Andrew Cain begins the defence of his WBC international silver super-bantamweight title tonight against Luis Moreno, just five weeks after winning the title against Pablo Ariel Gomez. The 25-year-old knockout specialist has won his first nine fights with eight coming by way of knockout.
His opponent tonight comes into the fight with a 10-2 record and represents a stiff test for the Liverpool based fighter. The fight will take place at the famous York Hall and is the biggest challenge of Cain's career to date. His last fight finished in just 19 seconds in a whirlwind victory which saw him announce himself in the division.
Moreno's last fight in the UK was a defeat to Dennis McCann at the Copper Box in London and it is sure to be an interesting fight. It takes place on the undercard of the vacant WBC International bantamweight fight between Brad Foster and Ionut Baluta, with Liverpool middleweight James Heneghan also on the bill.
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Here is everything you need to know ahead of the fight:
How to watch
The undercard starts on BT Sport 2 at 7pm (BST), with the main event expected at 10pm and this fight being one of the top undercards, so it can be expected at roughly 9pm.
What has been said:
Cain spoke exclusively to Danny Flexen from SecondsOut ahead of the fight:
On how he imagines his 10-round championship contest could go...
“I’m just gonna go out there and be me, and that’s all I can do. And I imagine that if I go out and perform the way I know I can and the way that I’m capable of performing then I don’t imagine it going the 10, no.”
On what's next...
“It’s down to Warren and the Queensberry Promotions team, but I’m ready for whatever and I have been since I was a young man. All I have to do is focus on the fighting, the training, get myself right and fighting, and everything else comes along with it.”
On domestic rivals Brad Foster and European champion Jason Cunningham...
“I’m most definitely at that level, yeah. And I fought the likes of these fellas before in the amateurs and I’m most definitely ready for them now. I could be fighting any of them names on Friday and doing a proper job in against any of them. They’re on their path and I’m on my path. I don’t look at them and think they’re the enemy, I look at world champions and I think ‘I’ll have you’.”
On his Everton Red Triangle gym...
“We’re all coming, every one of us, and you’re gonna see that. These next few years are exciting for us, we’re gonna be progressing and moving forward. If you look at our performances of late, we’re not messing around, we’re coming to destroy, and we’re coming to state who we are, and the place we’re fighting out of, the Red Triangle, it’s a special place and its special in our hearts as well so we’ve also got that were fighting for.”
On why the gym is so successful right now...
“To be honest with you, [it's] Paul Stevenson. He’s the main man down there and he’s teaching us properly and he’s showing us proper boxing, our minds are on the job. Without Paul, it wouldn’t be the same, so firstly I would have to say Paul.
“We’re also helping each other, we’re all bouncing off each other, we’re all watching and learning things off each other, as every gym does but we’re all special fighters down there and we’re all coming, but if I have to say one main thing as to why, the reason for the success, would be Paul Stevenson.
“He’s always been like a mentor for me, I’ve been at the gym since I was 10. I think if it weren’t for the gym, I wouldn’t like to think about what would be going on in my life at the minute. But Paul Stevenson means a lot to me, he’s like a father to me, and all the lads in the gym, yeah I love Paul, he’s a great man.”