Anthony Cacace’s IBF super-featherweight title is not going to be on the road when he fights Josh Warrington on the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois undercard on Saturday.
The Belfast fighter received the IBF strap with a career-best victory over Joe Cordina in Could, knocking out the beforehand undefeated Welshman on the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk invoice.
Nevertheless, the IBF [International Boxing Federation] has now dominated the belt is not going to be contested at Wembley Stadium this weekend.
The sanctioning physique doesn’t contemplate Warrington a viable challenger for his or her super-featherweight belt. The Leeds fighter has spent the final 12 years preventing in a unique weight class at featherweight, profitable two world titles at 126lbs.
However Saturday marks his first struggle up at super-featherweight in over a decade with the IBF refusing to sanction him as a world title challenger.
There have been considerations the struggle could possibly be scrapped utterly however the IBF have given it the inexperienced gentle to go forward with out their belt on the road.
Whereas Warrington will miss the possibility to change into a two-weight world champion, there additionally main repercussions for Cacace.
Ought to the champion lose to Warrington, the IBF title will change into vacant. Ought to he win, Cacace should struggle obligatory challenger Eduardo Nunez earlier than March 2025 or be stripped of the belt.
Cacace’s IBO belt, a lesser recognised world title, will nonetheless be up for grabs.
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‘It’s for the IBO world title. The IBF isn’t on the road,’ Cacace informed BBC Sport.
‘You would want to speak to Frank [Warren, Cacace’s promoter] and everyone else behind the scenes about that. I needed it on the road.
‘I’ve recognized for weeks. It’s not one little bit of hassle to me, however on the identical time I don’t actually perceive what the hell is occurring.’
The confusion over the IBF belt is a second blow forward of Saturday with Liam Smith compelled to tug out of his struggle towards Josh Kelly. Ishmael Davis will step in on late discover to struggle Kelly.
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