Boxing World Doesn’t Want You To Hear This (EXCLUSIVE) | Joe Cordina

Champions Connect Podcast · Aug 21, 2025 · 1h 12m

What does it feel like to lose a world title without losing a fight?

Joe Cordina is a boxer from Cardiff and a two-time IBF super featherweight world champion, whose dad lives in Gozo, an island he has been coming to since he was a baby.

This conversation was recorded during his summer in Gozo. As an amateur he took silver at a European Olympic qualifier and qualified for the Olympic Games. In June 2022 he knocked out Ogawa in Cardiff to win the world title in his hometown.

He explains what boxing fans never see. Nine years of his pro career living away, seeing his kids a handful of days per…