Who won Magnesi vs Cacace?
Anthony Cacace beat Michael Magnesi by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, September 24th, 2022, at AO Arena, Manchester.
The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 116-112, 117-111 in favor of winner Anthony Cacace.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 130 pounds (9.3 stone or 59 kg).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Joseph Parker losing to Joe Joyce for the WBO Interim World Heavyweight championship. Also on the undercard Amanda Serrano defeated Sarah Mahfoud, Ekow Essuman was victorious over Samuel Antwi for the BBBOC British Welterweight and CBC Commonwealth Welterweight titles, and Nathan Heaney beat Jack Flatley.
Magnesi vs Cacace stats
Back in September 2022, Michael Magnesi stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 21 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.
Anthony Cacace made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.
Michael Magnesi was the younger man by 6 years, at 27 years old.
Cacace had a height advantage of 4 inches over Magnesi.
Michael Magnesi fought out of the orthodox stance, while Anthony Cacace was a southpaw.
Magnesi was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 1 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 7 months later than Cacace, whose first professional fight was in 2012. He had fought 15 fewer professional rounds, totaling 149 compared to Cacace's 164.
Michael Magnesi went into the fight ranked number 14 by the WBC, and 8 by the IBF at super featherweight.
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Anthony Cacace had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Leon Woodstock on August 28, 2021, by unanimous decision in their BBBOC British Super Featherweight championship fight at Arena Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom.
Prior to that, he had defeated Sam Bowen on November 30, 2019, by split decision in their BBBOC British Super Featherweight championship fight at Birmingham, West Midlands.
Going into that contest, he had beaten Alan Isaias Luques Castillo on February 23, 2019, by points in the 8th round at O2 Arena, London.
Before that, he had won against Reynaldo Mora on December 21, 2017, by points in the 6th round at Holiday Inn, West Midlands.
He had been beaten by Martin Joseph Ward on July 15, 2017, by unanimous decision in their CBC Commonwealth Super Featherweight and BBBOC British Super Featherweight championship fight at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
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Cacace's last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 2 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
What time did Magnesi vs Cacace start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:15 PM BST at AO Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom, which was 3:15 PM EST or 12:15 PM PST on the West Coast of America.
Who broadcast Magnesi vs Cacace?
Magnesi vs Cacace was broadcast on BT Sport 1 in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by ESPN+.
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