IBF super featherweight champion Joe Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs) scored a hard-fought twelve round majority decision over Edward Vazquez (15-2, 3 KOs) on Saturday night at the Casino de Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Tough gritty fight with judges scoring it 114-114, 116-112, 116-112.
Unheralded light flyweight Adrian Curiel (24-4-1, 5 KOs) sensationally knocked out and dethroned previously unbeaten IBF world champion Sivenathi Nontshinga (12-1, 9 KOs) in the second round. Curiel connected with a right hand that shockingly laid out Nontshinga. Time was 1:09.
Unbeaten WBC #3 welterweight Souleymane Cissokho (17-0, 9 KOs) outscored Isaias Lucero (16-2, 10 KOs) over twelve mostly lackluster rounds. Cissokho, a 2016 Olympic medalist, dropped Lucero with a short right in round two, then cruised through the full twelve, winning 118-109, 118-109, 117-110. The fighters touched gloves after each round.
In a rematch, female super bantamweight Ramla Ali (9-1, 2 KOs) outboxed Julissa Alejandra Guzman (13-3-2, 7 KOs) over ten rounds to avenge her only loss. Scores were 96-94 3x.
And new! Congratulations Curiel.
Beautiful slip and Right hand over the top. BANG!
Wow usually I look at a fighters KO ratio and write off any chance of a KO win but this guy looked like the heavier handed fighter from the get go. Hopefully more explosive KO’s to come. Congrats
That was a bomb! I didn’t think he could do that. Full credit to Curiel and Ramla Ali as well, I didn’t think either would win tonight.
Nontshinga KTFO!
Cordina might be a bigger fraud than the money laundering treasonist from Delaware. Cordina is a phony. He needs to go home and get his shine box. Any true top level guy will level him out.
He’s certainly not as good as many thought.
Vasquez won this one and if they wanted cordina to keep the fight they should least made it a draw like one of the judges had it
Cordina is a hyoed fighter not as good as marketed, Vasquez exposed him, Vasquez looked better on defeat than Cordina in victory, Navarrete and Foster would destroy Cordina