Joe Cordina will probably be making an attempt to transform the 13th Welsh boxer to seize an international identify this weekend as he’s taking on Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF super-featherweight belt in Cardiff. The former Olympian is these days undefeated at 14-0 with wins notable over Gavin Gwynne, Sean Dodd, and Faroukh Kourbanov.
Having previously held the British and Commonwealth light-weight titles, Cordina now casts his eyes against world-level opposition at super-featherweight. Standing throughout from him is the protecting champion, Ogawa, who firstly picked up the IBF belt in opposition to Tevin Farmer in 2017 however the combat was once later dominated a no contest after Ogawa failed a post-fight medicine check.
The Japanese boxer went directly to win his subsequent 4 fights and in the end challenged for the vacant IBF super-featherweight identify in opposition to Azinga Fuzile the place he formally captured the gold. Cordina will probably be Ogawa’s 2d defence of the crimson strap.
Date and venue
Cordina’s global identify conflict with Ogawa will happen on Saturday, June 4 on the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales. The area has a capability of seven,500 and tickets are nonetheless to be had as of the time of writing.
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Fight instances and TV channel/reside circulate
Cordina vs Ogawa will probably be proven at the DAZN app for UK audience, which will also be subscribed to for £7.99-a-month. The app announces common boxing displays from Matchroom Boxing and Golden Boy Promotions and has a big archive of previous fights.
All the motion will also be reside streamed immediately from the app, which is to be had for obtain onto your cellular, pill, sensible TV, or pc. The primary card gets underway from 7pm, with ring walks anticipated for the principle match at round 10pm.
Ogawa vs Cordina undercard
Main Card
Kenichi Ogawa vs Joe Cordina, 12 rounds, super-featherweight – Ogawa protecting his IBF super-featherweight identify
Faroukh Kourbanov vs Zelfa Barrett, 12 rounds, super-featherweight – Kourbanov protecting his European super-featherweight identify
Dalton Smith vs Mauro Perouene, 10 rounds, super-lightweight
Skye Nicolson vs Gabriela Bouvier, 8 rounds, featherweight
Gamal Yafai vs Sean Cairns, 8 rounds, super-bantamweight
Preliminary Card
Calum French vs Gadatamen Taylor, super-lightweight
Joe Morgan vs Rustem Fatkhullin, super-lightweight
Kyran Jones vs Vasif Mamedov, middleweight
Ben Crocker vs Evgenii Vazem, welterweight
Monique Bux vs Ester Konecna, super-middleweight
Betting odds
Joe Cordina to win 8/11
Draw 37/2
Kenichi Ogawa to win 6/4
*Odds courtesy of Betfair are right kind at time of e-newsletter