Joe Cordina 18-1, 9 food) worked at an impressive unanimous decision of 10 round over a second level fighter, Jaret Gonzalez Quiroz (17-2, 13 COs), in a lightweight competition Saturday night in the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Former IBF Super Featherweight Champion Cordina was injured in the sixth round by a right hand of minor well-known 24-year-old Quiroz.
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The scores were 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92. Boxing News 24 had it 7-3 in favor of Cordina.
Rabbit Pons has plagued Cordina
Cordina (34) got away with a lot rabbit pons, forearms, laces, And hit the back tonight. The referee had an accidental approach to the fight and chose not to police the constant vegetation of Cordina. In the fifth and sixth rounds it was a clinic of Fouls by Joe. It was astounding how the referee did not stop the action of drawing points. Cordina had a field day with the Roughhouse tactics against a fighter he didn’t have to use it. He had to be able to breeze through Quiroz, as he is not a fighter at the world level.
The rabbit bumps had to lead to warnings and at least one penalty because they were constant of him. His first step was to clinch and then nail Quiroz with a rabbit. It was hard to look at.
Cordina did not use so to fight. The year of inactivity and his knockout loss in his previous battle against Anthony Cacace in 2024 made him desperate tonight to get an extra lead. He already had two because of his large size and experiential advantage. Quiroz is not a top-level contender.
Mason vs. Noakes winner
“We want to try to get him in a position to fight the winner of the Abdullah Mason against Sam Noakes battle so he can try a world champion with two divisions. Now we want to fight,” Eddie Hearn said after the fight, responding to the fight, Cordina’s victory About Quiroz. “You have to get in there to fight such a fight. He won every round. He looked like he sometimes enjoyed it. He didn’t want an easy touch. “
I’m Welsh. Bring any Mexican ear, and I will stop them in their tracks, ”Cordina said.
Based on this performance, Cordina would not have a chance against any of the top five lightweights in the division. Hearn’s idea of fit Cordina against the winner of the November battle between Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes for the 135 pound WBO title is bad. Cordina would not belong in the ring against the likely winner of that fight, Mason.
Even if he would use the rabbit boots and other rough home tactics that he used against Quiroz tonight, he would not last for Mason for a long time.
Cordina needs more difficult battles
Ideally, Cordina should earn a title shot rather than giving it on a silver tray after a win over the hand -placed Quiroz. Let Cordina beat one of these fighters:
- Herrera Cores
- Denys Berinchyk
- Edwin de Los Santos
Cordina is unlikely to be able to beat any of these guys with what he looked like tonight, but if he wins, he deserves to fight for a world title against the Mason-Noakes winner. Cordina should not only get a world title because he briefly held the 130-pound IBF title. The sport should not work that way. Cordina did not hold a world title at Super Featherweight, and the man he hit to win the band, Kenichi Ogawa, was nothing special.
Last updated on 07/05/2025
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