Former IBF super featherweight champion, Anthony Cacace, has firmly established himself as one of the top 130lb fighters on the planet but the Irishman has set his sights on claiming another world title belt.

The 36 year-old has made no secret of the fact that having finally won a major title by stopping Joe Cordina in Saudi Arabia last May, his focus switched to making as much money as he possibly could.

Last September, the prospect of a showcase slot on the undercard of the heavyweight title showdown between Daniel Dubois and Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium was too much to resist and Cacace went ahead with a fight with Josh Warrington, despite the IBF refusing to sanction the former two-time featherweight champion as a challenger for their title. Cacace outpointed Warrington over 12 rounds.

Earlier this year, Cacace chose to relinquish his belt and and pursue a lucrative fight with the exciting Leigh Wood rather than a mandatory defence against the dangerous Mexican, Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez. Just over two weeks ago, Cacace stopped the two-time WBA featherweight champion in the ninth.

Rather than concentrating on grabbing as much as he can before sailing off into the sunset, it sounds like Cacace has begun to dream of having a belt around his waist again.

“I’ve just been relaxing and waiting for a big shot and hopefully I’ll get a title shot before Christmas,” Cacace (24-1, 9 KOs) told Queensberry.

“It's been it's been, honestly, an amazing 12 months. I've had three fights against three two-time world champions. I feel like I'm only getting started. Yeah, I'm 36 but I feel great.”

The champion that Cacace’s name has been most regularly linked to is American, O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs).

After his stoppage of Wood, Cacace’s promoter, Frank Warren, declared that he would reward his man with a homecoming date in Belfast.

It remains to be seen whether Foster could be tempted across the Atlantic but having entered the history books by becoming Ireland’s first ever super featherweight world champion, Cacace has set his heart on adding to his legacy further.

“He’s got the WBC title,” he said. “I think the last person to win that back home in Belfast was Wayne McCullough [McCullough won the WBC super bantamweight title in 1995] so I'd like to be the second.”