Garth Wood

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Garth Wood
Personal information
Full nameGarth Wood
Born (1978-06-13) 13 June 1978 (age 45)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Playing information
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (12 st 8 lb)
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1997–98 South Sydney 60000
1999 Balmain Tigers 30000
2004–05 South Sydney 1660024
Total2560024
Source: [1] [2]
Boxing career
NationalityAustralian
Other namesFrom the Hood
Statistics
Weight(s) Super Middleweight
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights17
Wins12
Wins by KO6
Losses4
Draws1
No contests0

Garth Wood (born 13 June 1978) is an Australian professional boxer and former professional rugby league footballer. Wood won the 2009/2010 Contender Boxing Series. He played rugby league for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Balmain Tigers in the NRL.

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Background

Wood was born in Sydney.

Garth is the brother of Balmain Tigers, Sydney Roosters and Warrington Wolves utility Nathan Wood and the son of Newtown, Norths and Souths halfback Barry Wood.

Rugby league career

A Souths junior Wood seemed destined to play the game as father, Barry Wood, was a halfback for the club and his brother, Nathan, also a Souths junior, signed and played for fellow foundation club Balmain Tigers in 1993. Wood debuted for Souths at 17 years of age, but his rugby league career was fledging as he only played nine games for Souths and Balmain between 1997 and 1999, before four gap where he rejoined the Rabbitohs in 2004 and appeared in a further 16 games. After this Wood decided to make a career out of boxing like fellow league converts Anthony Mundine and Solomon Haumono. Wood describes the area he grew up in was a factor in his career path "When I was growing up, it was a tough area: you either played footy or fought". [3]

Boxing career

In only his eighth professional bout, on 11 January 2010 Wood became the first winner of The Contender Australia by defeating Kariz Kariuki by a split points decision after seven rounds. The win earned him $25,000 and a fight with "The Man" Mundine. Wood overcame Victor Oganov in the five round semi-final by a majority decision and stopped Israel Kani in the second round of the quarter-finals to reach the final against Kariuki. Throughout the filming of The Contender Australia Wood was rated a Super Middleweight along with all the other contestants. [4]

On 8 December 2010 Wood defeated Anthony Mundine by knockout at the Acer Arena. [5] Wood was aggressive from round 1, attempting to rough up and lure Mundine into a brawl, in the fifth round it was a left hook to the jaw that dropped Mundine while he was bending his body sideways and considerably low. Wood had to drop weight to Middleweight for the fight after the Mundine camp offered $100,000 as a sweetener. They originally wanted Wood to drop to a Junior Middleweight, but Wood refused. [6] Wood lost to Mundine in a rematch via a points decision.

Television career

Wood is a co-anchor of Fight Call Out on Fox Sports [7] [8]

Professional Boxing Record

Professional record breakdown
0 matches wins losses
DateResultOpponentMethodRoundTimeLocationNotes
19 February 2014Loss Daniel Geale RTD63:00 Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, NSW, Australia
16 May 2013Win Virgil Kalakoda TKO21:07The Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington, VIC, Australia
15 February 2013WinTogasilimai LetoaTKO91:12All Sorts Arena, Alexandria, NSW, Australia
12 February 2012Loss Sam Soliman Decision (Unanimous)12 Olympic Park Sports Centre, Homebush, NSW, Australia
13 April 2011Loss Anthony Mundine Decision (Unanimous)10 Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
8 December 2010Win Anthony Mundine KO50:58 Acer Arena, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. NRL Stats [ permanent dead link ]
  3. Petersham fighter Garth Wood is a real contender
  4. The Contender Australia Final Preview [ permanent dead link ]
  5. Choc topped: Mundine KO'd by hard Wood
  6. Wood to fight light against Mundine
  7. "FIGHT CALL OUT - Episode 1 - Epicentre.tv". Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  8. "Fight Callout". Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.