{"id":5603,"date":"2023-02-07T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/joe-cordina-world-title-fight-with-shavkatdzhon-rakhimov-to-be-held-in-cardiff\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T15:57:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:57:59","slug":"joe-cordina-world-title-fight-with-shavkatdzhon-rakhimov-to-be-held-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/joe-cordina-world-title-fight-with-shavkatdzhon-rakhimov-to-be-held-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cordina: World title fight with Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov to be held in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Joe Cordina has never lost a fight as a professional boxer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Joe Cordina has been given his wish of a home fight with Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov as he bids to win back the world title he lost without being beaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unbeaten Cordina, 31, was crowned IBF super-featherweight champion in June 2022 but was controversially stripped of the belt because of injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With Cordina unable to make a defence, mandatory challenger Rakhimov claimed the vacant title last November.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cordina will face Rakhimov on 22 April at Cardiff’s International Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

That is the venue where Cordina became Wales’ 12th world champion boxer when he produced a stunning <\/span>second-round stoppage of Kenichi Ogawa.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Cardiff fighter had been due to face Rakhimov in Abu Dhabi last November in what would have been his first title defence.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he suffered a broken hand which required surgery and his inability to fight within a 90-day window saw the IBF rule he should stand down as champion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cordina <\/span>told BBC Sport Wales<\/span><\/a> he struggled to understand that decision and that it left him contemplating his future in the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he said he had “an extra point to prove” as he targeted a bout with Tajikistan’s Rakhimov, who became champion when he beat Manchester’s Zelfa Barrett.<\/span><\/p>\n

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