Leigh Wood insists he does not care who he faces next as long as it is at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground.

The 35-year-old produced a sensational come-from-behind victory on Saturday at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield to retain the WBA featherweight title.

Wood was trailing on all three scorecards in the fight against Josh Warrington, exclusively live on DAZN, before a crisp combination saw ‘Leeds Warrior’ Warrington counted out after getting up from being knocked down.

The stoppage, by referee Michael Alexander, came under some scrutiny, with former two-time IBF champion Warrington stating he felt like he had been “robbed” and that he was “devastated” at not being given an opportunity to continue.

But Wood, who is himself a two-time world champion having lost the WBA title at the hands of Mauricio Lara –– a former foe of Warrington –– before winning it back just 10 weeks later, has now turned his attention to an outdoor event.

“I picked Warrington and told [promoter] Eddie [Hearn] that I wasn’t going to fight him unless it was in the contract that my next fight would take place at the City Ground and we’ve got that clause in there,” Wood stated pre-fight.

And after the scintillating scrap between the pair, which came on neutral ground, it seems that ‘Leigh-thal’s’ next fight will be at the home of Nottingham Forest once the end of the 2023/24 Premier League campaign has arrived.

“The question of who isn’t really the problem –– it’s where and when,” Wood said after being awarded the win against Warrington at the end of the seventh round. “We want to do the City Ground.

“If we do it again [against Warrington], we do it again, [but] if not I’d like a new challenge.”

Wood said in the immediate aftermath that it was unsafe for him to make the 126-pound featherweight limit any longer and that he will be stepping up to super-featherweight from here on in.

A clash against the current IBF champion in the 130lb division, Joe Cordina, who defends his title against Edward Vazquez at Casino de Monte Carlo Salle Medecin in Monte Carlo on November 4, has already been mentioned for Wood, while the current IBF featherweight king Luis Alberto Lopez, who Warrington was beaten by on points last December before the Mexican stopped Michael Conlan –– an ex-opponent of Wood –– inside five rounds in Belfast earlier this year, has thrown his hat in the ring for a potential showdown.

“Great win,” he said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in response to watching Wood’s win over Warrington, “[but] now it’s time that the ROAD WARRIOR shows you who is the real monster in the 126 division.”

Given the fact that Wood has already stated that he will be moving up in weight, that fight is unlikely, but names like Emanuel Navarrete and, according to Eddie Hearn, the rematch with Warrington, are the front-runners to be in the opposite corner when Wood eventually gets his wish.