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.
Tim Tszyu seeks to become Australia’s third multi-divisional boxing world champion when he competes for Erislandy Lara’s WBA middleweight title next month, and ahead of the action, trainer Robert Garcia has offered his thoughts on the fight.
Tszyu lost his WBO super-welterweight title in a defeat to Sebastian Fundora back in 2024 and twice failed to reclaim 154lb honours, both against Bakhram Murtazaliev and in a rematch with Fundora.
Since then, the Aussie has stepped up to middleweight and scored a career-best win over Errol Spence Jr earlier this yearand now, the 32-year-old could join lead trainer Jeff Fenech and Liam Paro as his nation’s third two-weight world champion, if he can trump 43-year-old.
Speaking with ProBox TVRobert Garcia, who trains a potential future Tszyu opponent in Vergil Ortiz, admitted that he is leaning towards the home fighter, but noted that Lara will not be phased by competing in the challenger’s backyard.
“We can probably lean towards Tim Tsyzu because he is fighting at home, in front of his hometown, but Lara is not the fighter that brings in a lot of fans following him.
“He doesn’t have a following, he is not one that is going to sell out arenas, so even if it is in the United States, it is likely that most of the people are going to be [there] for Tim Tszyu because Australians do travel and Tim Tszyu has a lot of fans.
“For Lara, going to Australia is like going to Las Vegas or going to New York because he never has that following anyways. Anywhere he goes, he is going to be against the crowd. So, I think for him it is going to be one of those performances where it doesn’t make a difference if he is going to Tim Tsyzu’s hometown.”
Tszyu-Lara takes place at the Cbus Super Stadium in Queensland, Australia on Sunday 13 December.
Deontay Wilder’s former head coach Malik Scott has delivered a knockout prediction for the American’s upcoming showdown with Jai Opetaia.
The pair will square off at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium on December 11, with Opetaia making his heavyweight debut on the undercard of Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua.
Despite him being the naturally smaller man, many are favouring the Australian – a former two-time world cruiserweight champion – to defeat his 10-years-older opponent.
It is, after all, generally accepted that Wilder has declined significantly since his trilogy bout with Furywho survived two knockdowns and scored an 11th-round knockout in their 2021 encounter.
Back then, Wilder had just joined forces with Scott, his former opponent, and the pair maintained their fighter-trainer relationship through subsequent defeats against Joseph Parker and Zhilei Zhang.
With Wilder now operating under different coaches, though, Scott has shared a balanced view of the Opetaia fight with Seconds Out.
“The fight’s got dynamite written all over it. Jai Opetaia is very dangerous, but he’s a smaller man that’s been hurt by smaller men than Deontay, slower men than Deontay.
“I’ve never seen Opetaia get hit by nobody like Deontay; I’ve seen Deontay get hit by bigger punchers than Opetaia. [But] one thing we can expect in this fight is a knockout.
“The name of the fight is ‘bad intentions’ – at least that’s what I’m calling it, because that’s what they share in common. What they share in common is mentality – they both are trying to hurt you.”
While he stopped short of predicting a winner, it is perhaps telling that Scott, despite his relationship with Wilder, has not explicitly favoured him to win by knockout.
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