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James ‘Jazza’ Dickens will make the first defence of his WBA super-featherweight title against Belfast’s Anthony Cacace at Dublin’s 3 Arena on Saturday, 14 March.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Liverpool southpaw was upgraded to full champion in December as Lamont Roach was stripped of the belt, having fought in lightweight and light-welterweight bouts since his last title defence against County Tyrone’s Feargal McCrory in 2024.<\/p>\n
Dickens, who has a 36-5 record with 15 knockouts, won the interim title with a fourth-round stoppage of Albert Batyrgaziev in July and was scheduled to face Hayato Tsutsumi in Saudi Arabia on 27 December but withdrew through injury.<\/p>\n
Instead, the 34-year-old will take on former IBF champion Cacace – who has one defeat from 25 fights with nine knockouts.<\/p>\n
He relinquished the belt in order to face Leigh Wood in May, a fight the 36-year-old won by ninth-round stoppage at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena.<\/p>\n
Cacace has been out of the ring since then, with a back injury forcing him out of an August meeting with Raymond Ford in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n
However, he returns to take on Dickens as he bids to become a two-time champion, having beaten Joe Cordina to win his first title in Saudi Arabia in 2024 before defeating Josh Warrington at Wembley Stadium four months later.<\/p>\n
Chief support on the night will be a light-welterweight battle between two big punchers in Dublin’s Pierce O’Leary and Portsmouth’s Mark Chamberlain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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