Hearn Asks 'What About Joe Cordina?' After He's Left Off Fury-Joshua

Label: REPORTED · Heat: WARM. Eddie Hearn is not happy that Joe Cordina is missing from the official Dec. 11 Fury–Joshua undercard. This is Hearn on the record, not a change to the bill Kimster already logged in 307, when Bakole and Da'Mazion Vanhouter were added. It also sits next to 310, where BoxingScene said a "less-expensive date" with Cardiff's Cordina "has fallen off as well."

iFL TV posted the interview under the caption "I DON'T WANNA UPSET PEOPLE BUT…" and said Hearn "hits out at the confirmed undercard for Fury vs Joshua."

BoxingNews24's Dan Ambrose quotes Hearn telling iFL TV: "What about Joe Cordina? What about a two-time world champion from Wales?" That Cordina line is BN24's quotation of the interview; it is not in iFL's post caption, and we have not independently transcribed the clip.

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BN24 reports that Vanhouter "landed the main card spot on Fury vs. Joshua instead of Joe Cordina." That official addition is already in 307. BN24 also writes that "Hearn claims he already had terms agreed for Cordina to face 47-year-old Manny Pacquiao in Cardiff on December 11." That terms claim is Hearn's, as reported by BN24 — it is not a verbatim Hearn quote, and it has not been confirmed by Pacquiao's side. Set it next to 310's "fallen off" line; we are not picking a winner between those two accounts. Hearn had already said Pacquiao was not on the card in 248.

There is no Joe Cordina, Manny Pacquiao or Vanhouter fighter page in the BoxBid list. Fighter pages: Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua.

The Dec. 11 main event is official — log a pick in Fight Picks. If a Cordina–Pacquiao purse ever does get posted, you can take a swing at Guess the Purse.

Who would you rather see in that Cardiff slot: Cordina, or Vanhouter's Netflix debut? Tell us in the comments.

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