Cacace warns Dickens he is in for a 'really hard night' ahead world title showdown

Live and exclusive on DAZN, the fight is at Dublin’s 3Arena and Dickens’ WBA junior lightweight title will be on the line.

Cacace (24-1, 9 KOs) is bidding to become a two-time champion after relinquishing his IBF belt last year and the 37-year-old is enjoying a real Indian summer.

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The Belfast man has promised Dickens (36-5, 15 KOs) will be in for a ‘really hard night’ and expects it to be a fight of the year contender.

“The way the way everything’s turned out for me is just insane,” he told Queensberry.

“Now, I'm just riding the crest of a wave now and have the chance to become a two-time world champion. All the other stuff comes and goes out the window. I am fully focused. I am on the brink of obsessed at this point.

“Jazza has got a really hard night ahead of him and so do I. But I really do genuinely believe that this could be one of the best Irish fights in a long time.”

Dickens won interim belt by stopping Russia's Albert Batyrgaziev last July and was upgraded to full champion in December.

The Liverpudlian has also done the things the hard way in his career but Cacace doesn’t think he can match his desire and determination.

“If he does then he deserves it,” Cacace said.

“If he does, it makes for a fight of the year contender without a shadow of a doubt.

“He's a southpaw and small. I’m tall. Orthodox, southpaw. I can switch. It makes for an interesting one, too. It's not just a great fight but a world class fight.”

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