{"id":969378,"date":"2026-11-13T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969378\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T17:10:09","slug":"fury-v-joshua-joe-cordina-unlikely-to-face-manny-pacquiao-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/969378\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury v Joshua: Joe Cordina unlikely to face Manny Pacquiao in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Reports indicate that Pacquiao, a 12-time world champion across eight different weights, may also have settled on facing an opponent in early 2027 instead, with an official announcement expected soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While Cordina <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/boxing\/articles\/c34g1wenzg9jo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had agreed terms to face Pacquiao,<\/a> the Filipino legend &#8211; who has not fought since July 2025 &#8211; has not reciprocated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hearn previously admitted that he was unsure whether the final details could be agreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the promoter has been adamant in his belief that a Welsh fighter must feature on what is one of the most highly anticipated boxing cards in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Not having a two-time world champion from Wales on the undercard is crazy,&#8221; Hearn told IFL TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Abdullah Mason, Shakur Stevenson and Keyshawn Davis are all fighters that Hearn has name-checked as potential opponents for Cordina if the Pacquiao showdown could not be finalised.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turki Alalshikh, the co-founder of Zuffa Boxing and a member of the Saudi Royal Court, has confirmed that the 11 December card is not yet finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reports indicate that Pacquiao, a 12-time world champion across eight different weights, may also have settled on facing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":969379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-969378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}