Anthony Cassave's IBF super featherweight title will not be in play when he fights Josh Warrington in the Anthony Joshua x Daniel Dubois eliminator on Saturday.
The Belfast fighter won the IBF belt with the best win of his career over Joe Cordina in May, knocking out the undefeated Welshman. No draft Leo Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk.
However, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) has now decided not to contest the belt. Wembley The stadium this weekend.
The sanctioning body does not consider Warrington a contender for the super featherweight belt. The Leeds fighter has spent the last 12 years fighting in a different weight class, winning two world titles at 126lbs.
But Saturday marks his first super featherweight bout in more than a decade, with the IBF refusing to sanction him as a world title contender.
There were fears that the fight could be cancelled outright, but the IBF gave the green light for the fight to continue without the belt in the bout.
Empora Warrington has the chance to become a two-weight world champion, which would also have major implications for Kakas.
The issue of Warrington's championship, or IBF title, remains unclear. If he wins, Cacace will have to face Eduardo Nunez before March 2025 or lose his belt.
Cacace's IBO belt, the less prestigious world title, will remain in dispute.
“It's the IBO world title,” Casase told BBC Sport. “The IBO is not in the game.”
“I’ll need to speak to Frank (Warren, Kakas’ promoter) and everyone else behind the scenes about this. The UEFA wanted to get the game isso em.
– It's been six weeks. It doesn't bother me at all, but at the same time I don't really understand what the hell is going on.
Confusion over the IBF belt is the second blow before Saturday, when Liam Smith was forced to withdraw from his fight against Josh Kelly. Ishmael Davis will enter the Isha at the last minute to fight Kelly.
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