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Cordina added: “Winning the WBO global puts me top 15 in the world so if it’s the WBO title next so be it.<\/p>\n
“Whether it’s the belt holders \u2013 you’ve got Abdullah Mason and Sam Noakes fighting for the WBO.<\/p>\n
“You’ve got [Raymond] Muratalla the IBF champion, Gervonta Davis \u2013 whichever puts me in line to fight for one of those belts. I’ll take any of them.<\/p>\n
“I just want to be back in the big fights and the big shows \u2013 that’s what I’m in boxing for.”<\/p>\n
Cordina was first crowned a world champion boxer when he beat Kenichi Ogawa to claim the IBF super-featherweight title in an epic display in Cardiff in June 2022.<\/p>\n
But he was stripped of the title when he was unable to defend it within a 90-day window after suffering a broken hand.<\/p>\n
He then won it back with a hard-fought split-decision win over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in April 2023.<\/p>\n
After one successful defence, a majority decision win over Edward Vazquez, he lost the title to Northern Ireland’s Anthont Cacace in a surprise defeat in Saudi Arabia in May 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n The Welshman had been due to make his comeback against Shakur Stevenson in October, but the WBC lightweight champion pulled out with a hand injury.<\/a><\/p>\n Cordina had to dig deep against the quick-handed and spirited 24-year-old Mexican, who had previously only lost once in his professional career.<\/p>\n But Cordina’s experience and boxing craft saw him through to a unanimous decision, with scorecards of 100-90, 99-91 and 98-92.<\/p>\n “It was a test I needed,” Cordina told BBC Radio 5 Sport Extra.<\/p>\n “There were three or four opponents sent to me and they were a lot easier than that one – I picked him solely on his punch power.<\/p>\n “There was nothing to see of him and I couldn’t watch him to see how good he was but his punch power \u2013 13 knockouts out of 17 wins – I knew I had to be switched on.<\/p>\n “I couldn’t take my eye off the ball even though with a bit of ring rust I managed to get the job done comfortably, so I was happy.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n