Round-by-Round: Shavkatdzhon Rakhimov vs. Joe Cordina | DAZN - 22 April 2023

[MightyWarrior]

Bit worried about the very brave rak, he took a hellacious pounding I think

[KiwiRider]

Rakhimov probably couldn't see much out of his eye for the majority of the fight. He probably could've won comfortably if he avoided the swelling early.

I know right?
after the eye got bad he started showing some really nice head movement

[ashall2]

Thought Rak won by a point, that 116–111 scorecard is mad.

Darren Barker is a bellend.

[jameswilson]

I had Cordina close. So many of the rounds were tough to score that actually I can see how someone can get to 116-111 Rak and the score they I had it.

[Blueprint]

Great fight. Great entertainment.

[KiwiRider]

He's only gone and bloody done it!
And the new....

[Ruthless-RKO]

The scores were 116-111 for Rakhimov, 115-112 for Cordina, and 114-113 for Cordina

[margaret thatcher]

split cordina sounds about right, the kd was crucial then

[Ruthless-RKO]

Had it not been a KD, would have been a split draw.

[joshj909]

I had Cordina close. So many of the rounds were tough to score that actually I can see how someone can get to 116-111 Rak and the score they I had it.

I can see it. It would be weird if they all scored it that way but with the close rounds you can see them going that way. The 115-112 is just the reverse on the close rounds.

[ashall2]

Can’t stand that massive mole twat Charlie Sims.

[MightyWarrior]

Joe is box office, what a star

[blanca]

Thought Rak won by a point, that 116–111 scorecard is mad.

Darren Barker is a bellend.

Barker is a proper hearn tbagger

[KiwiRider]

I had it so close that it was only the KD that won it for Cordina.
He fought a level above what I expected and that shows a lot. If he can win the rematch without Rakh being one eyed is another story.

[watsupdoc87]

Had rak winning that

[Kilburn]

Cordina dropping eff bombs like it's a UFC interview

[ashall2]

Thought Rak won by a point, that 116–111 scorecard is mad.

Darren Barker is a bellend.

Barker is a proper hearn tbagger

Absolute bellend mate. And that tinpot gangster Tony Sims. Don’t know how he’s got the brass neck after what his gym has been up to.

[margaret thatcher]

would be interested to see how the judges scored the last 2, it's possible cordina was actually losing going into the championship rounds. he came on a bit more in those 2 after going quieter in the previous 3 or so

[Counter-puncher]

Apart from Darren Barker who was it on comms? One of the Edwards bros?

[ashall2]

Just struggled to sell out a 4k arena and talking about a 33,000 stadium.

[jameswilson]

Rakh looking like he needs Oxygen, hope he's ok...

Seemed to be getting asked questions by the doctor as well. Wouldn’t surprise me if he was fighting through double vision or some kind of injury.

One thing I’ll say is Cordina’s chin and ability to take it to the body can’t be questioned. I reckon the shots Rak landed would have ironed out or curled over a hell of a lot of guys.

[garethhop]

No problem with the scores being all over the place.

Great fight.

[margaret thatcher]

ya, i thought joe was starting to look gassed already in the 4th, and he was then hurt in 5 and 6, which usually would lead to rak grinding a guy down, but joe held up well and never looked in serious trouble after. he smartened up a bit and stopped trading as much and as frantically too

[WestEndRiot]

Apart from Darren Barker who was it on comms? One of the Edwards bros?

Sunny. To be fair, he was fantastic. I was pleasantly surprised!

[Flump]

Great fight. Credit to both.