IBO World Feather Anthony “Anto” Cacace (24-1, 9 Kos) stopped Leigh “Lethal” Wood (28-4, 18 KO) at 2:15 Ninth round on Saturday evening at Motorpint Arena in Nottingham, England.
In the eighth round, Wood broke his nose Kokau and cut him on his right cheek with an elbow. This shot seemed to motivate Cacace when he returned firmly in the last 30 seconds of the round to illuminate wood with repetitive shots. After the end of the round, Wood looked like a demoralized warrior. From his face he could say that he knew he had met his match.
In the ninth round, Cacace landed on the beard lines, ending with a chin with a left hook, sticking a heavily wounded wood. The ropes prevented the fall of wood because it would hit the deck if they did not prepare it.
Judge Lathan ruled that he was knocking down, which gives him an 8-number. When the action resumed, the tough left hook to the central part of Wood landed, wounding him. The wood then turned and started running through the ring. At this point, Wood’s corner threw a towel to stop the competition. They saw enough and did not want their warrior to be ended by Cacace. The stop time was 2:15 round of nine. T.
In the coefficient of the former British Master, EBU and IBO Pentemparting, Liam Davies, 17-1 (8), defeated the Olympian Kurt Walker, 12-1 (2), 12-round unanimous decision to win the free international title of the IBF international featherweight.
In the first round Walker replied Davies well. In the second to the fifth round, Davies returned well, using effective stab, drawing blood from his nose and a welt under the right eye of Walker in the fifth round.
From six to the tenth round, Davies dominated a less experienced Walker. In the twelfth and final round, Walker tried, but was worked out by Davies.
The results are 117-111, 116-113 and 118-112. Steve Gray was a judge.
WBA Int’l Airy Heavyweight Champion Ezra “The Cannon” Taylor, 12-0 (8) won a 10-round unanimous decision on Troy Jones, 12-1 (4).
In the first three rounds, Jones came forward, and Taylor, a counter-puncher, had a little advantage. In the fourth round Taylor opened, drawing blood from Jones’s nose. In the sixth round, Judge Bob Williams brought a point from Jones for using his forearm. Taylor still dominates.
In the last minute of the eighth round Taylor swayed Jones with his left hook to the chin. In the last seconds of the ninth round, Taylor shook Jones with his last blow, right on the chin. In the tenth and final round Taylor tried to end him when Jones held.
The results were 97-94, 100-90 and 99-91.
Former English champion and WBO EBU, Owen “The Worcester Warrior” Cooper, 11-1 (4), defeated the former Ibo Intercontinental champion Chris “2Slick”, 17-3 (7), fully a 10-round decision.
In three rounds, the shorter Cooper used effective stab, while Congo counteracting well. In the fifth round, the higher Congo landed right to the chin Cooper.
In the sixth and seventh round, Cooper used a two -way attack, which he counted from time to time. In the ninth round, although winning, Cooper was bleeding from his mouth. It was a war in the tenth and final round with everyone on the line. Congo’s mouthpiece came out in the last minute for the second time.
Judge Kevin Parker shot him 96-94.
Super delicate Sam Noakes, 17-0 (15) stopped Patrik “Rocky” Balaz, 13-5-1 (5) at 2:17 third round of the 8-round competition.
In the third round, Noakes landed on the chin, and Down went a balance for the count from judge Chris Dean.
Ponderous Lewis Williams, 2-0 (1) defeated Victar Chvarkou, 5-23 (3), by decision of six-time points.
Judge Kevin Parker scored 60-54.
Super delicate Huey Malone, 1-0 (0) was defeated by Jaykub Laskowski, 5-36-1 (3) according to the decision about the six-cylinder.
Judge Chris Dean shot him 60-54.
The Olympic medalist from feathers 2024, bronze medalist Charlie Senior (1-0) defeated Cesar “Zurdo” Ignacio Predes (18-18-1 (5) according to the decision about six-time points. Judge Chris Dean shot him 59-54.
In the second round, the senior dropped Paredes on the 8th-hill from judge Chris Dean.
Feather Wweight Nico Leivars, 7-0-1 (1) defeated Darwing Martinez, 8-31-2 (6) according to the decision on a six times point. Judge Kevin Parker shot him 60-55.
Middle Joe Tyers, 1-0) defeated Mario Valenzuela Portillo, 8-8-2 (2) by a four-way decision. Judge Chris Dean shot 39-37.
Sperm welter Harris Akbar, 1-0) Octavian Gratti, 8-83-4 (4) according to the decision on four times. REfee Kevin Parker shot him 40-36.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
Former world champion Oleksandr Gvozdyk has been left between a rock and a hard place afterhis promotional contract with Zuffa Boxing has been terminated.
The Ukrainian dethroned long-reigning light-heavyweight champion Adonis Stevenson in 2018, scoring an 11th-round stoppage that left his opponent with a brain injury.
Gvozdyk then made a WBC title defence before losing to Artur Beterbievwho extended his ruthless surge with a 10th-round finish in their 2019 encounter.
Since that defeat, ‘The Nail’ suffered a unanimous decision loss to David Benavidez in 2024, before entering a perceived 50/50 contest against Radivoje ‘Hot Rod’ Kalajdzic in February.
With both making their Zuffa debut, the two veterans delivered a thrilling battle in which Gvozdyk scored two knockdowns and had built a sizable lead.
In round seven, though, the 39-year-old found himself on the canvas and was ultimately stopped on his feet after getting dropped a second time.
Given his overall performance, one would suspect he had done enough to justify another meaningful opportunity, yet Gvozdyk has since told vRINGe that he will no longer be fighting under the Zuffa banner.
“They terminated the contract in February after a loss. That is, every promoter has the option that if a boxer loses, they have the right to terminate the contract. That’s exactly what they did. After the fight, everyone was saying how great it was. That everything was great. I rested. I started preparing as planned – somewhere around May. And then, around April, they told me I’d received an email terminating the contract.”
This is because his contract has been terminated, while Kalajdzic’s next outing with Dana White’s promotional outfit is confirmed for September 26 against Craig Richards.
As for Gvozdyk, it is difficult to predict what will come next but, at the age of 39, one would suspect that he is close to hanging up the gloves.
Still, he could hardly have been happy to part ways with Zuffa, which also terminated its contract with Robert Meriwether following his defeat to Tony Hirsch Jr in April.
Former British champion and Olympic bronze medallist David Price has assessed whether his countryman, Conor Bennpossesses the necessary hand speed to defeat Ryan Garcia.
The two welterweights will square off at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena on September 12, with Garcia making a first defence of his WBC world title.
It was arguably a career-best performance that saw him dethrone Mario Barrios in February, scoring a first-round knockdown before winning a wide unanimous decision.
But despite coming off this dominant display, Garcia was far less impressive when he returned from a year-long doping ban and lost on points to Rolando Romero in May 2025.
Still, many would argue that the 28-year-old has shown signs of world-class quality, while Benn remains glaringly unproven at the top level.
The 29-year-old has also not fought at 147lbs since 2022, with his last two outings resulting in unanimous decision victories over faded versions of Chris Eubank Jr and Regis Prograis.
Against Eubank, in particular, Benn’s speed seemed a key factor in their two middleweight encounters last year, despite him suffering a points defeat the first time around.
As he approaches this welterweight contest against Garcia, though, former heavyweight contender Price has told The Smith Brothers that he sees Benn contending with an unfamiliar disadvantage.
“I think I [favour Garcia]. Conor Benn’s got great hand speed, but I think [Garcia’s] hand speed could make the difference in the fight.”
Like Garcia, Benn tested positive for a banned substance – clomifene – and was eventually removed from his cancelled 2022 encounter with Eubank.
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