Joe Cordina v Kenichi Ogawa 4th June 2022 IBF super featherweight

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http://www.youtube.com/shorts/vdZejFRgM-4

[Primo Carnera]

So pleased for Cordina. I’ve always rated him highly, although I had my doubts whether he could take this chance against a good champion. Beautiful punch to finish it.

[TIC]

joe has apparently been stripped of the ibf belt he won in this fight

[Master]

Joe Cordina: Welshman 'gutted' as injury cancels world title defence against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov

Joe Cordina says he is "absolutely gutted" after his super-featherweight world title defence against Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov was called off because of injury.

The Welsh boxer, who has had surgery on a hand, says he has been stripped of his title by the IBF.

"Worked my whole life to become a world champion and I haven't even had the chance to defend the title," said Cordina on social media.

He added: "Feel like I've been robbed."

Cordina had been due to defend his title in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, 5 November on the undercard of the light-heavyweight world title fight between Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Zurdo Ramirez.

Rakhimov, the IBF's mandatory challenger, had stepped aside to allow the Welshman to fight former champion Kenichi Ogawa in Cardiff in June.

The 30-year-old, nicknamed 'The Welsh Wizard', became Wales' 13th world champion with a stunning one-punch knockout of Japan's Ogawa.

Cordina is undefeated in 16 pro fights.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/63128633

[Spicoli]

Pretty much a bum deal dealt to Cordina on legit injury. He shouldn't be stripped. And meanwhile Stevenson dumps his belts on the scale without a second thought and now Rey Vargas gets to arbitrarily jump to 130 and is granted an immediate title fight..while so far holding onto his 125 .

[TIC]

Pretty much a bum deal dealt to Cordina on legit injury. He shouldn't be stripped. And meanwhile Stevenson dumps his belts on the scale without a second thought and now Rey Vargas gets to arbitrarily jump to 130 and is granted an immediate title fight..while so far holding onto his 125 .

sucks but in fairness shavkatdzhon did step aside so that joe could fight kenichi for the vacant belt. i hate interim titles but this seems like a legitimate occasion where it would have made sense to have an interim championship fight while joe recovers. as to rey vargas & the wbc belt at one thirty, the last wbc rankings i saw had robson conceicao at number two behind o’shaquie foster at number one, who rey is supposed to fight for the vacant belt. feel for robson, sure he lost to shakur, but shakur was a lightweight, robson should be fighting for the vacant belt