IBF super featherweight champion Joe Cordina (15-0, 9 KOs), who claimed the world title with a stunning one-punch knockout of Kenichi Ogawa in June, will make his maiden defense against mandatory challenger Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov (16-0-1, 13 KOs) at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 5, live to subscribers worldwide on DAZN (excluding South Korea and MENA).

Cordina-Rakhimov lands on the undercard of the WBA light heavyweight world title clash between undefeated rivals Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Zurdo Ramirez on Matchroom’s first ever show in the United Arab Emirates.