THIS Saturday’s super-featherweight bout between Anthony Cacace and Josh Warrington won’t be for the IBF world title.
As an alternative Cacace and Warrington will battle in a non-title bout however there shall be repercussions for the champion ought to he lose. If Warrington does earn his thirty second profession win then the belt which Cacace received towards Joe Cordina will grow to be vacant. Ought to Cacace triumph then he should battle necessary challenger Eduardo Nunez by March 20, 2025.
The fighters are scheduled to satisfy at Wembley Stadium on Saturday as a part of a sturdy undercard to the principle occasion between Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois. There had already been doubt, nevertheless, as as to if Cacace could be allowed to defend his world title towards his opponent. The Every day Star’s Chris McKenna reported yesterday that the governing physique had been but to verify Warrington as a challenger ‘as a result of he has not fought within the 9st 4lb division in over a decade and has by no means been ranked’.
At this time, the IBF made their ruling reiterating that Nunez had stepped apart to permit Cacace and Warrington to happen.
Cacace upset the percentages in Might to cease Joe Cordina in eight rounds in the meantime Warrington is coming off a seventh spherical stoppage defeat to Leigh Wooden, his second consecutive defeat.
