{"id":717667,"date":"2026-07-29T17:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717667\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:53:14","slug":"joe-cordina-pleads-not-guilty-to-charges-of-assault-by-beating-as-former-world-champion-denied-us-visa-for-abdullah-mason-fight-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717667\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Cordina pleads not guilty to charges of assault by beating as former world champion denied US visa for Abdullah Mason fight | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting another man.<\/p>\n

Cordina, 34, a two-time IBF super-featherweight champion, appeared at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault by beating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

South Wales Police previously said the charges relate to an incident outside Pentwyn Service Station in Cardiff on February 27 this year.<\/p>\n

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\n Kordina’s fight against Abdullah Mason in America was cancelled after his application for a visa was refused<\/p>\n

During the brief hearing, Cordina appeared in the dock alongside Jamie O’Brien, 32, from Pentwyn, who has also been charged with assault in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n

The court previously heard the offences the two men are charged with are alleged to be “against each other”.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Nadeem Majid, representing Cordina, said the second charge of assault he faces “emanates from one continued incident”.<\/p>\n

O’Brien did not enter a plea during the hearing.<\/p>\n

District Judge Charlotte Murphy set a trial date for Cordina of October 13.<\/p>\n

She said: “You’ve pleaded not guilty to two offences, which means there’s going to be a trial.<\/p>\n

“Until then, I grant you unconditional bail.”<\/p>\n

Cordina was due to fight for the WBO lightweight title against Abdullah Mason in the United States on July 4, however, his application for a US visa was refused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former boxing world champion Joe Cordina has denied assaulting another man. Cordina, 34, a two-time IBF super-featherweight champion,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-717667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}