1. Joe Cordina was born on 1 December 1991 and is a Welsh-Maltese professional boxer.
34 Facts About Joe Cordina
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Joe Cordina is a two-time super-featherweight world champion, having held the International Boxing Federation title from April 2023 until May 2024 and previously in 2022.
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Joe Cordina represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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In 2012, Cordina won a bronze medal at the European Under-22 Boxing Championships held in Russia.
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Joe Cordina was eliminated from the 2013 AIBA World Boxing Championships after losing his first bout in the lightweight event to Lazaro Alvarez of Cuba.
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Joe Cordina represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Joe Cordina lost his semi-final to Scotland's Charlie Flynn by a split judge's decision and was eliminated from the tournament, to finish with a bronze medal.
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Joe Cordina won the lightweight gold medal at the 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria, beating Otan Eranosyan of Georgia in the final.
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Joe Cordina was the only British boxer to win a gold medal at the event.
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Joe Cordina boxed at the 2016 European Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament in Samsun, Turkey.
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Joe Cordina secured qualification for the lightweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by beating David Joyce, who had eliminated him from the 2012 Olympic qualification tournament, in the semi-finals.
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Joe Cordina made his professional debut as a super-featherweight on 22 April 2017 at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, scoring a fourth-round technical knockout victory over Jose Aguilar in a scheduled four round contest.
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Joe Cordina next faced Sergej Vib on 29 April 2017, on the Anthony Joshua vs Wladimir Klitschko undercard.
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Joe Cordina won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.
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Joe Cordina faced Josh Thorne on 27 May 2017, in his third professional bout.
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Joe Cordina won it by a first-round stoppage, as Thorne retired at the end of the opening round.
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Joe Cordina faced Jamie Speight on 1 September 2017, and extended his winning streak to four fights.
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Joe Cordina faced Lester Cantillano on 28 October 2017 on the Anthony Joshua vs Carlos Takam undercard.
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Joe Cordina won the fight on points, which was the first decision victory of his professional career.
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Joe Cordina faced Lee Connelly on 13 December 2017, in his final fight of the year.
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Joe Cordina won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.
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Joe Cordina was booked to face Hakim Ben Ali for the vacant WBA International lightweight title on 31 March 2018, on the Anthony Joshua vs Joseph Parker undercard.
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Joe Cordina won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.
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Joe Cordina made his first regional title defense against Sean Dodd on 4 August 2018, in a fight which was simultaneously a bout for the vacant Commonwealth lightweight title as well.
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Joe Cordina faced Andy Townend on 20 April 2019 in his first Commonwealth title defense.
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Joe Cordina won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.
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Joe Cordina made the first defense of the British and Commonwealth titles on 31 August 2019.
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Joe Cordina was scheduled to fight Enrique Tinoco for the vacant WBA Continental super-featherweight title on 30 November 2019.
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Joe Cordina faced Faroukh Kourbanov on 20 March 2021, following a 16-month absence from the sport.
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Joe Cordina won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Hernandez after just 53 seconds.
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Joe Cordina made his first WBA Continental title defense against Miko Khatchatryan on 11 December 2021, over two years after he had won it.
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Joe Cordina was next scheduled to defend his belt against Shavkat Rakhimov on 5 November 2022.
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On May 18,2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Joe Cordina lost his IBF super featherweight title via eighth-round TKO against Anthony Cacace.
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Joe Cordina was scheduled to challenge WBC lightweight World champion Shakur Stevenson at Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 12 October 2024.