Joe Cordina

[TheLoneRanger]

And the new Super Featherweight Champion of the World is ...

Joe Cordina

What a tremendous fight - 2 Warriors.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Superb and very close fight. What the judge who scored it 116-111 was on I’ll never know. A draw wouldn’t have been a travesty but chuffed for the Welsh boy.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Superb and very close fight. What the judge who scored it 116-111 was on I’ll never know. A draw wouldn’t have been a travesty but chuffed for the Welsh boy.

God knows what that judge was watching with that score, you're right a draw was would have been a fairer decision, to win a World Title you need to clearly show dominance in the fight to beat the champion and that fight was far to close for Cordina to have clearly beaten Rakhimov, in fact Rakihimov probably should have got the decision, he was busier and buzzed Cordina several times throughout the fight, Cordina could have won the fight inside the distance if he had followed up on the shots that buzzed Rakhimov but he didn't want to get tangled into a slugfest.

Cracking contest though.

Just glad the Babic fight on Sky Sports finished as quick as it did, as I would have missed a lot of the Cordina fight, Babic the odds on favourite was stopped in the first round, so much for being the favourite :lol:

 

[exiledclaseboy]

God knows what that judge was watching with that score, you're right a draw was would have been a fairer decision, to win a World Title you need to clearly show dominance in the fight to beat the champion and that fight was far to close for Cordina to have clearly beaten Rakhimov, in fact Rakihimov probably should have got the decision, he was busier and buzzed Cordina several times throughout the fight, Cordina could have won the fight inside the distance if he had followed up on the shots that buzzed Rakhimov but he didn't want to get tangled into a slugfest.

Cracking contest though.

Just glad the Babic fight on Sky Sports finished as quick as it did, as I would have missed a lot of the Cordina fight, Babic the odds on favourite was stopped in the first round, so much for being the favourite :lol:

Not sure I agree that a challenger has to clearly win a fight to take the title. Any win on the scorecards is a win, as subjective as that can be sometimes. But I do agree about last night’s fight. Any of the three possible decisions would have been justified and no one could have had any complaints. 116-111 was ridiculous though.

 

[Niigata Jack]

Not sure I agree that a challenger has to clearly win a fight to take the title. Any win on the scorecards is a win, as subjective as that can be sometimes. But I do agree about last night’s fight. Any of the three possible decisions would have been justified and no one could have had any complaints. 116-111 was ridiculous though.

Good luck to him, but Rakhimov can count himself unlucky.

 

[Resolvenjack]

In all honesty, Rachimov could possibly have never held the title at all if Cordina hadn't broken his hand in training before their fight last year, meaning he had the title stripped from him, leaving Rachimov to fight Barrett for the vacant title.

So at least he does have world champion on his CV.

 

[TheLoneRanger]

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[Risc]

Top fighter. Should be glad Shakur Stevenson has decided to move up a weight however.