Edward Vazquez (15-2, 3 KOs) was the sufferer of a theft on Saturday evening, shedding a twelve spherical majority determination to IBF tremendous featherweight champion Joe Cordina (17-0, 9 KOs) in a combat that has followers on social media hopping mad.

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Preventing in entrance of a tiny crowd of a bit over 300+ followers on the On line casino de Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco, challenger Vazquez took the combat to the unbeaten IBF 130-lb belt-holder Cordina, dominating him on the within and taking away his proper hand, which he and his followers had talked about a lot forward of the competition.

The scores

114-114
116-112 – Cordina
116-112 – Cordina

This author had it for Vazquez, 117-111, as Cordina fell other than the fifth, gassing utterly and happening the run attributable to his lack of power.

It appeared that Cordina might have been weight drained as a result of he appeared like he rehydrated to the 140s, and it should have been hell for him to soften right down to the 130-lb restrict to make weight on Friday.

Vazquez identified after the combat that Cordina was actually dry on the weigh-in from shedding a lot weight to get to the 130-lb restrict, and he doesn’t see him returning to the tremendous featherweight division. Nonetheless, if Cordina does return to the 130-lb division, Vazquez says he’ll lose to those three fighters: O’Shaquie Foster, Rocky Hernandez, and Emanuel Navarrete.

Vazquez was catching Cordina repeatedly along with his left hook ranging from the third spherical, and battering him on the within. He confirmed that Cordina has no inside recreation, and he resorted to dishonest by shouldering and pushing off repeatedly, which ought to have resulted in warnings or penalization, however it didn’t occur.

The referee took a hands-off strategy of controlling the bending of the foundations. Within the championship rounds, Cordina used straight arms to maintain Vazquez from getting in shut. This too, was an unlawful transfer that ought to have been stopped by the referee, however it wasn’t.

“This man all the time has excuses as a result of daddy Eddie Hearn goes to again him up,’ stated Edward Vazquez to Matchroom Boxing instantly after the combat, making it clear he’d been robbed by the judges in his title problem in opposition to IBF tremendous featherweight champion Joe Cordina.

After this efficiency by Cordina, Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn must put the brakes on the concept of placing him in with Foster as a result of he’ll lose to him, and that’ll mess up the desires he has of going as much as light-weight to select up large paydays in that weight class. Cordina can be higher off transferring as much as 135 proper now, and pushing for a combat in opposition to Gervonta Davis or Shakur Stevenson.

“I’m not even going to journey on it. I’ve robust religion,” stated Vazquez. “God put me right here for a cause. Every thing occurs for a cause. There’s no coincidence. I’m going to let future play its function. I’ll be again.

“Everybody on this room proper right here, everybody around the globe is aware of I received. Eddie Hearn is aware of I received, however guess what? They did it to me once more,” Vazquez, whose solely different profession defeat earlier than tonight got here in opposition to Hearn-promoted fighter Raymond Ford final 12 months by a controversial ten spherical break up determination in 2022.

“They’ll’t cease that Fort Price Child. Texas is in the home; we made noise. You realize what it’s; I’ll be again, child. He wasn’t capable of do what he wished to do the entire combat,” stated Vazquez when requested why he thinks he received.

“He was in scrambles. He couldn’t land his little proper hand that he talked about all the build-up for the combat or the left hook. He had no energy. all the opposite 130s will stroll by this man. He has no energy. It is best to have seen him on the weigh-in. He was as dry as s**t.

“That is in all probability his final combat at 130, and if he does come again right down to 130, O’Shaquie Foster, Rocky Hernandez, and Navarrete will stroll straight by this man,” stated Vazquez.