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Joe Cordina faces a court appearance in July after being charged “with assault and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place”.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 34-year-old Welshman is a former super-featherweight world champion and had been due to fight for the WBO lightweight title in the United States on 4 July.<\/p>\n
South Wales Police (SWP) has confirmed Cordina and another man have been charged in connection with an incident that took place outside a petrol station in the Cardiff suburb of Pentwyn last February.<\/p>\n
SWP stated: “Joseph Cordina, 34, from Pontprennau, has been charged with assault and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in a public place. He is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on July 7.<\/p>\n
“Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, has been charged with assault and is due to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on July 28.”<\/p>\n
Cordina was due to fight American Abdullah Mason in Cleveland on Saturday, 4 July, but said on Wednesday the United States embassy in London turned down his visa application.<\/a><\/p>\n Cordina revealed in a social media post on Wednesday that he had been denied a US visa, saying: “I was due to fly to the United States this week. A couple of days back I went to the US embassy in London and they basically denied me a visa.<\/p>\n “I tried to explain certain things, and had all the paperwork to back it up, and they wasn’t having it.<\/p>\n “They just sort of basically told me you ain’t getting in.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n