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<\/p>\nThe Welsh boxer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault in connection with the incident and is due to stand trial later this year<\/p>\n
10:13, 27 Aug 2026Updated 15:42, 27 Aug 2026<\/p>\n
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Joe Cordina arriving at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court last month (Image: Walesonline)<\/p>\n
A man has admitted punching former world champion boxer Joe Cordina outside a petrol station in Cardiff.<\/p>\n
Jamie O’Brien pleaded guilty to assault by beating of Cordina during a hearing at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
In a hearing last month the boxer denied two charges of assault against O’Brien and is due to stand trial later this year.<\/p>\n
South Wales Police previously said the charges relate to an incident outside a Texaco garage in Pentwyn on February 27.<\/p>\n
O’Brien, from Glyn Collen, Pentwyn, appeared in court on Wednesday where he pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old was given a conditional discharge for a period of 12 months and made to pay \u00a3111 in costs.<\/p>\n
Cordina’s trial has been listed for October 13 and is due to last a day.<\/p>\n
The boxer was due to fight for the WBO lightweight title in the United States on July 4 but his application for a US visa was refused. Don\u2019t miss a court report by signing up to our crime newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n On Instagram 24-year-old Cordina said: “Just to let everyone know that I’m not going to fight. It’s not injuries,<\/p>\n “I’ve seen a lot of [reports] saying injuries but there’s no injuries.<\/p>\n “I’ve had a great camp. I was meant to fly over this week.<\/p>\n “A couple of days back I went to the US Embassy in London and they basically denied me a visa.<\/p>\n “I tried to explain certain things and I had all the paperwork to back it up and they wasn’t [sic] having it. They basically told me: ‘You ain’t [sic] getting in’.<\/p>\n “It’s out of my hands and I’m absolutely gutted to become a three-time, two-weight world champion, plus fight for a world title in America was a goal of mine. Feel bad for Abdullah but obviously myself as well.”<\/p>\n Get Cardiff news updates on your phone by joining our WhatsApp community here<\/a>. We occasionally treat members to special offers, promotions, and ads from us and our partners. See our Privacy Notice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Welsh boxer has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault in connection with the incident and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,2188,1343,924,164469,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-753397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-cardiff","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-pentwyn","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753397","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=753397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}