# Anthony Cacace

Anthony Cacace (/kəˈkɑːtʃeɪ/ kə-KAH-chay /-tʃi/ -⁠chee; born 2 February 1989) is a professional boxer from Northern Ireland. He has held the International Boxing Organization (IBO) super-featherweight title since 2022, and previously held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-featherweight title from 2024 to 2025.

## 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. Followed three more wins—a points decision (PTS) over Kristian Laight in April; a sixth-round TKO over Mickey Coveney in July; and Aivaras Balsys by PTS in September—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. His final fight of 2012 was a PTS victory against Youssef al-Hamidi in December.
He gained decision victories over Zsolt Nagy in March and Osnel Charles in October 2013, followed by wins over Dawid Knade by TKO in September and Simas Volosinas by PTS in December 2014. He began 2015 with a PTS win over Santiago Bustos in February and a TKO win against Karoly Lakatos in June. 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.
Following two fights in 2016—a corner retirement (RTD) win against Jamie Quinn in September and a PTS win over Leonel Hernandez in November—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.
Following his defeat to Ward, Cacace gained a PTS victory over six rounds against Reynaldo Mora in December 2017. After 14 months out of the ring, Cacace was back in action in February 2019 with an eight-round PTS win over Alan Castillo.
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. 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.

### IBF Super Featherweight Champion
#### Cacace vs. Cordina

On May 18, 2024 Cacace challenged then unbeaten Welsh champion Joe Cordina for Joe's IBF 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 made him the first ever Irish Super-Featherweight Champion.

#### Cacace vs. Warrington

Cacace defeated two-time former featherweight world champion Josh Warrington by unanimous decision at Wembley Stadium on 21 September 2024. The three ringside judges scored the fight 118-110, 117-111, 117-111 respectively in his favour. Cacace's belt was not on the line as the IBF did not recognise Warrington as a challenger due to his inactivity in the super-featherweight division, with the governing body announcing he would be stripped of the title had he lost the contest.

#### Vacating title

Cacace vacated the title on 31 January 2025. In a social media post announcing the decision he said: "Becoming a world champion was an absolute dream and an incredibly proud moment for me. However, at this stage of my career, I only want the biggest fights possible, regardless of the belt on the line."

## Professional boxing record

| 24 fights | 23 wins | 1 loss |
| By knockout | 8 | 0 |
| By decision | 15 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 24 | Win | 23–1 | Josh Warrington | UD | 12 | 21 Sep 2024 | Wembley Stadium, London, England | Retained IBO super-featherweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–1 | Joe Cordina | TKO | 8 (12), 0:39 | 18 May 2024 | Kingdom Arena, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | Retained IBO super-featherweight title; Won IBF super-featherweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–1 | Damian Wrzesiński | UD | 12 | 27 May 2023 | SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Retained IBO super-featherweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–1 | Michael Magnesi | SD | 12 | 24 Sep 2022 | Manchester Arena, Manchester, England | Won IBO super-featherweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–1 | Lyon Woodstock | UD | 12 | 28 Aug 2021 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Retained British super-featherweight title |
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Sam Bowen | SD | 12 | 30 Nov 2019 | Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, England | Won British super-featherweight title |
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Alan Castillo | PTS | 8 | 23 Feb 2019 | The O2 Arena, London, England | |
| 17 | Win | 16–1 | Reynaldo Mora | PTS | 6 | 21 Dec 2017 | Holiday Inn, Birmingham, England | |
| 16 | Loss | 15–1 | Martin Joseph Ward | UD | 12 | 15 Jul 2017 | Wembley Arena, London, England | For British, and vacant Commonwealth super-featherweight titles |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Leonel Hernandez | PTS | 6 | 19 Nov 2016 | Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, England | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jamie Quinn | RTD | 1 (6), 3:00 | 3 Sep 2016 | Robin Park Center, Wigan, England | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ronnie Clark | KO | 10 (10), 2:51 | 16 Oct 2015 | Meadowbank Sports Center, Edinburgh, Scotland | Won vacant Celtic super-featherweight title |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Karoly Lakatos | TKO | 3 (6), 1:39 | 14 Jun 2015 | Hotel Aquincum, Budapest, Hungary | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Santiago Bustos | PTS | 8 | 28 Feb 2015 | Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Simas Volosinas | PTS | 6 | 6 Dec 2014 | Olympia, Liverpool, England | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Dawid Knade | TKO | 2 (4), 2:09 | 6 Sep 2014 | Titanic Quarter, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Osnel Charles | UD | 4 | 12 Oct 2013 | The Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Zsolt Nagy | PTS | 6 | 9 Mar 2013 | Fairways Hotel, Dundalk, Ireland | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Youssef al-Hamidi | PTS | 4 | 8 Dec 2012 | Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Mickey Coveney | TKO | 1 (10), 3:09 | 3 Nov 2012 | National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Ireland | Won BUI super-featherweight title |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Alvaras Balsys | PTS | 8 | 7 Sep 2012 | York Hall, London, England | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Mickey Coveney | TKO | 6 (6), 1:32 | 21 Jul 2012 | Emerald Roadhouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Kristian Laight | PTS | 4 | 7 Apr 2012 | Grove Leisure Centre, Newark, England | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Ben Wager | TKO | 1 (4), 1:05 | 25 Feb 2012 | Emerald Roadhouse, Belfast, Northern Ireland | |