ANTHONY CACACE claimed the Irish super-featherweight title with a first-round KO of Mickey Coveney at the National Basketball Arena. Cacace, who stopped Coveney in Belfast earlier this year, stunned the defending champion with an uppercut near the end of the first.
Joe Hillerby, Ray Ginley, Luke Wilton, Eddie Nesbitt, Stephen Reynolds, Brendan Fitzpatrick, Noel O’Brien and James Tennyson also won on the ‘Rumble in Dublin’ card. Undefeated Christina McMahon secured the Celtic Women’s Warrior bantamweight belt with a points decision over France’s Stephanie Ducastel. Elsewhere, Jamie Kavanagh improved to 12 wins and one draw from 13 fights following a thriller with Ramon Valadez in California.