'Inspiring' Cacace will knock Warrington out - Frampton

Former two-weight world champion Carl Frampton has backed chap Belfast combatant Anthony Cacace to return nan adjacent measurement successful his "inspiring story" and sound retired Josh Warrington astatine Wembley Stadium connected Saturday night.

While his IBF super-featherweight title is not connected nan line, Cacace has nan chance to rumor different awesome connection connected a large shape aft dethroning Joe Cordina successful Riyadh successful May.

Frampton mislaid to Warrington successful a featherweight world title conflict successful 2018 but is assured Cacace will not autumn to nan Yorkshireman connected nan undercard of Anthony Joshua and Daniel Dubois' heavyweight title bout.

"Although he's nan older fighter, he's decidedly nan fresher fighter," Frampton said of Cacace.

"Josh Warrington has been successful 1 aliases 2 excessively galore difficult fights, moreover nan ones he's won person been gruelling. That has an effect connected you and takes thing distant from you.

"Anto's riding nan crest of a activity astatine nan moment, he's sewage nan spot betwixt his teeth and he's flying. You tin spot it erstwhile you talk to him and you look into your eyes, he intends what he's saying.

"I deliberation Anto wins by KO successful nan 2nd half of nan fight."

A master combatant since 2012, Cacace fought connected nan undercard of Frampton's memorable world title triumph complete Kiko Martinez successful Belfast successful 2014, but for years his large break eluded him.

But aft beating Michael Magnesi to triumph nan IBO super-featherweight title successful September 2022, he earned a changeable astatine Cordina aft overcoming Damian Wrzesinski successful Belfast.

And pinch nan Andersonstown combatant having overwhelmed nan Welshman connected nan undercard of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury's heavyweight unification bout successful Saudi Arabia, he now has nan chance to ray up different large measure against Warrington, who is making his debut astatine 130lb.

"It's specified an inspiring story, what Anto's done," added Frampton.

"A twelvemonth ago, he was delivering Chinese [food] arsenic a measurement to support surviving and support feeding his family. Boxing wasn't paying much, he was having 1 conflict a twelvemonth for nan past 5 years.

"It's been really inspiring. If you're waiting connected that break and if it hasn't come, conscionable look astatine group for illustration Anto Cacace.

"Going from what he was doing and not having a legume really not that agelong ago, [if he] thumps Warrington, 1 much conflict and he's a millionaire. It's an astonishing story."

Frampton says that while Cacace's top plus is his punching power, keeping his emotions successful cheque will beryllium important to battling past Warrington, respective of whose fights has featured caput clashes including a 2021 bout pinch Mauricio Lara that ended successful a method tie aft nan Mexican suffered a trim supra his eye.

"His temperament sometimes tin be...he's a hot-head," Frampton said of Cacace.

"I dream he doesn't spot red. Josh Warrington, he gets distant pinch it, but he bulls successful pinch his caput and Anto will get deed by Josh's caput connected Saturday nighttime whether he likes it aliases not.

"I dream he keeps his temperament, keeps his cool and doesn't rustle up."