A number of days in the past, WBC light-weight champion Shakur Stevenson claimed that his “verbally agreed” obligatory protection in opposition to William Zepeda would are available in February versus the initially said October twelfth Dmitry Bivol vs Artur Beterbiev undercard. Now, the traditionally dependable Julius Julianis stories that Stevenson has signed a one-fight take care of Matchroom to face former tremendous featherweight champion Joe Cordina on the unique date.
Fellow Olympian Cordina (17-1, 9 KO) capped off his rise by means of the professional ranks with a surprising one-punch knockout of Kenichi Ogawa for the IBF title. The crusing’s been a bit rougher since; each Shavkat Rakhimov and Eduardo Ramirez pushed Cordina to his limits, after which Anthony Cacace pummeled him into submission with the assistance of an uncalled shot on the break.
Stevenson (22-0, 10 KO) has argued that the reduce to 130 compromised Cordina’s skills, an concept that might not be with out advantage, however Cordina remains to be a tough promote as a reputable opponent. He doesn’t have the type to present the quicker, extra technically sound Stevenson points, and to make issues worse for the viewing public, he’s too expert for Stevenson to simply knuckle down and overwhelm him the best way he did Shuichiro Yoshino.
I assume we wanted an inevitable stinker to take care of cosmic steadiness forward of Bivol vs Beterbiev.
