Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks for IBO title fight
Anthony Cacace and Leigh Wood face off for the IBO super featherweight title on Saturday at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. (Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images)
Uncrowned has Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood live results, round-by-round updates, highlights, ring walks and start time for the Cacace vs. Wood fight card on Saturday afternoon at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. In the night's main event, former world champions Cacace and Wood battle for the IBO super featherweight title.
Cacace (23-1, 8 KOs) had a stellar 2024 campaign, defeating Joe Cordina to win the IBF super featherweight title in May and then successfully defending it against Josh Warrington at Wembley Stadium in September. Cacace was forced to vacate the IBF belt in January after he chose to face Wood rather than defend against his mandatory challenger, Eduardo "Sugar" Nunez.
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In stark contrast, Wood (28-3, 17 KOs) recorded zero fights in 2024 and ends an 18-month layoff on Saturday. The former WBA featherweight champion was most recently on a terrific five-fight run at the world level, having won four of those contests and avenged his defeat to Mauricio Lara over that period. But on Saturday afternoon, it will be a new weight class for him with a new promoter (Queensberry), as Wood hopes to build back the momentum he had in 2023.
The Cacace vs. Wood prelims begin at 11 a.m. ET and can be watched on Uncrowned below.
The Cacace vs. Wood main card starts at 2 p.m. ET on DAZN. Main event ring walks are expected around 5 p.m. ET.
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Follow all of the action with Uncrowned's live results, highlights and play-by-play of the main card below.
Main Card (2 p.m. ET, DAZN)
IBO super featherweight title: Anthony Cacace vs. Leigh Wood
Light heavyweight: Ezra Taylor vs. Troy Jones
Featherweight: Liam Davies vs. Kurt Walker
Welterweight: Owen Cooper vs. Chris Kongo
Prelims (11 a.m. ET, Watch via Uncrowned)
Super lightweight: Sam Noakes vs. Patrik Balaz
Heavyweight: Lewis Williams vs. Viktar Chvarkou
Super featherweight: Charlie Senior vs. Cesar Ignacio Paredes
Super welterweight: Harris Akbar vs. Octavian Gratii
Middleweight: Joe Cooper vs. Dmitri Protkunas
Featherweight: Nico Leivars def. Darwing Martinez via pints (60-55)
Super lightweight: Huey Malone def. Jakub Laskowski via points (60-54)
Lightweight: Joe Tyers def. Mario Portillo via points (39-37)
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