Anthony Cacace's Wembley win takes him from 'silly talk to real talk' as he weighs up next move
Anthony Cacace admitted he had to pinch himself after his latest high profile win highlighted his incredible journey over the last 18 months.
The Belfast boxer is living the dream following his unanimous decision win over Josh Warrington on Saturday evening. The IBF super-featherweight champion followed up his victory over Joe Cordina in May with victory over the two-time featherweight champion on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF heavyweight title bout with Daniel Dubois.
Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher performed a three-song set as the crowd swelled to 96,000 ahead over Dubois knockout win over Joshua. Cacace was still trying to process it all as he spoke after his latest win, which he dedicated to the people of Belfast.
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"If you were to ask me this a year-and-a-half-ago, I'd have dismissed it as silly talk," said the 35-year-old. "Now it's real talk and we're all in the big time and we want to continue marching forward."
"I'm a proud Andersonstown man and I'm very proud of my estate and the people around it, but not only that - the whole of Belfast; north, south, east, west and the whole of Ireland. I'm just super proud to be Irish and to be doing them all proud."
Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez is now Cacace's mandatory challenger at super-featherweight with a potential defence in Belfast a real possibility, but the Belfast boxer admitted he now has a decision to make. Stepping up to lightweight is now is also a real option for the 'Andytown Apache' where he could face the likes of four-time world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko or Gervonta Davis.
"I'm in that league, I'm right there for any of those boys," Cacace said. "If I move up to lightweight, I'm the mandatory challenger for Lomachenko's title. We're just going to have to see. It's all in my hands. I'm in the driving seat. We'll see what the future holds."
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