Joe Cordina, a two-time IBF junior lightweight beltholder, was Tuesday granted unconditional bail at Cardiff Magistrates Court after he pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault by beating.
The 2016 Olympian will now face trial on October 13.
The 34-year-old appeared in the dock alongside James O’Brien, who has also been charged with assault in connection with the incident that South Wales Police stated occurred on February 27 outside a service station in Pentwyn, Wales.
The court had previously heard the offences Cordina and O’Brien are charged with are “against each other”.
Cordina, 19-1 (9 KOs), had been due to challenge WBO lightweight boss Abdullah Mason in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 4 only for his application for a US visa to be denied.