Highly capable Anthony Cacace defends his IBO Super Featherweight title tonight against the inactive former 126-pound champion, Leigh Wood in the Nottingham Arena. Cacace (23-1, 8 COs) will have to find a way to neutralize Wood’s power benefit (28-3, 17 COs) to win. Leigh comes in weight after a two -year discharge to find himself out again at 130.
Tonight’s Cacace vs. Wood event is displayed Live on dazn At 2pm ET / 23:00 pt for the main card.
Tough test for wood
It can go bad for Wood tonight, because it’s his first fight against a true talent. The belief that he came with match from his previous promoter, but it won’t work tonight. He is thrown in with Cacace, which has an excellent technical ability.
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Former two-time WBA featherweight champion Wood is no spring chicken at 36, and there are questions about what he has left after wars against Mauricio Lara and Michael Conlan. Wood took a lot of punishment in those battles, and it wasn’t even the cream of the crop at 126.
His former promoter, Eddie Hearn, never combined him against the killer of the killer with feather weights: Rafael Espinoza, Stephen Fulton, Angelo Leo and Nick Ball. In this respect, wood was protected from the hard world of the featherweight section. It can be brutal for carefully managed domestic level fighters, depicted as top echelon.
Keys to Cacace’s victory
Cacace does not have the power to knock out or strike with him. So, he will have to rely on his skills to win tonight. If he makes the mistake of standing in the trenches with Leigh, it will not end well for him. Wood may be past his best, but his power is still there.
Last updated on 05/10/2025
