Anthony Cacace (24-1, 9 COs) says he feels like he’s vice versa, like the film character ‘Benjamin -button,’ The advanced age of 36, with his ninth round technical knockout of former two-time WBA featherweight champion Leigh Wood (28-4, 17 COs) last Saturday night in the Carpoint Arena in Nothingham, England.
Wood was blocked out and thrown by the longer, better skilled khakas. In the ninth round, Cacace went for the finish and dropped off with a blizzard of bumps and stumbled wood in the ropes. Referee John Latham gave him a standing eight score. Leigh then tried to fight, but Cacace continued with his relentless assault and nailed him with brackets, top and body shots.
Towel of surrender
In the end, Wood desperately tried to retreat over the ring and turn his back on Cacace. Wood’s coach saw his fighter was in a desperate position and preferred to throw in the towel of surrender. Davison gets quite well with his towel throw, as he has done with Wood before. He must have stood and fought until the end, but turned his back and ran. I don’t know what to say about it. It goes without saying, doesn’t it? The time of the downtime was at 2:15 of round nine.
Cacace showed with his actions that he was still fighting at a high level, and that he had lost nothing from his wins last year against Joe Cordina and Josh Warrington. However, Wood, 36, was not the ideal criterion to say how much the Irish native Cacace is left in the tank. Leigh came from a 19-month discharge, and he has never been regarded as a true elite level of world-class.
Wood’s claim to fame struck Can Xu, Mauricio Lara and Michael Conlan. None of these fighters are in the same Galaxy talent-wise as the murderers at Featherweight today: Rafael Espinoza, Stephen Fulton, Nick Ball and Angelo Leo. Even the contenders at Featherweight, fighters like Bruce Carrington and Brandon Figueroa would be a pure nightmare for wood.
Age disregard
“I feel like I’m the Benjamin button of boxing. I work from old age, ‘says Anthony Cacace to Ring magazineAbout the high level where he still performs, and in the late 20s fights like a fighter.
‘Getting that one tonight was special. I am very pleased that I got the result. I’m going to go over to bigger and better things. Tonight I was a little too good (for Leigh Wood). ‘
Last updated on 05/11/2025
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