The unification fight took place on the undercard of the Usyk-Fury fight.
IBO super featherweight title holder Anthony Cacace (22-1, 8 KOs) from Northern Ireland defeated the IBF world champion Joe Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) from Wales in the unification match.
In the third round, Cacace knocked Cordina down. Joe managed to return to the fight and force a real fight on his opponent.
However, in the 8th round, after another successful series from Anthony, the referee was forced to stop the fight because Cordino missed too many punches. Cacace became the new IBF champion.
The Cordina-Cacace fight took place at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), on the undercard of the unification fight for the title of absolute world heavyweight champion between Alexander Usik And Tyson Fury.
Earlier, as part of a grand boxing evening in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian Daniel Lapin knocked out Portuguese Octavio Pudivitra in the first round, winning the WBA Continental championship belt.
Former world light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev lost to Swedish boxer Robin Safar by unanimous decision. Moses Itauma (9-0, 7 KOs) defeated Ilya Mezentsev by technical knockout and won the vacant WBO Intercontinental heavyweight belt.
Also, German Agit Kabayel won by technical knockout over Cuban Frank Sanchez and won the status of mandatory challenger for the WBC heavyweight title.
The unification fight between Usik and Fury will begin approximately after midnight. The referee in the ring will be Mark Nelson, and the boxers’ actions in rounds will be counted by Manuel Oliver Palermo from Spain, Craig Metcalf from Canada and Mike Fitzgerald from Jacksonville, USA.
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Source: Sportarena
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