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LIVERPOOL STREET, CENTRAL LONDON — Anthony Cacace can’t help but smile. This time last year, unexpected fight delays saw his proposed IBO/IBF super-featherweight unification with Joe Cordina postponed three months. He’s pitched a career-best campaign since then and this week, fields questions from yours truly in preparation of his Leigh Wood assignment in a May 10 headliner.
Continue reading “Anthony Cacace content to continue upsetting the big guns, one at a time”
Joe Cordina lost his IBF super-featherweight world title in startling fashion on Saudi shores seven months ago and while he’s been raring to go in a new weight division after suffering a first professional defeat, the Welshman doesn’t have leverage nor seemingly a promotional deal with which to pursue the big fights he’s long been coveting. That won’t stop him searching for more in 2025. Continue reading “After rollercoaster 2024, Cordina can’t wait to get into lightweight mix in 2025”
Continue reading “Cordina’s complaints are warranted, but now stuck in limbo between two weights”
Oleksandr Usyk started well, adjusted after some shaky middle rounds and scored a ninth-round knockdown en route to earning a gruelling split decision victory over Tyson Fury in the battle of unbeaten heavyweight world champions to be crowned the division’s first undisputed champion since 1999 in Riyadh.
Continue reading “Usyk adapts, drops Fury during SD12 win to become undisputed heavyweight king”
Nine undercard fights on offer, three that could easily headline their own bill including two world championship bouts in contrasting divisions without a dominant name. A quartet of Brits in action, some early Queensberry vs. Matchroom bragging rights to be had and plenty elsewhere on offer before the fight we’ve waited 25 years to see takes centre stage in Riyadh this weekend. Continue reading “Lowkey final presser for Ring of Fire as intrigue over many undercard bouts build”
Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk was supposed to have unfolded a week ago today, with two other championship bouts on the undercard – featuring the return of IBF super-featherweight world titlist Joe Cordina. While the three-month delay complicates matters out of his control, the Welshman has been clear on his stance should he be unable to secure unification bouts at 130lbs. Continue reading “Cordina’s unification desire lingers as IBF world champion enduring unclear future”
Three-weight world champion Shakur Stevenson retired, then quickly circled back faster than Teofimo Lopez, left agitated by the politics of a sport he’s known his entire life. Now 26 and settled as one of the four titlists at 135lbs, the Olympic silver medallist must look inwardly if he’s to live up to the sky-high greatness many have long tipped him for. Will his last display prompt that? Continue reading “Addressing the Shakur Stevenson-shaped problem at lightweight, and well, beyond”
Joe Cordina was the first to acknowledge Saturday night wasn’t his best showing, but the 31-year-old would’ve learned from the experience and more importantly, remained unbeaten after a majority decision (114-114, 116-112 x 2) win over a gamely effort by Edward Vasquez in their Monte-Carlo main event. Continue reading “Cordina compels future foes after edging majority decision nod vs. spirited Vasquez”
As the Welshman longs for future unification fights and big-money bouts to fully maximise the prime of his career, he faces an unheralded IBF super-featherweight world title defence this weekend in the form of Edward Vasquez in Monaco as WBC champion O’Shaquie Foster called for a unification bout this past week after winning a topsy-turvy firefight against Rocky Hernandez. Continue reading “O’Shaquie Foster did his part, now Joe Cordina must complete Monaco mission”
Not six months ago at a press conference in London, I asked light-welterweight contender Harlem Eubank how it would feel to headline his own show on the Brighton seaside after watching Joe Cordina do the same to reclaim world champion status in Cardiff. Much different situations but on November 10, Harlem does exactly that to finish a busy 2023 with bigger steps on the horizon. Continue reading “Harlem Eubank headlines at home in Brighton, as the tests intensify – starting with Timo Schwarzkopf on Nov. 10”
Former WBO super-featherweight world champion Jamel Herring isn’t satisfied with how his professional boxing journey looked to be ending, and after a 18-month layoff, will make his in-ring return on November 7 looking to finish the final chapter of his career on his terms. IBF champion Joe Cordina makes the first defence of his title three days earlier in Monaco, and an unlikely showdown with the Welshman is naturally a difficult challenge he has set for himself. Continue reading “Jamel Herring eager to go out on his own terms, as Cordina title shot carrot lingers”
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