Anthony Cacace

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Anthony Cacace
Born (1989-02-02) 2 February 1989 (age 35)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Other names
  • The Apache
  • Anto
Statistics
Weight(s) Super featherweight
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights23
Wins22
Wins by KO8
Losses1

Anthony Cacace (born 2 February 1989) [1] is an Irish professional boxer who has held the IBF super-featherweight title since May 2024 and the IBO super-featherweight title since 2022. He held the British super featherweight title from 2019 to 2022.

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Professional career

Cacace made his professional debut on 25 February 2012, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Ben Wager at the Emerald Roadhouse in Belfast, Northern Ireland. [2] Followed three more wins—a points decision (PTS) over Kristian Laight in April; [3] a sixth-round TKO over Mickey Coveney in July; [4] and Aivaras Balsys by PTS in September [5] —Cacace fought Mickey Coveney for a second time on 3 November 2012 at the National Basketball Arena in Dublin. Cacace won via first-round TKO to capture the BUI super-featherweight title. [6] His final fight of 2012 was a PTS victory against Youssef al-Hamidi in December. [7]

He gained decision victories over Zsolt Nagy in March [8] and Osnel Charles in October 2013, [9] followed by wins over Dawid Knade by TKO in September [10] and Simas Volosinas by PTS in December 2014. [11] He began 2015 with a PTS win over Santiago Bustos in February [12] and a TKO win against Karoly Lakatos in June. [13] His last fight of 2015 was against Ronnie Clark for the vacant Celtic super-featherweight title. The bout took place on 16 October at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. Cacace captured the Celtic title via tenth-round TKO in a scheduled ten-round fight. [14]

Following two fights in 2016—a corner retirement (RTD) win against Jamie Quinn in September [15] and a PTS win over Leonel Hernandez in November [16] —Cacace challenged British super-featherweight champion Martin J Ward on 15 July 2017, at the Wembley Arena in London, with the vacant Commonwealth title also on the line. In what was a close competitive fight, Cacace suffered the first defeat of his professional career , losing by unanimous decision (UD) over twelve rounds, with the judges' scorecards reading 116–113, 116–114 and 115–113, all in favour of Ward. [17]

Following his defeat to Ward, Cacace gained a PTS victory over six rounds against Reynaldo Mora in December 2017. [18] After 14 months out of the ring, Cacace was back in action in February 2019 with an eight-round PTS win over Alan Castillo. [19]

Cacace, as the mandatory contender, was due to challenge for the British super-featherweight title on 3 August 2019 against reigning champion Sam Bowen, however, Bowen pulled out of the fight due to a back injury. [20] [21] The bout was rescheduled for 30 November at Arena Birmingham. Cacace won, capturing the British title via split decision (SD), with two judges scoring the bout 115–113 to Cacace while the third scored it 115–112 to Bowen. [22]

IBF Super Featherweight Champion

Cacace vs. Cordina

On May 18, 2024 Cacace challenged then unbeaten Welsh champion Joe Cordina for Joe's IBF World Super-Featherweight Title on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk. After dropping and badly hurting Cordina in round 3, Cacace continued to pour on the pressure and ended up scoring an 8th round TKO win. This proved to be the marquee win of Anthony's career and made him the first ever Irish Super-Featherweight Champion. [23]

Professional boxing record

23 fights22 wins1 loss
By knockout80
By decision141
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
23Win22–1 Joe Cordina TKO8 (12), 0:39 18 May 2024 Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaRetained IBO super-featherweight title;
Won IBF super-featherweight title
22Win21–1Damian WrzesińskiUD1227 May 2023SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern IrelandRetained IBO super-featherweight title
21Win20–1 Michael Magnesi SD1224 Sep 2022 Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon IBO super-featherweight title
20Win19–1 Lyon Woodstock UD1228 Aug 2021 Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, EnglandRetained British super-featherweight title
19Win18–1 Sam Bowen SD1230 Nov 2019 Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, EnglandWon British super-featherweight title
18Win17–1Alan CastilloPTS823 Feb 2019 The O2 Arena, London, England
17Win16–1Reynaldo MoraPTS621 Dec 2017Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England
16Loss15–1 Martin Joseph Ward UD1215 Jul 2017 Wembley Arena, London, EnglandFor British, and vacant Commonwealth super-featherweight titles
15Win15–0Leonel HernandezPTS619 Nov 2016Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, England
14Win14–0Jamie QuinnRTD1 (6), 3:003 Sep 2016Robin Park Center, Wigan, England
13Win13–0Ronnie ClarkKO10 (10), 2:5116 Oct 2015Meadowbank Sports Center, Edinburgh, ScotlandWon vacant Celtic super-featherweight title
12Win12–0Karoly LakatosTKO3 (6), 1:3914 Jun 2015Hotel Aquincum, Budapest, Hungary
11Win11–0Santiago BustosPTS828 Feb 2015 Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
10Win10–0Simas VolosinasPTS66 Dec 2014 Olympia, Liverpool, England
9Win9–0Dawid KnadeTKO2 (4), 2:096 Sep 2014 Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland
8Win8–0Osnel CharlesUD412 Oct 2013The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
7Win7–0Zsolt NagyPTS69 Mar 2013Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Ireland
6Win6–0 Youssef al-Hamidi PTS48 Dec 2012 Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
5Win5–0Mickey CoveneyTKO1 (10), 3:093 Nov 2012 National Basketball Arena, Dublin, IrelandWon BUI super-featherweight title
4Win4–0Alvaras BalsysPTS87 Sep 2012 York Hall, London, England
3Win3–0Mickey CoveneyTKO6 (6), 1:3221 Jul 2012Emerald Roadhouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2Win2–0 Kristian Laight PTS47 Apr 2012Grove Leisure Centre, Newark, England
1Win1–0Ben WagerTKO1 (4), 1:0525 Feb 2012Emerald Roadhouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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References

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  4. ↑ "BoxRec: Anthony Cacace vs. Mickey Coveney". boxrec.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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  14. ↑ "BoxRec: Anthony Cacace vs. Ronnie Clark". boxrec.com. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Mickey Coveney 		Irish super-featherweight champion
3 November 2012 – 2013
Vacated		Vacant
Title next held by
James Tennyson
Vacant
Title last held by
John Simpson 		BBBofC Celtic
super-featherweight champion
16 October 2015 – 30 November 2019
Won British title		Vacant
Title next held by
John Cooney
Preceded by British super-featherweight champion
30 November 2019 – 24 September 2022
Won IBO title		Vacant
Title next held by
Liam Dillon
Minor world boxing titles
Preceded by IBO super-featherweight champion
24 September 2022 – present		Incumbent
Major world boxing titles
Preceded by IBF super-featherweight champion
18 May 2024 – present		Incumbent
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