Anthony Cacace-Eduardo Núnez: Purse bid postponed for IBF Mandatory Title Fight
Anthony Cacace will have more time to make a deal with his mandatory opponent.
The Ring has confirmed that the IBF has postponed the hearing of the appeal of the purse in which Cacace was ordered to defend the title against Eduardo Núnez. The session was scheduled to take place Tuesday via Zoom at the licensing board's headquarters in Springfield, New Jersey.
An IBF spokesperson confirmed to all registered promoters that the postponed date is coming.
Ironically, the delay comes after Núnez's team requested the fund immediately after the IBF issued an order to discuss it. Cacace was called to begin negotiations with Núnez just five days after ousting Joe Cordina. The Belfast native won the title in the eighth round on May 18 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Cacace (22-1, 8 knockouts), Ring's No. 5-rated junior lightweight, presented his best performance on the big stage to date. The fight took place on the Oleksandr Usyk-Tyson Fury undercard. Cordina (17-1, 9 KOs) entered the fight on the hook to honor the mandatory defense with the win. That responsibility has now passed to Cacace, who has won seven in a row.
Núnez (27-1, 27 KOs) entered the first round with an eleventh round knockout of former titleholder Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov. Their February 16 title decider saw Núnez hit the road to wear down and stop Rakhimov (17-2-1, 14 KOs) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The fight marked the first time that Núnez went past the tenth round. He didn't need much longer than that, however, to close the deal. The win extended his current streak to seventeen fights and one final appearance.
Cacace and Núnez are responsible for their commitment to the fight.
According to IBF rules, failure of any roster to honor the mandatory defense will result in their title being stripped. Likewise, challengers who leave the program will be ineligible to participate in any IBF-sanctioned fight for at least six months. In addition, such a failure of the competitor will also result in him being promoted outside the top ten of the IBF.
Jake Donovan is a senior writer for The Ring and vice president of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
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