Focused Nathaniel Wood Primed To Shine At Home

Nathaniel Wood earned a unanimous decision win over Daniel Pineda last time out in Manchester, but the 31-year-old featherweight will be the first to acknowledge he was kind of on autopilot throughout the fight. He looked solid, hurting Pineda multiple times while racing out to a two-round lead, but his thoughts weren’t on the dangerous veteran in front of him; they were back in London with the family’s youngest fighter, his daughter, Arla.

Born at the end of April, she faced health issues straight away, and was subsequently diagnosed with having a hole in her heart that would eventually require surgery to repair. In the days leading up to his bout, his wife brought her to the hospital out…