Welsh boxer Joe Cordina has told Sky Sports that he has been offered a fight with Manny Pacquiao as part of the undercard for the blockbuster all-British heavyweight clash between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury on December. The 34-year-old has confirmed that he has agreed to fight the boxing icon at the Principality Stadium in his birth city of Cardiff, but that no contracts have been signed as of yet. Sky Sports have approached Pacquiao's team for comment.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player "I've been offered the fight," said Cordina, a two-time super-featherweight world champion. "They asked me if I'd fight Pacquiao: this is what the deal is, otherwise they're going to offer it to someone else. "'Of course', I said, 'No problem'.
I've won world titles, and don't get me wrong, I want to win more. But, for me, the name of Manny Pacquiao at this present moment is bigger than any name in boxing. "He's an eight-division world champion, a legend.
But a global superstar like him will be gone in the next year or so. "So for me to be able to share the ring with someone who I grew up watching before I even started boxing, it would be an honour." Cordina added: "Don't get me wrong, it's nowhere near done. I haven't been sent a contract, I haven't been sent anything and I haven't been told yet it's happening.
"I've been offered it, I've said yes, agreed everything and I'm now just waiting for them to either tell me yes or no? "I'm training as if I am fighting Manny Pacquiao. I've been training for the last four or five weeks.
In terms of the prospect of facing the 47-year-old Pacquiao a decade or so on from his prime, Cordina pointed to the Filipino's most recent fight against Mario Barrios in July of 2025 that ended in a draw. "They had a draw but, to be honest, I thought he [Pacquiao] nicked it," Cordina said of the WBC welterweight title clash. "I've seen loads of people be like, 'Why are you fighting Manny Pacquiao?
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