Tonight’s Live Boxing Results: Cordina Vs. Vazquez – SolSportHQ
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By Mark Eisner: Joe Cordina defends his IBF super featherweight title tonight against the upset-minded Edward Vazquez in their headliner on a Matchroom-promoted card in Monte Carlo. The event will be shown on DAZN, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET. This is Edward’s big opportunity to beat the favorite Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) and then move forward to a unification clash against champions Emanuel Navarrete or O’Shaquie Foster.
(Photo credit: Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing)
Live boxing action will be shown below of tonight’s Cordina vs. Vazquez card.
Cordina (16-0, 9 KOs) needs a good showing here to make himself a viable option for a unification fight against WBC super featherweight champion O’Shaquie Foster next.
Main Card
Joe Cordina vs. Edward Vazquez
Sivenathi Nontshinga vs. Adrian Curiel
Souleymane Cissokho vs. Isaias Lucero
Julissa Guzman vs. Ramla Ali
Many boxing fans believe Edward Vazquez was robbed last year in his ten round split decision to the Eddie Hearn-promoted fighter Raymon Ford, and some would argue that he should still be undefeated.
The way Vazquez fought against Foster, he has an excellent chance tonight of beating Cordina, who is kind of a one-trick pony, throwing single power shots and always looking for a one-punch knockout.
A spectacular knockout tonight, like the one Cordina produced against Kenichi Ogawa last year, would help his chances of getting the Foster fight.
Given his lack of name recognition and his fights on a rival network, the 31-year-old Cordina’s chances of facing the Top Rank-promoted WBO 130-lb champion Emanuel Navarrete next are slim & none.
Navarrete is a big name now, fights on ESPN, and his promoters at Top Rank would not be interested in the Eddie Hearn-promoted Cordina, a DAZN guy.
Even if Cordina beats Foster, who didn’t look at all good in his last fight against Rocky Hernandez, he probably won’t get a shot at Navarrete. Again, the lack of name recognition in the U.S., fighting for Matchroom, and being on DAZN would make it unlikely Navarrete will fight him.
Cordina vs. Vazquez = 50-50 fight
“I must say that when O’Shaquie Foster defended his [WBC super featherweight] world title last week in Mexico, I said to him, ‘You vs. Cordina next in a unification,’ and he said, ‘He’s got to get past Edward Vazquez. I know him, I spar with him, and this is a tough, tough’ for what he says is a ’50-50 fight,’” said Eddie Hearn at the final press conference this week for the Cordina vs. Vazquez contest.
“The way that Cordina looked in his last fight against Shavkatdzhon
Rakhimov last April, it’s understandable why Foster sees tonight’s contest as a 50-50 affair.
Cordina is an excellent fighter, but he’s vulnerable and well short of the elite level that we see in other guys around that weight class, like Emanuel Navarrete & Robeisy Ramirez. Those fighters are on another level as Cordina, but he’ll likely never meet up with either of them, so it’s a good thing for him.
“Joe Cordina is looking for the big unifications next year; the stadium fights, but the man [Vazque] to my left with the life-long dreams to become world champion gets that opportunity on Saturday night.
“Edward, I’ve been impressed with your interviews. Calm, cool, collected, and focused on your lifelong dream on Saturday night.”
“He hasn’t put on any performances to show that he’s got something to beat me,” said Joe Cordina to Boxing Social, talking about Edward Vazquez saying that he’s arrogant. “I’m taking it very seriously. Whatever he said that, I’m taking it lightly and overlooking him; that’s not the case at all.
“I’ve never overlooked a journeyman. It only takes one shot in boxing. I believe it will ignite early on, but the class will show in the end. It’s a big opportunity for him.”
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