'I'm on cloud nine' - Cacace lands back in Belfast

IBF super-featherweight champion Anthony Cacace says he is connected "cloud nine" aft his unanimous determination triumph complete Josh Warrington astatine Wembley connected Saturday.

Cacace, whose world title was not connected nan line, backed up his stunning triumph complete Joe Cordina successful May by beating two-time featherweight world champion Warrington successful London.

And nan 35-year-old was looking guardant to returning location to Andersonstown successful westbound Belfast to savour nan celebrations aft different memorable win.

"I'm buzzing to thrust up location to Andytown. I'm going to get immoderate sweets and cocoa coming from nan shop and bask it," Cacace told BBC Sport NI aft arriving backmost astatine Belfast City Airport.

"I'm connected unreality 9 and truthful are my team, it was a difficult fight, return thing distant from Josh.

"That is back-to-back world champions I person defeated, and I ne'er thought my life would travel to this, truthful it is overwhelming."

Looking up to what comes next, Cacace indicated connected Saturday nighttime that while Eduardo 'Sugar' Nunez is his mandatory challenger astatine super-featherweight, he has ambitions of moving into nan heavier people against nan likes of four-time world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko aliases Gervonta Davis.

And longer term, he is hoping to beryllium remembered arsenic 1 of nan greats successful nan storied history of boxing successful Northern Ireland.

"Whatever happens, happens. I could spell to America, I could travel to header nan SSE successful Belfast, I would emotion to, but everything that comes from present is simply a prize for me," he continued.

"I deliberation I tin hit him [Lomachenko], he is very bully and I will springiness it my all. The feline is legendary, but I would conflict him successful nan morning! As agelong arsenic things are correct for my family, everything is possible.

"I want to cement my sanction successful Irish boxing immoderate measurement aliases other. I would emotion to do thing retired of nan ordinary, if that was winning different loop aliases moving up a weight to triumph a bel, I want to spell down arsenic 1 of nan top from this country."

Before that though, Cacace is looking guardant to a break, pinch nary fights scheduled for nan remainder of this twelvemonth arsenic he looks to retrieve from injuries sustained against Warrington.

"I request a break, I'm going to remainder and bask nan remainder of nan year," Cacace said.

"I person nan trim connected my oculus and nan 1 connected nan backmost of my head, they're going to return 3 months to heal truthful hopefully aft Christmas immoderate clip I tin travel backmost and do thing special."