On May 18, 2024, the 32-year-old IBF super-featherweight world champion, Joe Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs), faced a 35-year-old Irish boxer Anthony Cacace (21-1, 7 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Cordina came in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 14 days. Cacace was on a 6-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 11 months and 21 days.
Anthony Cacace stopped the champion via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF super-featherweight champion. Cacace improves his record to 22-1 (8 KOs), while Cordina adds a loss to his record at 17-1.