Anthony Cacace made history last month when he overcame the odds to defeat a two-time Super-Featherweight World Champion and former Olympian, Joseph Cordina, in Saudi Arabia. Cacace, described by Carl Frampton as the "hardest person he'd ever been hit by," produced the display of his life to upset the favourite in scintillating fashion on the undercard of the undisputed world heavyweight title fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the third round, Cacace caught Cordina with a left hand, rocked him, shook him, and sensed blood in the fight.
Cacace managed to get Cordina on the canvas with 56 seconds left on the clock, but, luckily for Cordina, the bell came to his aid. Cordina recovered somewhat in the fight, but the older fighter, Cacace, landed 116 power punches to Cordina's 41, according to a boxing stats website. It was the eighth round that produced a moment of history in Saudi Arabia.
Thirty-nine seconds into the eighth round, Cacace, going for the jugular, once again rocked the Welshman, and after an intervention from the referee, the contest was decided in Cacace's favour. The win was huge for different reasons, but for Cacace, it meant that he became Ireland's first-ever super featherweight World Boxing Champion, and Belfast had another famous boxer on its historic roster. Belfast's rich history of boxers includes Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan, Eamon McGee, and now Cacace himself.
This month, Cacace sat down with the Irish Post to dis.
