On May 18, 2024, Joe Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs), the super-featherweight IBF champion, defends his title against the reigning IBF super-featherweight champion Anthony Cacace (21-1, 7 KOs).
Joe Cordina is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Edward Vazquez, 6 months and 14 days ago. Anthony Cacace is on a 6-fight win streak with a 31% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Damian Wrzesiński, 11 months and 21 days ago.
The winning odds are at 75.9-24.1 in favor of Joe Cordina. It is going to be a competitive fight and Anthony Cacace will put up a very good fight, but Cordina will prevail.
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.