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Joe Cordina says his next fight will be his last at super-featherweight unless he can seal a unification bout.<\/b><\/p>\n
The undefeated Welshman will defend his world IBF super-featherweight title in Saudi Arabia against Anthony Cacace on the undercard of the Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk heavyweight clash.<\/p>\n
Cordina, 32, was scheduled to fight earlier this month until injury to Fury<\/a> saw the bill postponed until 18 May.<\/p>\n “It’s tough when a fight falls through\u2026 It was a nightmare,” Cordina said.<\/p>\n “I am plodding along\u2026 Obviously, I am disappointed my fight in Saudi was called off due to Tyson Fury’s injury,” he added.<\/p>\n “I am trying to keep busy and keep my mind occupied and stop myself from veering off and eating rubbish.<\/p>\n “It’s a bit of a kick in the shins. Now I have to do a horrible camp again. I’ve already done a camp.<\/p>\n “This was a good one, the best sparring and now we have to reset and go again.”<\/p>\n Cordina, who won the IBF world title for the second time with a split-decision win<\/a> over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in Cardiff last April, retained his belt in Monte Carlo in November with a majority decision win over Edward Vazquez<\/a>.<\/p>\n The decorated amateur, who is 17-0 as a professional, has been vocal in the past about his desire to chase the biggest fights and, while he respects 35-year old Cacace, he insists he will be looking to move up to lightweight if he cannot box in a unification contest.<\/p>\n “Anthony Cacace is a bit of a frustrating fight for me, even though I am getting paid very well,” he said on BBC Radio Wales Sport.<\/p>\n “Cacace is a good fight – but it’s not the fight people probably wanted or expected.<\/p>\n “But I am grateful to be in a position where I’ll be on a massive show, one of the biggest in history.<\/p>\n “I was chasing the other title holders but it hasn’t happened yet.<\/p>\n “The thing is for me, if I can’t get a unification fight in my next fight, I will look to go up a weight.<\/p>\n “I am not getting any younger and the big money fights are at the weight above me.<\/p>\n “Cacace is a great fighter but if I beat him and don’t get a unification fight\u2026 I don’t want to just keep defending my title.”<\/p>\n Texan O’Shaquie Foster, who edged out Abraham Nova to retain the WBC super-featherweight title on Saturday at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, is one of the fighters who has indicated a willingness to clash with Cordina with both their titles on the line.<\/p>\n However, Cordina says he does not expect a fight with the 30-year-old to materialise due to his excessive demands.<\/p>\n “O’Shaquie Foster keeps calling me out but the mad thing is, it was in his hands,” he added.<\/p>\n “I talked to my promoter Eddie [Hearn] and he told me that when they did make an offer to him to fight me, he was asking for silly, silly money.<\/p>\n “The guy couldn’t sell out his hometown. He’s just fought in Madison Square Garden in the small bit.<\/p>\n “Even if I went over there, he can’t fill anything. I mentioned him in America when I was over there and even Americans didn’t know who he was. <\/p>\n “He’s irrelevant but he’s got a belt. <\/p>\n “It seems like it will be too hard work to deal with him… There are other champions out there.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n