{"id":34985,"date":"2019-03-12T13:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=34985"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T13:13:31","slug":"undefeated-joe-cordina-to-fight-ko-kid-for-lonsdale-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/12\/undefeated-joe-cordina-to-fight-ko-kid-for-lonsdale-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated Joe Cordina to fight &#039;KO Kid&#039; for Lonsdale belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_35270\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35270\" style=\"width: 3500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-35270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/2017-10-28T211035Z_1195016895_RC15D2AAC570_RTRMADP_3_BOXING-CORDINA-CANTILLANO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2313\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/2017-10-28T211035Z_1195016895_RC15D2AAC570_RTRMADP_3_BOXING-CORDINA-CANTILLANO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3500\" height=\"2313\" \/><\/noscript> Joe Cordina (Credit: Matchroom Boxing)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nUNDEFEATED Welsh boxer Joe Cordina faces a new challenge next month as he takes on Andy Townend.<br \/>\nMatchroom Boxing has announced Cordina will fight the Barnsley man on the undercard of Dave Allen v Lucas Browne.<br \/>\nThe Cardiff-born fighter, 27, won the Commonwealth lightweight (59kg &#8211; 61.2kg) title last time out against against Sean Dodd and steps up to take on &#8216;KO Kid&#8217; Townend at the O2 Arena, London.<br \/>\nThe pair will be fighting for the Lord Lonsdale belt, which was first held by Welsh lightweight champion Freddie Welsh in 1912.<br \/>\nThe belt was vacated by the most recent champion Lewis Ritson.<br \/>\nCordina, a former Olympian who represented Team GB at Rio 2016, is undefeated after eight bouts, with six knock out victories.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Townend has a record of 22 wins 4 defeats, and is undefeated in his last six fights.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Joe Cordina v Andy Townend takes place on April 20 at the O2 Arena, London\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDEFEATED Welsh boxer Joe Cordina faces a new challenge next month as he takes on Andy Townend. 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