Anthony Cacace vs Josh Warrington: Inspiring Cacace will knock Warrington out, says Carl Frampton

A professional fighter since 2012, Cacace fought on the undercard of Frampton’s memorable world title win over Kiko Martinez in Belfast in 2014, but for years his big break eluded him.

But after beating Michael Magnesi to win the IBO super-featherweight title in September 2022, he earned a shot at Cordina after overcoming Damian Wrzesinski in Belfast.

And with the Andersonstown fighter having overwhelmed the Welshman on the undercard of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury’s heavyweight unification bout in Saudi Arabia, he now has the chance to light up another big bill against Warrington, who is making his debut at 130lb.

“It’s such an inspiring story, what Anto’s done,” added Frampton.

“A year ago, he was delivering Chinese [food] as a way to keep living and keep feeding his family. Boxing wasn’t paying much, he was having one fight a year for the last five years.

“It’s been really inspiring. If you’re waiting on that break and if it hasn’t come, just look at people like Anto Cacace.

“Going from what he was doing and not having a bean really not that long ago, [if he] beats Warrington, one more fight and he’s a millionaire. It’s an amazing story.”