 37 and Warrington at 35, anything but a win in Nottingham likely ends any slim hopes of ever earning another shot at gold.

Kal Sajad
BBC Sport at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham

Lots of chitter-chatter in the ring from Bilal Fawaz in the fifth. He asked Davis: "Are you tired?" to which the British champion did not engage.

Davis is doing very well at not giving into the mind games and keeping his focus on the job.

Fawaz changes tact and starts to double up with the jab before getting in and out with a combination. Davis covers up and then smiles as most of the punches bounce off his gloves.

A better round for the challenger but he's got a lot of work still to do.

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Steve Bunce
Boxing expert on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

There were moments in that round when Fawaz looked like he was enjoying himself. That's what we want him to do, make Davis really think about what he was doing.

Our very own Kal Sajad has been working away on a project with Radio 4 over the past couple of weeks, looking at whether boxing has the tools to look after its own fighters.

The sport appears to have jumped to a new level in the past two years with heavy investment from Saudi Arabia and streaming giants now broadcasting major fights.

But, despite huge sums being paid to those at the top of the sport, the impact of that is yet to trickle down to those at the other end.

Among those that Kal spoke with, were retired world champion Johnny Nelson and British featherweight Francesca Hennessy to see what is being done to try and support fighters.

It's more of the same from Davis at the start of the round as he stays at range and Fawaz is left reaching to try and land.

Davis decides to engage. He backs Fawaz on to the ropes and does some good combination work.

Back in the centre of the ring, Fawaz lands a straight right and lets out a big scream to celebrate.

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After losing his IBF featherweight title, Josh Warrington jumped straight back in to a world title bout to face WBA champion Leigh Wood in October 2023.

Warrington looked on track to become a three-time world champion after impressing the judges with his work in the opening six rounds - leading on all three scorecards - but Wood refused to accept defeat and come out swinging in the seventh.

With just seconds to go in the round, Wood caught Warrington clean on the jaw with a right hook and sensed the finish was there. Wood followed with a flurry of punches before Warrington fell to the floor.

Warrington returned to his feet by the count of four but stumbled to his corner and referee Michael Alexander waved the contest off.

Richie Woodhall
Former boxing world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It's clever from boxing from Davis as he waits on the outside. Fawaz is frustrated and probably wants him to come forward. Davis is picking his punches sensibly.

Davis seems to have got his timing sorted now. He steps in and lands a stiff right hand, before following with a one-two combination.

Fawaz kisses his glove and looks off into the distance, Davis shrugs his shoulders - he's not buying into Fawaz's mind games.

Steve Bunce
Boxing expert on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Fawaz has been admiring his work in both rounds, and he's been guilty of that before. But the problem is he won't get a second chance tonight. He needs to get a bit busier and stop celebrating single jabs.

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The build-up to both fights between Leigh Wood and Josh Warrington has been full of animosity and needle.

We saw a slight departure from that at Thursday's news conference with the British rivals seemingly tired of exchanging insults and now focused on the job in hand.

Wood, who has a record of 28 wins and four defeats, with 17 of those victories coming by knockout knows exactly what Warrington is all about after their first meeting and expects another tough test.

"I don't think it's going to be easy. I'm not expecting it to be easy and nor do I want it to be easy," said the 37-year-old Wood.

"I actually feel better when I'm going through it and then I get the victory."

Richie Woodhall
Former boxing world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Fawaz is a little bit too far out with the right hand and that's because Davis is boxing as a southpaw again.

Fawaz has no shortage of confidence. He drops his hands and stands statue-like in the centre of the ring. But Davis is no stranger to this kind of showboating, he was in the ring with Josh Kelly - now IBF light-middleweight world champion - a couple of years ago.

Davis is playing a patient game, stepping off and is yet to truly engage.

Fawaz is having some success with jabs to the body.

Steve Bunce
Boxing expert on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Incredible concentration. Every single inch, every single step they took, every single punch they threw, every single block. Everything. That was ridiculous tension. That's a draining way to start a fight.

Richie Woodhall
Former boxing world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I think Davis really respects Fawaz. You can see Fawaz has come out and is looking to push Davis out. Davis has just stayed on the outside of the ring so he can have a look at his opponent.

"Marching on together", the song synonymous with Leeds United, is belted out but the Nottingham faithful do their best to drown it out with boos.

Fawaz takes the centre of the ring and starts sizing up Davis. Fawaz lands a jab to the body and then postures up and starts talking to the British champion.

Davis responds with a sharp left hook. He follows soon after with a right hook to Fawaz's chin.

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Stacey Copeland
Retired boxer on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

We're expecting a real humdinger here!

Ishmael Davis is reaping the benefit of Josh Warrington being half of tonight's headline act.

Both Davis and Warrington are from Leeds and those travelling fans are making their voices heard as we get under way.

Before we get into the co-main event, I'll direct you towards Kal Sajad's ringside report from earlier when Sandy Ryan beat Karla Ramos Zamora to win the WBC light-welterweight title.

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