Anthony Cacace continued his handsome form with winning in the 9th round of Leigh Wood, who survived the painful end of returning after a 19-month absence.

Cacace (24-1, 9 Kos), 36, sealed the victory after they forced the count in round 9, and then followed the cruel attack, which prompted the corner of Wood to throw the towel and stop the clash of two former world champions in Motorpoint Arena Nottingham in England.

During the third subsequent fight, Cacace defeated either the prevailing world champion or former world champion after transforming his delayed flourishing career over the past year. Cacace emerged from relative vagueness to win the title of IBF champion a year ago, and then made one defense against giving up the belt in January. It was another brilliant performance of the North Irishman.

With its growth and reach, in this form, Cacace is a hazardous pretender for each of the world juniors of delicate masters.

“I took this fight only for money, and the money was twice as much [IBF mandatory challenger Eduardo] Nunez, that’s why I was here in Nottingham tonight.

“Show me the money, I will travel everywhere, I’m 36 years ancient. I will fight it [vs. WBC world champion O’Shaquie Foster] next week.”

Frank Warren, a promotion promotion of Queensberry, says that Cacace will fight in his hometown of Belfast in Northern Ireland.

But in the case of Wood (28-4, 17 KO), defeating his junior delicate debut after a long release can make him consider retirement when he approaches his 37th birthday in August.

“I don’t want to pronounce, it was more hard than usual,” said Wood.

“I feel that I am much stronger in a featherweight, where it was a even pitch tonight. There was no shame when she lost to him.

“I’m not going to make decisions on the spot [about retirement]. “

Wood was unable to create his heroic past.

Wood knocked out Can XU in the last round of the WBA World title in July 2021, and then did the same to Michael Conlan at Fight of the Year in 2022. Then, in his last fight, Wood comes from a losing position to stop the former champion Josh Warrington in round 7 in October 2023.

Wood collects dust since winning over Warrington due to injury and long -term waiting for his younger delicate debut.

While Wood was gone, Cacace’s career started with a delay. Cacace gave up the IBF world, which he won against Joe Cordin in May 2024 to fight Wood. In September, he unanimously spoke Warrington, and the last activity meant that he looked much sharper than Wood.

They both began to box from an orthodox attitude and focused on establishing their stabs, but in the 2nd round Kocia was more risky when he landed excessively on his forehead.

Cacace, who had three inches and four -inch advantages of reach, broke the guard Wooder with the right upper top in round 3, and then a moment later a left hook landed.

The two -time World Feather champion Wood, who was roared by his fans of his hometown in Nottingham, answered with his left hook at the end of the 3rd round, but in general he tried to get close enough to land on the early rounds.

Wood produced his best in round 4 with a more busy stab and closed the upper round. But Cacace resumed control, and in the 6th round a man from Belfast punished wood with a long stab and upper left mining from close range.

Cacace changed his attitude and slid around the ring when he fired stabbing stabs and put points.

The Northern Irishman sealed the victory when he started attacking in round 9 and it was too much for Wood, which he received when he was sent back on the ropes after nailing the miniature upper right and left hook.

He followed the piercing of blows after Cacace. After a series of hooks and the upper Kakas, he unloaded the left to the solar plexus, which wounded the wood and sent it back. When Cacace was chasing the wood around the ring to land on Ko, the English corner threw a towel to stop the fight.

Janibek Alimkhanuly (17-0, 12 KO) mapped his plans for this year, focused on uniform fights with medium weight champions Carlos Adames and Erisland Lara to achieve his goal, which is the undisputed master. Then in 2026 Janibek says that he will move up to challenge Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed champion in Super Middle Wweight.

Obstacles in negotiations

If Janibek fails to fight Adames and Erisland this year, he should consider reducing losses and immediately go to 168 to put himself in able to fight Canelo. If Terenka Crawford gets four lanes in the Super Middle Wweight, he will never agree to fight Janibek because it is not popular enough.

Olympian Alimkhululy 2016 has no significant victories in its nine -year CV. Despite this, Janibek can earn more money in a medium supercer than in a dead, idle weight class 160 pounds. It would still be better to get up if he is unable to get a clash of union with Adames or Lara.

The IBF and WBO MIDDLE champion Alimkhanuly and WBC Champ Adames (24-1-1, 18 KO) are supposedly in negotiations. They were mentioned as potentially fighting on the Manny Pacquiao vs. Mario Barrios on July 19 on the PBC PPV card in Las Vegas. If the fight was made, Janibek vs. Adames would be a great addition to the party and can easily overshadow this clash.

Janibek’s promoters in the highest rank may have problems negotiating the fight with the WBA master Erislanda Lara (31-3.19 KO), because he did not participate in a risky battle from the moment his fight against Canelo Alvarez in 2014. At the age of 42, he may have a reluctance to take part in a secured impact, such as southern Plad Alimkhnelia.

Lara may feel that it is better to maintain her WBA title and continue defending titles at a low level against warriors, such as Danny Garcia, Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan and Michael Zefer. The Cuban opposition Southpaw Erislanda since the winner of the WBA 160-LB title in May 2021 was embarrassingly bad. The face of gold can be broken from this form with uncomplicated opposition to face the much younger and powerful Janibek in unification.

Narrow opposition

32 -year -old Janibek did not fight the great opposition either. In its four four fights there are these uncomplicated traces:

– Anauel by Missangue
– Andrei Michhailovich
– Vincenzo Gualtieri
– Steven Butler

This year I take off Carlos and get my third title. Then I will retire Lara. And in May next year I come from Canelo to become the undisputed champion of both divisions! Inshallah! pic.twitter.com/pajlzixsb

– Janibek Alimkhanuly (@kazstyle) May 9, 2025

Emanuel Mavarrete today defends her super feather title WBO against her pretender No. 1, Charly Suarez, in the main event in San Diego. Navarrete (39-2-1, 32 KO) will make the fourth defense of your WBO 130-pound belt against Suarez (18-0, 10 KO) at the Arena.

The card will be live on ESPN and ESPN+ at 22:00 et | 19:00 Fri tonight. The estimated time on Navarrete’s fight with Suarez is at 23:00 et. The introductory card starts at 17:30 et / 14:30

Preview of main events: Navarrete vs. Suarez

Given the tender CV of Suarez, there was not much noise in today’s Navarrete fight. Fans do not know Suarez because he did not overcome any significant objection during his six -year professional career. He is not adolescent at the age of 36 to have such a sterile CV. On paper, Suarez is easily the weakest pretender, before which Navarrete defended his title since he captured him

Main card on ESPN and ESPN+ at 22:00 ET / 19 PM PT

Emanuel Navarrete vs. Charly Suarez
Raymond Muratalla vs. Zaur Abdullaev
Youthful Santillan vs. Angel Beltran
Andres Cortes vs. Salvador Jimenez
Albert Gonzalez vs. Jose Guardado

Prelims at 17:30 et / 14:30 PT on ESPN+

Alan Garcia vs. Cristian Medina
Sebastian Hernandez Reyes vs. Azat Hovhannisan
Samuel Contreras vs. Dyllon Cervantes Alvarado
Basaldua Pearl vs. Mona Ward

Fans would prefer that Navarrete would defend himself against one of the talented and younger contenders, not DOI its title with another tender opponent. In the last fight, Navarrete fought for an unnecessary rematch against Oscar Valdez in December last year after closing him in a unilateral 12-round decision in 2023.

Co-main cooperation: Muratalla vs. Abdalaev

People seem to be the most interested in the fight of this card, the main support between the lithe pretender Raymond Muratalla (22-0, 17 KO) and Zaur Abdullaev (20-1, 12 KO). They will fight for the free IBF 135-punting title. Muratalla is preferred to win this clash, and then potentially raised to the full status of the lithe IBF master, if Vasily Lomachenko does not return from absence to defend against him.

It is understandable why 30-year-old Navarrete decided to maintain the title of WBO 130-LB instead of following other belts in the Super Feather Wweight. The ranking of pretenders by the World Boxing Organization is one of the weakest of four sanctioning bodies.

WBO rankings seem upside down, with beaten, cushioned pretenders at the top and talented, threatening evaluated below. This is an ideal situation for a faulty master, such as Navarrete, to keep his title longer than usual. WBO Raymond Ford took 7th place in position 7, and Eduardo “Sugar” Nunez assessed #9. These two are Navarrete’s greatest threats for his reign, but for some reason they are low in WBO.