Boxer told he can no longer fight for world title on Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois card

Anthony Cacace’s IBF super-featherweight rubric volition not beryllium connected the enactment erstwhile helium fights Josh Warrington connected the Anthony Joshua vs Daniel Dubois undercard connected Saturday.

The Belfast combatant won the IBF strap with a career-best triumph implicit Joe Cordina successful May, knocking retired the antecedently undefeated Welshman on the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk bill.

However, the IBF [International Boxing Federation] has present ruled the loop volition not beryllium contested astatine Wembley Stadium this weekend.

The sanctioning assemblage does not see Warrington a viable challenger for their super-featherweight belt. The Leeds combatant has spent the past 12 years warring successful a antithetic value people astatine featherweight, winning 2 satellite titles astatine 126lbs.

But Saturday marks his archetypal combat up astatine super-featherweight successful implicit a decennary with the IBF refusing to authorisation him arsenic a satellite rubric challenger.

There were concerns the combat could beryllium scrapped wholly but the IBF person fixed it the greenish airy to spell up without their loop connected the line.

While Warrington volition miss the accidental to go a two-weight satellite champion, determination besides large repercussions for Cacace.

Should the champion suffer to Warrington, the IBF rubric volition go vacant. Should helium win, Cacace indispensable combat mandatory challenger Eduardo Nunez earlier March 2025 oregon beryllium stripped of the belt.

 Cacace’s IBO belt, a lesser recognised satellite title,  will inactive beryllium up for grabs.

‘It’s for the IBO satellite title. The IBF isn’t connected the line,’ Cacace told BBC Sport.

‘You would request to speech to Frank [Warren, Cacace’s promoter] and everybody other down the scenes astir that. I wanted it connected the line.

‘I’ve known for weeks. It’s not 1 spot of fuss to me, but astatine the aforesaid clip I don’t truly recognize what the hellhole is going on.’

The disorder implicit the IBF loop is simply a 2nd stroke up of Saturday with Liam Smith forced to propulsion retired of his combat against Josh Kelly. Ishmael Davis volition measurement successful connected precocious announcement to combat Kelly.

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