Eduardo Nunez was sweet as ‘Sugar’ in his most challenging assignment to date. The ferocious punching contender from Los Mochis, Mexico traveled abroad and went the deepest in his nine-year career to pick up his most significant win thus far. Nune...
Some quick research (thanks to BoxRec) shows that Tajikistan, a small Asian state north of India and Afghanistan, west to China, and east to Uzbekistan, hosted just nine professional boxing shows in its history. To be precise, the very first of those...
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By Keith Idec - Sergio Mora mentioned during the first round that the DAZN analyst anticipated the “Fight of the Year” on June 10 at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Jaime Munguia and Sergiy Derevyanchenko definitely delivered that type of unforg...
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One of the sport’s noted road warriors will finally get a true home game. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov-Eduardo ‘Sugar’ Nunez IBF title eliminator will take place on February 17 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. RCC Boxing’s Ger...
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Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov will enter his next fight as the A-side for a change. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Titov/RCC Boxing Promotions has secured promotional rights for the ordered IBF junior lightweight title eliminator between Tajikistan’s Rak...
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The ordered Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov-Eduardo Nunez final eliminator will head to a purse bid hearing. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has scheduled a December 12 date to determine promotional rights for the junior lightweight clash. The rulin...
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov was undefeated and had knocked out six of his seven prior opponents when he entered the ring to fight Joe Cordina on April 22. Cordina violently knocked out Japan’s Kenichi Igawa in the second round of the bout before he boxed R...
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Eduardo Nunez will have to go the traditional route to earn his first title shot. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has ordered a junior lightweight title elimination bout between the Mexican knockout artist and former titleholder Shavkatdzh...
Coming into this fight Shavkat Rakhimov’s opponents landed 40% of their power punches. Joe Cordina landed 45% of his power punches. Cordina scored a knockdown towards the end of the second round- a round in which Rakhimov landed 40 of 91 punches.
Joe Cordina reclaimed the title he never lost in the ring. The undefeated Welshman made the most of a second straight homecoming, as he became a two-time IBF junior lightweight titlist with a hard-fought split decision win over Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov....
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Joe Cordina is done stressing over the circumstances that left him as an ex-titleholder. The only focus now is to become a two-time title claimant and to re-establish himself as the face and voice of Welsh boxing. The unbeaten former IBF junior light...
Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov is not interested in an at-length discussion of his upcoming title fight defense. Not even the aid of a translator could get the unbeaten Tajikistan-born southpaw to open up about his rescheduled showdown versus Cardiff’’s Joe C...
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Joe Cordina was an unlikely entrant in the Knockout of the Year race the last time he played this venue. A different kind of repeat business is sought by the unbeaten Welshman, however, upon his return to the Cardiff International Arena. Cordina hope...
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Cordina, Rakhimov Weights Photos Gallery - Joe Cordina has the opportunity to become a two-time IBF Super-Featherweight World Champion when he faces current belt-holder Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov in what promises to be an electric night of boxing at the C...
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Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov and Joe Cordina are set for their rescheduled title fight. The roles are swapped from when they were due to meet last fall, with Rakhimov in possession of the IBF junior lightweight title previously held by Cordina. Both boxers...
